Amok! Amok! Amok! Amok! Amok!
(which is a favorite saying of Chelsea and I and it comes from the ditzy blonde witch played by Sarah Jessica Parker in Disney's "Hocus Pocus", which is a very funny movie by the way. It also starts Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy. Oh my goodness - Funny stuff.) Of course you can't just say it, you have to dance around in a circle flipping your hair at the same time to get the proper effect.OK - FOCUS! Where were we?
So while I fail miserably at keeping my home Martha Stewart organized, I do keep our daily/weekly/monthly schedules organized. If it's happening to someone in our family, I know about it and it's documented. I have survived many years of dance lessons, band and vocal concerts, horse shows, 4-H meetings, church choir practices, etc and not missed any (well, hardly any). My system has always worked great. Papers come home from school - pertinent info is retrieved from said papers and transferred to both command central and portable command. Done.
PANIC: Sound the alarms!!!
A flaw has been discovered in my system. This flaw is technically known as:
Offspring #3, or as I refer to him:
Teenage Son who never tells his mother squat.
*sigh*
Don't be deceived by his innocent smile. He's devious and delights in withholding information that is crucial for Command Central database records.
Every Sunday night I go over the upcoming week, just to be sure we're on top of things for the week. This past Sunday night I double check the school calendar and it says that this next Saturday is the state solo & ensemble competition for both band and vocal. Since Austin has never mentioned anything about this, or brought home any information about it, I assume he's not participating.
It's times like this when I remember what my grandma always said about why we don't "assume".
"Austin? You're not participating in the band and vocal competitions this next weekend is that right?"
He answers very nonchalantly as if I'm asking if he'd like Spaghetti for supper "Yea I'm in it."
"You are? For band?"
"Well, yea band, but vocal too."
Yes, Grandma I know.....never assume.
"Oh OK, great. What exactly are you singing? Octet? Quartet?"
"Um, I'm doing a quartet and 2 solos".
WHATTTT?????
He's doing not one, but 2 solos? He's singing? Out loud? Alone? In front of judges? In front of people? My son? MINE? No way!
I looked at him and said "I am so proud of you, but I do have one question: Who ARE you and what have you done with my Austin?"
Actually, all teasing aside, I am super excited to learn of this and am looking forward to going on Saturday. I have no doubt that he'll do awesome, and I'm proud that he is going to try something new and outside of his comfort zone.
And yes, it is now documented in pen at command central. Now I need to find a fool-proof way of foiling any future flaws. Any suggestions?
4 comments:
As the mom of two sons, 16 and 20, I love that story and can totally relate. They are just so different than girls, aren't they? A solo in front of judges, no biggie. I hope he does great!
My daughter was in a very competitive marching band. They won tons of awards. I miss all that. -- Thanks for the update on the foot bath. Blessings, SusanD
This is awesome and sounds so typical of the male gender!! You learn to go with 'whatever' knowing you may have to change plans at the last minute (which they never seem to understand - what is the 'big' deal!!)
Well, good for him! Uh, the singing part, not the withholding information part. =) Wishing him lots of luck this Sat! I miss those days of competing myself.
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