This week went by quickly, not really sure why. Lily is busy playing outside with friends after school, Matthew has been playing a lot of lacrosse, Timmy has been working a lot of nights at his job at a local ice cream shop (my dream is to own an ice cream shop--maybe down the shore?), and Anna is in her busy season of Crew, which means she leaves for school at 7, gets home from Crew at 8:30 at night. It is ridiculous, really---too much for a high school Crew program, even if it is one of the best around. It is still too much. I guess you can see why my children don't play college sports. Just not worth it to me.
And it always seems the last 6-7 weeks of school fly by with all sorts of events...last week was Matthew's play at Ancillae, and this week we have the Spring Fair, and Field day, Lily's class trip (which I have, I mean "get" to go on because I am a room parent.....yay!!), etc, etc.
Anna is up in Saratoga this weekend for a regatta. I woke up at 3:55 am on Saturday morning to drive her to the Mount. The bus left at 5 am, then they drove several hours up to Saratoga. They had one race yesterday, and one race this morning. It is just a very long weekend. Anna just texted me...they are done racing (as of noon), and her boat mates are walking around Saratoga Springs...something she hasn't been able to do in all 4 years, because her previous race times conflicted with sight seeing, I guess. Anyway, Chris will be getting her at midnight from the Mount.
Last weekend was a little bit of a taste of what life will be like without Anna this fall. It seems so quiet with only the three youngest around. Honestly. I can't imagine not having at least 5 kids. If we had gotten married earlier, we probably would have had 6. Just because 5 seems like a little bit of a weird number. But, I am thrilled with our 5. And I thank God we have them all, because life around here seems boring without them.
Of course, Anna going to college this fall is actually dependent on her deciding on where she wants to go. Which she hasn't decided. We drove out to Villanova on Friday night for another look. Two weeks ago, Chris and Anna went to Boston College for the weekend. And last weekend, I drove her up to Bucknell for Admitted Student Day. But, this is about what she wants, and she claims to not be sure. I told her she needs to tell us by April 29th, so we have a buffer day to make her acceptance in case our computers break, or there is another catastrophe. So, until then, we wait to see what Anna will decide.
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