Me Time, for a Minute

Hey Barb.

It's a quiet night around here tonight.  J was dispatched to a fire in eastern Oregon and JJ's at the high school football game with some friends.  (Hello?!? When did that happen?!)

So it's just me for a few hours ~ not complaining. Funny, though, I spent most of the time doing regular old stuff like laundry and watering plants and getting JJ's stuff ready for his game tomorrow morning.  You would think I would just sit down and read a good book, but no.  I kept thinking how nice it would be not to have to do all of that tomorrow when the weather is gorgeous and I want to just sit on my deck.

I would be looking forward to my week alone if it weren't for the cult of football and the fact that we're now double-timing it with baseball three days a week.  This actually gives me a bit of a break, since baseball goes from after school to 5 and football starts at 5:30.  So I don't even have to pick him up until 5; I move him to a different field, bring him some food and hang out until 8:15.  Sometimes I come home and go back, but I hate having to go out again once I'm home, you know? I just want to be here, in my pj's, comfy and  done for the day.

Anyway, we'll see how long this lasts, because I'm not sure how he's going to get his school work done.  We made a deal that the minute he has a missing assignment, or a bad grade, or can't get up in the morning, we're done with baseball.   Wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit, but on the other hand, I love that he wants to be so involved and stay active.  I wasn't going to let him go to the game tonight, since his game is at 8:00 tomorrow morning, but most of his team was going and he so wanted to be a part of the first high school game of the season...to get a taste of what it will feel like next fall, I think...how could I say no?  My child is living an entirely different middle school experience than I did and I'm so grateful. He has friends, and he plays sports and he belongs to something.  And he's still a nice kid.  I would suck if I didn't let him go to the game, wouldn't I?

With luck, he'll be home soon and we can get to bed at a decent hour.  My ability to get a good night's sleep has been getting worse over the past month or so, and I'm so exhausted.  At least we have nothing planned for the entire rest of the weekend except for a little clothes shopping for work and baseball.

I hope you had a great Friday night - steak night? What's up for the weekend? Like I said, I'll be around so let's try to catch up if you can.

Love you,
A