Apr

23

Crazy days




It’s that time of year at my house. The time where we’re running as fast as we can and still not coming close to getting everything done. My boys are so tired, it’s pitiful. Baseball games twice a week, practice on nights when there’s no game, getting ready for State music competition and band performances, and trying to squeeze in karate on the rare free night. And there’s still homework!

I don’t feel like my kids are overscheduled, we limit their activities but it just gets so busy in the spring.  We are all counting down the days til summer.

I have a hard time prioritizing my time. I’m kind of a workaholic, and while I have a very flexible job, I tend to over schedule myself. Then, I find myself making excuses finding reasons why I can’t be at the baseball game, or can’t get them to karate. In my mind I have valid reasons why I must work at the same time as the game, and really, there are more games to go to, so I’ll just wait for the next one. That’s my whole mindset.

This drives my husband crazy. He never gets confused about what’s important, ever. He chooses to be very involved in our sons activities, he’s a baseball coach and Scout leader. These responsibilities only add to the crazy factor of our lives, but he absolutely loves doing it. He refuses to let me off the hook with my “I really need to work” excuse. I tried it with him the other night, right before the game, and he said “Look, 10 year old baseball, it doesn’t get any better than this”. And he’s right. 

I recently realized that alot of my kids memories of me would be of me not being somewhere, or leaving early, because I was working. That really makes my heart ache, so I’m trying very hard to take each day and focus on what’s truly important.

I know for sure that what’s truly important is never work, or laundry, or cleaning, or running errands. What’s most important is seeing their faces light up when I show up at the game.

It really doesn’t get any better than that.

 

 

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