Well, I can't believe it's so close but we're down to the last 10 days before Power Weekend. 10 days to go and I've been sitting here stewing at the computer for half an hour as I try to come to terms with the fact that my amazingly strong 10 year old has just had a meltdown.
What you really have to understand is -- she's not at all the meltdown type. She's usually very good at keeping her emotions in check most of the time, but I guess she's really feeling the pressure of that supreme juggling act that the next week and a half will be and I'm feeling a little like Scotty trying desperately to hold the Enterprise together just long enough to complete the mission.
She's got extra play practices for her school play (performances are next Wednesday and Thursday nights), longer practices for her other play (performance the weekend after the Spectacular), track and field coming up this week, and still keeping to her regular training nights. On top of all of this she has to deal with missing 2 and maybe 3 of her BFFs' birthday parties due to all of these committments, which is the worst thing in her mind.
I'm reminded of my younger self (maybe a couple of years older), singing in the solo, duet, triple trio, small ensemble, and two choir categories (with 2 different choirs) at the Kiwanis music festival -- all at the same time as having a medium sized part in the school musical. On opening night I was so sick I couldn't go to school (breaking my perfect attendance record). But I still made it to opening night (and did well, too!), and I know that Sarah will be just fine. In her own words: "I'm tired all the time and my body's sore. I really want to go to the parties but I really want to get my black belt."
Sticking to the spaceship metaphor, here's another apt quote: "Don't worry -- she'll hold together. Hear me baby -- hold together." I hope she will. No, scratch that, I know she will.
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If you're Scotty, that must make me the Captain. Which reminds me of one of my favourite Scotty lines:
"Captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. But the secret is to give them only what they need, not what they want."
She'll hold together.
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