This Saturday I have soccer at 8am, piano lesson at 10, birthday party from 12-2, then basketball at 4. Sunday is slightly less insane but not much. I haven't sat down without someone needing something in about a month. My buddy keeps texting about golf and I'm like man I don't even remember what golf is anymore.
8am soccer to 4pm basketball is INSANE. That's literally an 8 hour day of kids activities. Are all four things on the same kid or spread out?
Yeah man you're getting hijacked. Is there any way to consolidate activities to certain days of the week? Sounds like you need a reset.
This is my life every single Saturday. One kid has soccer, the other has dance, then we're supposed to hit up grandma's. I bought a color-coded calendar app just to keep track. Even then I'm always forgetting something somewhere.
Saturday mornings at 8am soccer are brutal. By the time you hit the birthday party you're running on fumes and whatever snacks you grabbed at the first activity. The logistics alone are exhausting.
Eight hours, four activities, zero downtime. That's a lot. Do you at least get a break between piano and the party or are you basically on the road all day?
I feel this in my bones. One Saturday I had three different pickups in different towns. By the end of the day I'd driven 45 minutes total and spent no actual time with my kids.
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This is why I finally said no to soccer this year. We picked baseball instead because at least the games were all on the same day. Gave back like 6 hours a week to actual family time.