Friday is forecasted to be very hectic. As the girls are usually with their mother on Thursday and Friday, I was trying to plan ahead to get a handle on the activities for that evening. So after our errands tonight, I went by the ex-wife's house to drop off Darby's softball uniform and equipment bag, so that when she took Darby to her game on Friday, she would have everything.
But then, in discussing the sequence of events, it was determined that I would actually have to pick up the girls (leaving work early) and get them fed and Darby changed so that we can be at the field for warm-ups at 5:30. It's basically not possible for their mom to get across town and have all that done in time for Darby to be at the field, but she will meet us at the game and take the girls from there.
At least she would if we were finished with our duties. Instead, we have to rush from the game back to the girls' school, as they are having a festival, for which the parents are required to help operate class booths. Our time-slot to operate Darby's booth is immediately after her ballgame, and then immediately after that, I have to take over at Shelby's booth. It's nothing I'm remotely looking forward to, but am parentally obligated to oblige.
So the bottom line is, I could have avoided going to my ex-wife's at all if I had thought the day through more. I wasted a bunch of time as a result and made the completion of homework and baths fall way behind once we got home. And everybody got to bed way later than I would prefer.
Way to go Shawn.
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