Crazy Weeks

Well, in the world of pink-eye, soccer, school, and ballet recitals - time flies! So, here is a quick recap of where we stand:

Pink-eye is gone. Clara also finished her twice daily double drops last night. Much to her relief. Corwin managed not to get it. Yay for hand-washing!

Soccer started on May 28. The soccer club made a whole bunch of poor choices this year, like deciding to change from organized to street soccer. After registration. Kind of like booking and paying for a cruise that has 7 scheduled stops, and you have the itinerary for which islands you will be visiting, then a month before the cruise they tell you that they have scrapped that plan and will just let the captain of the ship cruise wherever he feels like it, with no scheduled stops. I don't think so! Allow me to define: soccer is one hour/week. Organized means they do "drills" - little games and such where all of the kids get ball time. Then they play another team for half an hour on a smaller soccer field. The kids are between 4.5 and 6 years of age. If they score goals, woo hoo, but no winners are declared, and stats aren't kept - it's all for learning the game and having fun. Street soccer has no drills, no real rules, and we can do that at the park without forking out $100 per child (or $150 if you missed the early registration date). Anyway, lots of parents had issues, they were forced to create two leagues, and they were really pushed for time in forming the teams. The conveners didn't get the info until Friday May 26. They had to make up the teams that night and soccer started on the 28. Lots of people who had made requests to be on the same team (such as Lola's daughter Lady B and Clara and Corwin) were disappointed. The biggest annoyance? The conveners were not given many, many of the requests. The kids are all having fun anyway, but a big issue for Lola and I was for carpooling. Her husband travels a lot for work, and their older son is in competitive soccer. Hopefully she won't be expected to be in two places at once.

Choir ended last week. Last Thurs was our last rehearsal before the summer, and on Sunday we sang Mozart's Veni, Sancte Spiritus, accompanied by strings and organ. It was awesome. The choir social/barbeque was right after church at a choir member's house, complete with pool. My tenor friend,Weasley, and I got there shortly after noon. I got a ride home with the organist and his husband just before 6pm. What a great way to spend an afternoon. I have also been asked to be the cantor for a psalm this summer. And I agreed. I feel slightly ill every time I think about it, but there's lots of time for practice. And hey, it's summer, so a lot of people are away on vacation, right?

I finally saw The Da Vinci Code on Monday. I say finally because it was my third attempt. The first week, V. was unable to go to an early show, and she has been getting up obscenely early for work, so a later one wasn't possible. Last week, we were en route to the theatre when she realized that there was no way she would be able to sit through a whole movie - she was pretty sure she had a bladder infection. We went to the clinic and her suspicion was confirmed. So we did it on Monday. It was good, though the way they changed a bit of the ending from the book (re Sauniere and his relationship to Neveu) pissed me off. What can I say? I'm a bit of a purist.

Clara and Corwin had their recital rehearsal last night. We still don't know if they are dancing before or after intermission on Sunday. Very frustrating. And my parents arrive today for the big recital, so the kids are hopping with excitement. Although Clara slept in until after 9! Why can't they both sleep in on the same day? What malevolent force makes one child get up at 7, while letting the other sleep for two more hours? (although the lack of fighting in that two hours is pretty blissful, so I won't complain too loudly!)

Anyway, parents coming, time for frantic cleaning!!!