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What kind of errands....
| Wed, 08-31-2005 - 1:41pm |
Do you run on a daily basis? Weekly basis? Monthly basis?
I've often heard people say that they need a lot of time during the week to run errands and that those errands would otherwise take up their evenings and weekends if they had to WOH ft. It made me curious because I just don't seem to have many errands to run at all. Are we just lazy :-)?


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I've watched my kids and the kids on their teams for years and I am pretty clued in to my own kids, thank you very much. My kids didn't play organized sports at 4 or 5, they began in the first grade, at 6 or 7. And no, they didn't bother with keeping score. They cheered on their teammates and even clapped when kids from the other team got a basket. They remembered if they scored, for sure.
My younger one is playing baseball this fall. He notices if he strikes out or if he hits a really good one. He notices if a parent from the stands says something really nice about him -- he overheard a mother telling another parent or grandparent to "pay attention to #21 -- he's really pretty good." He beamed about that one. He notices if his team gets creamed, which has happened once this season. If one team scores five runs before they get three outs, the inning is over, and that's ignominious, to be avoided at all costs. He also notices when his team creams another team, which has happened once this season. He notices if he makes a really good play in the field or if he misses an easy out (which hasn't happened this season). But honestly, if the "score" is something like 3 to 1 or 5-4, they have no clue. They don't really care, as long as everyone is having fun. Rather difficult for you to absorb, I am sure, but it's how it works here.
I agree with you to a
FWIW, it doesn't take 'lots of money' to hit the slopes and have fun.... if that's what you are living for at that point in your life. When I was in my 20's, I lived in Denver and rented an apartment and snowboarded and hiked and mountain biked and roller-bladed and partied at night with all my like-minded friends. We had jobs but we worked to play. We didn't work to pay mortgages or buy diapers or car seats or day care. We worked for our own selfish goals of having fun.
See? See how easy that is?
Meldi
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