The Schedule Is Set

Sunday, 9:30-11:30 - M to religious school, E to religious school once a month

Tuesday, 3:45-5:45 - M to religious school

Wednesday, 5:15-6:15 - M to swim practice

Thursday, 5:15-6:15 - M to swim practice

Saturday, 9:15-10:00 - E to ballet

This is overlaid on me at work from 9-5, M at school from 8:15-2:15, and then at afterschool till I pick her up before 5:30, E at school from after we take M to school to after we pick up M from afterschool, and S, well, let's just hope that S does not keep working 8-11 (that being a.m. to p.m.). The big question is how M is going to get from afterschool to swim practice, when I can't get to afterschool till 5:20. I assume a solution will reveal itself...

This is also based on the principle that we only let each girl do one activity--plus religious school, since that's not really an activity of their choosing, that is, it's something we want them to do, though we do let them choose whether or not to do it (M dropped out in Red State, but now we're heading toward bat mitzvah and it's time to get serious, plus that was a dreadful religious school, and from all we've heard, this is a wonderful religious school). I really don't see, however, how this ever-so-reasonable principle led to such a ridiculous schedule.

I have, however, given up the principle drilled into me from childhood that you never make ongoing commitments for the weekend because you might want to go away. The fact is, my husband is a chef, he always works weekends, we never go away, so we might as well have commitments on weekends that we can just skip if a miraculous opportunity arises to go away.