Emma was "supposed" to come to Stillwater his weekend. I put that in quotes, because with their crazy teenager, high school, athlete lives, it's never as easy as "every other weekend." Honestly, it never has been that easy. Or easy. At all. It's a battle. But, I get it! I get that life is happening at a break neck speed. I get that being away from "home," even if that is just 21.3 miles, it is hard for a weekend. Your friends are there. Your comfort is there. Your favorite shoes and the outfit you want to wear are probably "there," too. So, sometimes, you just want to stay home. It works both ways. Lara "stays home," sometimes, too. It's a battle I choose not to fight. I don't need the war. But I miss these moments with you, my Emma girl!
This week was Spring Break 3.0 as the Oklahoma Teacher Walkout continued through the week. Friday night, Lara worked the high school varsity baseball game. The game had originally been scheduled for noon on Saturday, but they moved it to Friday evening for those people taking the ACT on Saturday, and the weather (this has been the most insane late winter/early spring ever) was scheduled to be brutal on Saturday. So to win the war with Mother Nature, Friday night was the best option. Stillwater blew out Piedmont for the win, and we all got home in plenty of time for Lara to get to bed - as she was one of those battling the ACT Saturday morning.
Lara and I got up early Saturday morning to be at the high school buy 7:45 am for the 8:00 am test. She requested scrambled eggs with cheese for breakfast, and I use the last 2 eggs in the house just for her! She was taking this ACT test cold - no prep, no studying, just to see where we are. We have plenty of time to improve and study, to win this war with standardized testing to get in to college, but we want to be working on the right areas. While she was at the test, the rest of the Weavers headed to Edmond for basketball with Jake. Nana and Grandpa picked up Lara after the test and took her to lunch. Then home - she wanted a nap!
No pictures of anything fun from Saturday, but I did have a fun old pic show up on my Timehop so I made this fun comparison:
Sunday was typical - lazy start, afternoon church, dinner out, and family meeting. And a battle to get these kids to bed early, as they were headed back to school for the first time in 2 solid weeks due to the teacher walkout. Still lots of work to be done and fight in them, but we have to get back to the kids. This battle was long, and not as fruitful as we hoped, but the war has just begun!
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