Stahlke Adoption

What a Day!

Jonathan and I keep a wall calendar on our bedroom wall, so we can glance at it in the morning and remember events we had forgotten about. There's usually one day in the month where the box is completely full, and last Tuesday was one of those days . . .

Scheduled events
2:45 Pickup (Lena) and tutoring classes at Garfield school (Luda and Misha)
3:00 Pickup at Grace School (Bogdan)
4:00 Basketball away Game (Ruslan) and pickup at Garfield (Luda and Misha)
4:30 Basketball practice--his first ever--at Grace (Bogdan)
6:00 Pickup at Grace (Bogdan)
6:15 Supper at home
7:00 Guitar lesson in nearby Oak Park (Ruslan)
8:00 Tutoring session half-way to O'Hare airport (Bogdan)

Unscheduled events
2:00 Garfield telephones that Misha is sick and needs to go home
2:30 I bring him home and the school lets me pick up Lena, too
6:30 The pediatrician in Oak Park squeezes Misha into her full schedule
6:55 Our other car (at home) fails to start, five minutes before the guitar lesson
7:10 The pediatrician finally finishes with Misha (and therefore our working car is still not home)

Blessings
4:00 Someone else from Grace drives Ruslan to and from his basketball game
7:05 Two wonderful neighbors arrange for me to borrow a car

Results
7:10 Ruslan gets to his guitar lesson
7:55 Bogdan and I are five minutes early for his tutoring session!
8:30 Misha is in bed, feeling much better, for which I am glad

posted by Stahlkes @ 6:08 PM