I'm going to need some time off to recover from our weekend

Today is Friday, and as I tell students, "Friday makes everything better!"  I firmly believe that, but I'm not going to lie about this weekend.  It's insanely busy.  I'm not stating that because I am so proud we are going to be able to accomplish it all.  Honestly, I'm a little appalled that this weekend is this busy.  But, some of the things are out of our control, and it is what it is.  While I would prefer this weekend be all about basketball, that just isn't going to happen.

After school today, Thomas goes straight to set construction until 8:00 this evening.  Andrew and I will be leaving for my hometown to attend the funeral visitation of my cousin's ex-wife.  Catherine needs to be at school at 6:00 for a charity volleyball tournament in which she is participating.  Andrew and I are hoping to be home around 7:30 or 8:00, and hopefully the kids will be hone 9 or 9:30.

Tomorrow Andrew has to be at school at 8 to catch the 8:30 bus for his away doubleheader.    Thomas has to be at the school at 8:30 for set construction.  I will run some errands after dropping him off, and Catherine has to work at 9:00.  I will pick Thomas up at 1:00 because we have a funeral to attend for the step-father of a colleague/friend.  I will take Thomas back to set construction after, and Catherine will be off work at 3:00.  Andrew will be home late afternoon sometime, but has a guys' night of trivia planned.  Thomas needs picked up at 8:30.

Sunday morning we will have church, and I am the nursery volunteer.  After church, I am also the Sunday School volunteer, then we have a Christian Ed committee meeting.  Thomas has to be back at school at 12:30 for more set construction, and the rest of us are heading to my aunt & uncle's house to help with some yard work that needs completed.  Thomas will need picked up at 8:00, and in addition to needing to make his lesson plans for the week, Andrew needs to meet with the other teacher for his night class to make plans this week's plans.

I am exhausted, and honestly, a little overwhelmed.  I know that these days will pass, and I am certain we might even look back fondly and maybe even wistfully on these days.  At the same time, I am a firm believer that down time is important, and we clearly don't have enough of that.  Andrew and I keep telling ourselves that these are all blessings of opportunity, and know that it won't always be like this!