This weekend was tough on me as a mom. I was conflicted….I had to make a choice, and now I realize that as my kids are getting older….and let’s face it there are four of them….conflicts and choices will occur more and more often. sigh……
This weekend was one of those terribly conflicted times. My husband was traveling all week and not returning home until the weekend (what can you do it’s work)….my oldest, my son Riley, had plans, my oldest daughter had a big swim meet in Northern Kentucky….and my 8 year old Emma had a national cheer competition in Indianapolis…and well the youngest just gets pulled wherever we go. We decided that my swim daughter, Katie, would go with another family to the swim meet….my husband would get my son on Sat and get him where he needed to be and the two youngest would join me in Indianapolis for the BIG SUPER NATIONAL cheer competition.
So Friday night I drove to Kentucky…..on the way dropped off Katie’s stuff at her friends then took her to the meet. We stuck around and watched her swim the 200 IM then jumped in the car and headed west….didn’t want to get there too late. The cheer competition started Saturday with non stop stuff all weekend long. Poor little Addy was so exhausted she actually fell asleep in the venue which I can only describe as “like a rock concert” loud…dark….intense. To be a three year old and able to sleep anywhere. Now that’s a concept. LOL!!!!
The Storm cheerleaders gave it their all. They did not rank as they had hoped, but no doubt his very young team tried their very hardest and I seem so much potential there. I just hope that they had a SUPER NATIONAL good time. LOL!!!
The swim meet brought me mixed emotions. I was elated—-My Katie had virtually all personal bests and seems ready to ROCK at Junior Olympics in March (as did her friends….congrats to all the RAYS, and Devin, Olivia and Katherine on personal bests & new Junior Olympic cuts!!!! ) I was so happy for Katie, but the other part of me was breaking….I missed it ~ and honestly in the past 8 years I have missed virtually NOTHING. I nearly cried when she called and the last thing she said was…”mommy I wish you could have seen it….I miss you”. Well………It broke my heart, but at the same time with the adolescent arguments a plenty in our house I was happy to know that she loved and missed me.
Back home today and it feels so good. Happy my girls all shined this weekend (Addy gets a gold medal for stellar behavior and tolerance to what we put her through regulary…but I think she just doesn’t know any better) …..
Here are a few not so perfect snap shots of Emma at the competition. GO STORM!!!! The first shot is Emma’s part in the pyramid (she is on the far right ON TOP)…and the second is her going from a extension to a basket…YIKES don’t drop her.
and believe it or not the next two major weekends for swim and cheer bring conflicts yet again. I know we will figure it all out, and I am definitely realizing that I need to get used to it. I think my motto will need to be balance it all out the best way I know how…I suppose it will never be completely even, but I am sure we’ll find a happy medium.
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