A few moments ago I woke up my boys and informed them that this was the last morning they would be waking up late. School is back. We had a second meet the teacher night (of three) last night followed by additional football practice, all of which left the entire group drained. They slept in. We went to bed late too. All of this adds up to a condition that needs to be be handled relatively quickly. For all of us.
I’ve grown used to fairly late nights. While I don’t sleep in as much as the others, when I am on my solo nights I am up to around 2 AM (barring last night when 10 PM seemed way too damn late). Of course late nights are part of the equation with late practices. We go 2 hrs in the late evening, which puts us on a collision course with bedtime and little opportunity to squeeze in a home cooked meal. I haven’t quite figured out how to work that out. I am thinking about preparing meals ahead of time or arranging to be the guy who brings kids to practice but not bring them home in order to have that hot meal waiting on the table. It comes down to me sitting down and having a serious look at my calendar and my responsibilities and saying, “okay, this is how it is.”
Some Thoughts:
- No Waiver Wednesday today. I am going to push that to Thursday this week along with a rousing discussion of which particular service to use for my first league with my kids.