I don’t remember who but someone said the definition of insanity is the doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
This is me every Little League season — it is an insane time. With four kids, we end up have something happening every single night of the week. And most nights? There are several things happening, and they are happening in more than one spot.
Take a look:
Monday: Maxine has a game in Grayling at 6 p.m., but Justin has practice in Houghton Lake at 6 p.m. except Justin didn’t really have practice because he has a game Tuesday but that’s OK because we had to pick up Amanda from her practice, so we really needed to be in Houghton Lake. Reminder: Linda needs to get a copy of Justin’s schedule.
Tuesday: Autumn and Amanda both have a double header in Houghton Lake, Justin has a game in Roscommon at 6 p.m. and Maxine has track practice until 5:30 in Houghton Lake except Justin’s game is canceled due to a 5,000 acre fire in Crawford County, which was about 6 miles from the Little League fields. Of course, it is canceled just minutes before we pull into the field’s parking lot.
Note: Justin’s coach said their first game was canceled due to rain and the second was canceled due to fire, and he expressed worry that the third game would be canceled due to wind or hail….
Wednesday: It is Autumn’s birthday (she’s 16!), plus Amanda has softball practice, Maxine has a track conference meet (Linda is supposed to help keep score) and Justin has a game at 6 p.m. in Houghton Lake. We finally all arrived home at 8 p.m. to eat dinner together and have cake and ice cream for Autumn’s birthday.
Today, it is more of the same. We have an away game for softball (Farwell?), and a band concert for three of the four children including two who are also supposed to be at the away game at the very same time the concert is going on.
We’re going to split the children in two. It’s the only thing we can do, right?
Welcome to Little League season in the Sherwood household: it is a scheduling nightmare at times, but I LOVE watching the kids play.
