Ahhhhhh, Saturday.

I know I say it over and over again but life cannot possible get ANY more hectic. We have been going in so many directions I am dizzy. C had his District Swim for the high school swim team all day on Friday so the students missed classes. The top 16 out of 700 swimmers came back in the evening for finals. I knew we were safe on that one as C is without a doubt the smallest swimmer in the pool. He is swimming against "men" with hair under their arms and everything. BUT, he is a year round swimmer so he can hold his own against SOME of them and even beats a few of them. I'm sure the other "men" are thrilled with that one! Anyway, D's former tours were in West Palm and he had secured all access passes for the family. All was going according to plan until C's freestyle relay team made it to the finals due to another team (of men !) disqualifying.
Ugh. So even though we knew his team would not go onto Regionals (they are just little guys) he and I had to go back to the pool (about 30 minutes in the opposite direction) for his swim. Then . . . driving rain. Delays. More driving rain. More delays. Meanwhile, M, Is and D are hanging out backstage with the Brooks & Dunn/Alan Jackson people. C and I finally made it down there around 9:15 and the whole family got home around 1 am.
I was PLANNING on the kiddos sleeping in this cloudy but warm Saturday morning. But M had other plans as a friend of D's GAVE him, which D presented to M, an ocean kayak!! So . . as I staggered in the kitchen to get my first of probably three cups of joe, I heard them closing the garage door. I ran outside and gave D the sign language for "DON'T FORGET LIFE JACKETS!!" Even in deep fatigue, Moms have to function. Now . . did he remember the Alligator repellent?