So, it's 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening... I'm on my way home, tired from a long week at work and just ready to put on my pajamas and veg out in front of the TV all night, when I get a call from my 14 year old. He wants to go to the basketball game in town and a 5th Quarter event at our church after the game. The kicker is the church event doesn't get done until 11:30 p.m. (Most of you know that I'm not a morning person, but I'm also not a late night person. I'm normally in bed by 9:30 or 10:00 p.m. I know that's totally wimpy, but I've always required a lot of sleep.)
So, being a parent for over a decade now, I'm quite used to running my kids around; boy scouts one night, church another, at various times basketball/baseball/soccer, etc... I'm totally fine with all of that. I normally stay for whatever event is going on, and those events get done at a reasonable hour in the evening. I'm just not ready to leave my child unsupervised somewhere for hours, and then have to pick him up well after my bedtime. On top of that, we live 20 minutes from town. It's not like a quick trip to pick him up.
I guess we've been fortunate that most everything we do is together as a family. Jordan really doesn't ask to go to many events. He would rather be hunting or fishing, instead of going to social events.
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