March 20, 2004
skating rant
Quilling, also called paper filigree, as if I needed another new hobby. It's tempting me though! My mom came home from her crafting class and showed off a little flower creation she did, of course I wanted to make one too and now. LOL! I'm such a kid. ;) So I go to the crafting store, look at every kit available pick one I like, see a celtic knot pattern for embossing and pick up the tools for it too. Held everything for the hour we were in the store and then, decided that I wasn't sure I would actually do anything with all of this and left everything there. Got home talked with my mom more about quilling and looked up online, then it hit me, of course I want to try quilling. Why, oh why, did I leave the kit in the store? Ack!
Last night was one of the last skating lessons the kids had before their big show. Now knowing that I paid for the kids to actually take lessons, paid for their skating club clothes and obviously bought them skates. Can't I get a reduction on the 9$ per show tickets they are selling? Ok, I guess not, so I will volunteer the 3 days to get to be with my kids instead of leaving them 3 hours 3 days in a row without much supervision. One parent is helping out 2 days and still has to pay 9$ to see his daughter skate, I think that's just sad that he doesn't get a little rebate for helping out though. So Carl and I will help out dress into costumes about 20 kids each. I will be helping in the toddler group (so I can be with Lucas) and Carl will help out Zoe's group. I'm hoping that when our kids skate we can at least see them on the ice and not have to stay in the back of the rink. I don't think it's ok to have to bring my 3 and 4 year old kids to the rink one hour before the show and just leave them there for 3 hours when they only skate 2 numbers in the whole recital. They won't even get to see the bigger kids skate. Apparently it's so they don't loose concentration for their own numbers and oh they've been doing shows for 15 years and know the kids aren't interested in watching others skate, they just care about themselves. WHAT!?!? Now if this show wasn't so important to Zoe, they wouldn't even go to the representations. HA! Instead they will go but I am not paying to see them, which is very sad in a way. After every single skating lesson this year we stayed 30 minutes more just to watch the teens skate. Zoe loves seeing their costumes and see them jump and all. Even Lucas has been asking to stay later to see the others skate. I can't believe the kids don't even get to see their coaches skate in the nice costumes and everything. Anyway, rants over but it makes me so mad. They haven't learned anything in the past month and still the coaches don't seem to know what they are doing exactly for the kid numbers. Makes me so not want to register them at the same club next year, sadly it is the closest rink to us. Still....
2nd day off and I'm loving it, still two days off until I go back to work. I've been sleeping so much, hopefully next week I will be in top shape. Next weekend is the big skating show and will need all the energy I have to deal with 20 toddlers for three hours. LOL!
hugs,
Posted by Jo at March 20, 2004 07:44 AM