Once upon a time, I knew what a weekend was. The last time I had one was in the BC era (before children). The thing is, I cannot remember what I used to do with them!
Take this last weekend as a classic case in point. We were the 'away' team for #2's cricket competition on Saturday, and the game was against the side furtherest away from us. Essentially, this translated into a 6.00am get up, to be out of the door by 6.45 for an 8.00am start to the match.
So, the game ends about midday (and unfortunately we lost in a close one), so you then have to do the reverse trip and are home at around 1.00pm. Time to throw down some lunch and get the BBQ (griller in other parts of the world) lit to put the roast on for dinner. Once that is on, it is time to coach #1 through the process of making a red wine reduction to go with the roast.
Before I know it, it is time to get the roast off the BBQ to rest and eat dinner. All of a sudden it is 7.30pm and I am ready for bed (I must be getting old)!
Fall out of bed on Sunday to get ready to take #2 to district cricket training. Not as far as Saturday's journey, but still adds up to another hour or so in the car to get there and back. BOOM! Sunday blown out of the water. Get home in time to start cooking dinner (an excellent smoked cod and corn chowder if you were interested). Throughout this, we are sitting down with #1 watching an adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew", to assist with his school work. It gets to 8.30pm and I am off to bed again because of a 7.30am meeting at work on Monday morning.
Now please understand that I am not complaining about any of this because I got everything done that I needed to and managed to get a couple of beers in as well. But having said that, I sometimes don't know where the weekend goes, and more importantly, what I ever used to do with them before.
But the best part of the weekend was that I was able to spend some quality time with both kids as a dad. This is what weekends are all about as far as I am concerned - time for family and friends.
We have a long weekend coming up next weekend (Monday is a public holiday in WA). Three days to go and watch #2 play cricket and spending some time with #1 in the kitchen - simply perfection!
Until next time,
CfB
Take this last weekend as a classic case in point. We were the 'away' team for #2's cricket competition on Saturday, and the game was against the side furtherest away from us. Essentially, this translated into a 6.00am get up, to be out of the door by 6.45 for an 8.00am start to the match.
So, the game ends about midday (and unfortunately we lost in a close one), so you then have to do the reverse trip and are home at around 1.00pm. Time to throw down some lunch and get the BBQ (griller in other parts of the world) lit to put the roast on for dinner. Once that is on, it is time to coach #1 through the process of making a red wine reduction to go with the roast.
Before I know it, it is time to get the roast off the BBQ to rest and eat dinner. All of a sudden it is 7.30pm and I am ready for bed (I must be getting old)!
Fall out of bed on Sunday to get ready to take #2 to district cricket training. Not as far as Saturday's journey, but still adds up to another hour or so in the car to get there and back. BOOM! Sunday blown out of the water. Get home in time to start cooking dinner (an excellent smoked cod and corn chowder if you were interested). Throughout this, we are sitting down with #1 watching an adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew", to assist with his school work. It gets to 8.30pm and I am off to bed again because of a 7.30am meeting at work on Monday morning.
Now please understand that I am not complaining about any of this because I got everything done that I needed to and managed to get a couple of beers in as well. But having said that, I sometimes don't know where the weekend goes, and more importantly, what I ever used to do with them before.
But the best part of the weekend was that I was able to spend some quality time with both kids as a dad. This is what weekends are all about as far as I am concerned - time for family and friends.
We have a long weekend coming up next weekend (Monday is a public holiday in WA). Three days to go and watch #2 play cricket and spending some time with #1 in the kitchen - simply perfection!
Until next time,
CfB
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