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Absolutely Normal Chaos: My Personal War
(Mom) plus (Five kids) minus (Dad in Iraq) plus (one year) = chaos
By: Amy Efaw
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| Monday, 22-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Continuing where I left off
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Update on the car: transmission is kaput. $2100 to get it fixed. That makes over $4000 in less than 6 weeks on car repairs (this doesn't include the body work and tire blowouts and etc. from earlier posts).
Soccer tournament highlights: Anastasia's team played pretty badly this weekend, but they did play some tough teams. One team was so tough (or at least their players) that Anastasia got kicked in the face while coming out of the goal and diving for a ball, saving a goal. I was standing down on the sidelines at her end of the field, and I actually saw her head snap back from the impact. But Anastasia didn't let go of the ball until the ref blew the whistle. The opposing forward got a yellow card, and Anastasia (after a couple min. of crying face down on the grass w/ her face in her hands, her teammates surrounding her) stayed in the game. She now has a bruise under her left eye on her cheek and across half of her nose. One of her teammates commented: "Anastasia, you're so lucky. You get to go to your first day of middle school w/ a huge bruise on your face. That's so awesome!" And she meant it!
Arianna played her first game this weekend as a legitimate member of her new team, Rush Nike. It's one of the top teams in the state at her age group. Basically, Rush (the soccer club here in Denver where my kids play) moved her up to the top team last week. Her coach is a woman and really cool. She played Arianna all over the place, trying to figure out where she fits into the team. Arianna mostly played either outside left midfielder or left forward or center midfielder. She even scored a goal and made a bunch of assists.
Anastasia's first day of school was today. She was a little stressed, but I think mostly because she was worried she wouldn't be able to get her locker open. She really doesn't know anyone going to her new school. We got there about a min. late (I have to get the morning drop-offs' timing better), but it was no big deal, really, because it was a school day only for 7th graders so they'd be familiar w/ their schedules, etc., before the official first day of school starts (tomorrow).
After getting her situated in the auditorium (the principal was talking to the 7th graders when I left), I went grocery shopping. When I got home around 11:30 (Arianna and Kat are the only ones home), I noticed that Anastasia had forgotten her lunch; she left it on the deacon's bench right by our front door.
I made dinner (yay! Two days in a row -- practically a new recent record) and then took Arianna and Kat swimming at our rec center. They played around while I swam a mile. It was empty except for us -- really cool! As close as you can get to having your own private pool!
After swimming, I busted butt into Denver to pick Alix up from school; she had a 4 p.m. soccer practice. Then I had to pick up Andrew and Anastasia. A long loop that took over an 75 min. to complete. I got to Anastasia's school about 40 min. after it ended. I ultimately discovered that picking Alix up from school for a 4 p.m. practice just isn't going to work. It just takes too long to get into the middle of the city and then out again and head north to the north western suburbs to pick Anastasia and Andrew up at their respective schools. It's a recipe to make everyone late.
Talked to Andy today. He seemed kinda depressed. I think mostly because he found out today that he won't be home until next Tues. at the earliest. He has to take a week to outprocess, something that a normal, semi-motivated person could accomplish in about 2 days. Typical Army scheduling.
Okay, now to vacuum the downstairs and mop the kitchen floor before midnight strikes!
Hasta!
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