Emma: Three school basketball games, four school basketball practices, one Orchestra concert, one Choir concert, two traveling basketball practices, one orthodontist appointment, one Secret Santa gift.
Carys: Four gymnastics practices, two gymnastics meets, two traveling basketball practices, one birthday party, one Holiday party, one Secret Santa gift.
Cooper: Two basketball practices, two Book Club meetings, one Holiday party, one Secret Santa gift
Mom: Two school ball practices, two school ball games, several homemade dinners, none of which shall be eaten at a reasonable time with more than three attendees at once, seventeen loads of laundry, eight dishwasher runs, a couple hundred miles, three tanks of gas, six more teaching days of barely controlled chaos, three lit tests, two essays (times 120 kids...do the math), one oil change, one holiday pot-luck, three dogs to feed/walk, one concession stand to supply with either food or labor, unspecified number of presents to wrap, six hours of general housework, and maybe an adult beverage on occasion in the quiet hours before bedtime to aid in the unwinding of my frayed and frazzled edges.
Dad: Nine days of working on the road until Christmas, with maybe a day or two off to check in and try to locate some members of the family, wherever they may be on any given day.
Grandpa: 11 days of on-call substitute driving, parenting, feeding, clothing, & homework checking.
Tis the season.
