Apparently our Lord is the abacus mixed with equations.

Oh fudge..with the beginning of a new school year comes the registering for weekend activities for the fall.

I never had weekend activities.  There were after school activities but never weekend.  On Saturday, after Fat Albert was over on CBS, the television was shut off and my sister Jess and I made our own activity.  I think we turned out okay...well, at least I did.  (My sister knows that the emoticon is pedestrian at this point.)

I doubt my motherhood skills because I don't consider this.  But, oh freak me, Mr. Ching Wang does.  Apparently, "we" are getting Laurel ready for her weekend activities this fall.  Laurel has all ready told us that she wants to do dance but not at the same place.  The fear is about the next level of dance...with modern dance comes sit-ups and push-ups at the beginning of each class.  Just a mere 50 and 15, respectively.  When I was Laurel's age, I could do this in my sleep.  (When I was Laurel's age, this was the only time when I was truly athletic.)  I will deal with this issue along with the fact that she is even taller and in need of a new leotard.  It is not about buying the new leotard but the fact that I can see my girl just one step closer to tampons. (I am dreading the talk.)

Pushing the dance aside, there is Ching's favorite activity:  math class on Sunday.  Apparently our Lord is the abacus mixed with equations.  Initially Ching and I saw this great article in the Globe about this math school.  As soon as Laurel said she liked math, she was enrolled in this school. (by Ching..)  Anyway I am not sure how much Laurel wants to be in math class, because she wasn't given a choice.
Jude:  You signed her up for math again?
Ching: Yeah (of course..you non quantitative spouse that ruined my children.)
Jude: (Freak you..I can dance)  Does she want to do this?
Ching:  She is not in the position to decide.
Jude: (Oh Christ)  Really?
Ching: There is a nominal bribe.

For the love of God, my girls shouldn't do activities for the bribe.  I wish they would realize the cost of the activity.  They don't (realize the cost) like my husband doesn't realize that maybe the girls have an aptitude for an Asian language class?

I just want my girls to appreciate the weekend.  But selfishly, I want to appreciate the weekend too...with my laundry and housekeeping tasks (as they are away at their activities.) The question of the day is this...Is it bad to push them into tasks that there Dad wants OR push them into tasks so their Mom can do laundry in peace?

Yeah...this is when Mom hell is calling... perhaps in 2054.