Our Cup Runneth Over

It never ceases to amaze me how, when things slow down, it seems like we have nothing going on in our lives, like over the holidays. Then, before you know it, our cup runneth over and we’re flush with activities. This is not a bad thing.

After Christmas, we had a fabulous week just lounging around and doing nothing but hang out and play games and read. Of course, gorging ourselves on killer food and sweets was a significant part of it, adding to our angst and need to have some activity.

I knew that we had to do some legwork and find things to do for the Winter term, and there were some possibilities. The problem is, unlike being in school, it takes researching and some initial commitment to become involved in these activities, but things constantly shift and change, and I’m left to try to rearrange schedules and explain to people why we are changing our minds. It ain’t easy being the social chair of the house.

Things worked out nicely thus far, and I don’t think we’re at the stage, at least not yet, of being overwhelmed. I was contacted by my friend KM, and he wanted to arrange for pottery get-together with the kids. He was also in touch with DE and his two kids, who are friends with out two kids. The group was to meet in the morning on the same day that A has drama, N is to have skating/pseudo-hockey, and then it’s off to story time in the afternoon, and potentially skiing at Quechee. Fridays are nice because all the school kids ski that day, and A&N get to see their friends, though the place is a madhouse.

Either way, we also have guitar, piano, and drum lessons, and skiing at least one day a week (if it were up to me, I’d ski every day), skating, and trips to the library. Our social calendar is set. For skating, we are going to try to meet K,A&D at Union Arena, the community rink was just put together, and there is Campion and Occum Pond. The beauty of the local rink and Occum Pond is that they are free (I love when that happens), albeit cold because they are outdoors.

It’s good thing we got a second car, we would have never been able to pull all this off. Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Giedrius M for the pic.