We shall try again with the day by day. While it did help me to stay motivated to write, I was still very late in publishing (whoops).
Monday: Band competition day Fort Hayes State. We headed west to our last band competition. Our band isn't hugely competitive, so we only do two "competitions" where we just compete against a rubric of standards. I was a ball of nerves because at the first competition they did, they only marched two and a half songs. Due to weather, ACT testing, and not being able to practice other than during class time, they just haven't had a ton of time to get the third song memorized. I am happy to say even though they had some rocky parts to the third song, overall, they recovered nicely and got it done! They received another superior rating with all ones from every judge. I am SO freaking proud of these kids and how hard they work in the little bit of time they get to practice. There is this part of me that wishes that could practice more because the talent is there.
A little side note and a question for parents. Of course, Andrew is our one and only and he acts like an only child for sure. I have always tried to be at all of his big competitions no matter what the sport, because my mom didn't always have the chance to be there for me, due to her job and work hours. I am very lucky that I have PTO and a job where I have a team that can take over for me when I am gone. Now here is the problem. He wants to be with us all the time and I would like for him to spend time with friends some. I worry about the lack of friends and while it doesn't bother him per se, I am a mom, so I worry. No one came and sat with him and while people tried to get him to do things with them, he was just not interested. I don't want to NOT go to these things, but I also want him to spend time with his friends as he is with me all the time. So, what advice do you have? I had big hopes for band that he would find his tribe and while he has sort of, I'm just not seeing the level of friendship with others that I see with a lot of kids his age. He is not me I know this, but again, as the mom, I worry. I don't want him left out and I don't want him to sit alone and not participate. I also know I can't micromanage him and his friends or friendships either.
Also, side note part two, Ollie and I got a sunrise run in before we left for Hays. I forgot how much fun it is to run when the world is quiet, but also DANG, that is a lot of semi traffic that I have to deal with on my old running route at 6 am with no sidewalks. Running in wet grass over who knows what is oh so much fun.
Tuesday: Upper body work out. Nothing special just some good old lifting.
Wednesday: Bass lessons and rest day. I'm a little upset and here is why. The music school keeps losing teachers, not because of anything they are doing I don't think, just because people are figuring out that teaching at night is a lot and teaching every night can be super tough. I've been there with dog sports and teaching, so I get it. Especially if you have a full-time job and this just supports said job. Andrew is not having fun right now with all of the changes and wants to discontinue lessons until things are a bit more stable. I am on the hunt to find him a private teacher, one that we can stick with for a while. I have reached out to one of his previous teachers but haven't heard anything back. I'm not sure if we just take a break for now and wait till summer and find more stability or what. I have already found a trumpet lessons teacher for the summer and have a couple of summer music camps on his radar for marching band and trumpet. To be continued.
Thursday: Rest day and a little adventure. I had seen an ad pop up on my Facebook about a big band coming to downtown Manhattan that was playing a free concert. I figured what did we have to lose in free except gas to drive to Manhattan. We walked by on our way to the pizza place at the end of downtown and saw no one. Hmmm. This is an event space and it was super empty. I tried scanning all of FB to find any clues and nothing. When we were done eating, we thought we would at least try the door and see if they were somewhere in the building. We could hear something from upstairs and sure enough, they were all in an upstairs room jamming out. Andrew smiled the entire time, and my coworker joined us as well.
Friday: Game night and a good lower body work out. This was the last time we would get to see the field show this year. We will have one more time to hear the music at the concert next week. Unfortunately, Tony got sick in the parking lot and had to go back home, and Andrew and I had to get a ride back to the school post-game. It was a super thrilling close game, but we won and the field show was good. I think they marched better and sounded better at the competition, but it was good for only like 3 times doing the whole show on the field. I am super proud of this little band and all its accomplished on just a few practices a week. Tony had a rough night that included vomit and diarrhea and then a low-grade fever. Sigh. Praying we don't all get this.
Saturday: Overtime work and 3-mile run. I am tired but I do love getting that extra money on my paycheck. I only had to work two shifts as our new employee took the third. I had other plans for the day but ended up hanging out at the house.
Sunday: Sick day. The stomach bug finally found its way to me and between puking and diarrhea, I was just trying to survive. Add on a fever all night Sunday night and you got it, miserableness. Ollie didn't leave my side all day, cuddling with me and checking on me by licking me. She truly was sweet all day, which is truly not like her as she is a daddy's girl.
Y'all have a great week. If you smell bleach, it's because I have bleached bombed our entire house. I don't like it when we all get sick.
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