I don't know about any of you, but it seems as though there is never enough time. I've thought about how I could add time. I could quit sleeping which might work for a day or 2 or I could quit my job which would result in a whole bunch of other problems including not being able to feed my family.
I remember when I was a kid how long the days were. There were some days of boredom that, as a child, I knew would never end. I'm pretty sure my mom didn't think they would either as I would tell her a million times a day how bored I was. I was involved with softball here and there for a few years (because they had cute shirts, not because I loved the sport or competition). I took swimming lessons and I also took piano lessons. I had homework, but I don't remember it being my whole life. I do realize I've been out of school for 20 years and things have changed.
I don't have my children involved in every sport or every activity they have available, but for some reason I can't keep up. I know there are people with a lot more kids and all involved in a lot more than mine...just not sure how they do it. Here's a glimpse of my week, proving a point, not for you to feel sorry for me, maybe for Austin. ;)
Monday:
Work 8-4:30
Drive Heston to preschool 12:30
Austin practice duet for recital 5:30
Tuesday:
Up at 4:45 to run
work 8-4:00
Drive Heston to preschool at 12:30
Take money to Austin at school
Stetson piano at 4:00
Austin teach guitar 4:30-5:30
Austin take down flags 6:30
Austin scouts 6:45-8
Voting
Work job 2 for a few hours
Wednesday:
Up 4:45 to run
Work 8-4:30
Austin piano lessons 5:00
Stetson wrestling 6:00
Little Mermaid play 7:00
Thursday:
Up 4:45 to run
Work 8-4:30
Stamp club in Wellington at 6:00 p.m.
Relief Society activity also 6:00 p.m.
Friday:
Up 4:45 to run
Work 8-4:30
FREE NIGHT!
Saturday:
Run
Clean
Ok, that is a glimpse of just the scheduled stuff. This doesn't show my dishes and laundry and cooking dinner not to mention the nagging to get kids to feed horses and do their homework and helping with homework and practicing piano, which by the way nagging is one of the hardest jobs I have to do.
The moral of this post...we simply fill our lives so much with "stuff". Just last week our 6 week local soccer league ended. Both Austin and Stetson were playing and of course different ages were on different teams with different practice and game days. It was a wake up call when Austin said, "I'm glad this is the last game. I just don't have any free time." It's true. The kids have no free time. They don't get to experience childhood like me or my parents did where we rode bikes to friends every afternoon or played night games at night. Time does seem to go faster but the kids school is more intense which causes more homework and our society thinks they need to start at age 3 in every sport or they won't have an "in" to play in high school because they will be behind all the other kids who have been playing 10 years. I believe all these things are tools to keep us and our children from the better things such as family activities and reading scriptures as a family and spending quality time. Satan has his ways of wedging in the family to break it apart. Even if the activities are good, it keeps us from spending time together. The LDS church had a theme a few years ago, maybe 10 years now that said, "Family, isn't it about time." How prophetic!
So, my new goal...try to SIMPLIFY! Take time to do what is really important and has eternal benefit, not just for the now.
Ok, I'm out of time. ha ha. Gotta start the taxi service. TTFN
