Recovering from a Super-Circus Weekend

Returning to work this week was a chance for recovery. The Addict needed some respite after surviving a "Super-Circus Weekend."

The Addict lives in a blended family. This is a second marriage for both the Addict and his Beloved. Our new family includes three children from the Beloved's first marriage (Y-Girl, X-Boy, and Z-Girl), two children from the Addict's first marriage (Ball-Boy and Snibbet-Girl), and one child from the new marriage (The Chatty Chatty Princess).

Four of the children reside with us on a daily basis (Y, X, Z, and the CCP). Ball and Snibbets join us every other weekend. We affectionately refer to these weekends as "Circus Weekends."

This past weekend was a Circus Weekend on steroids -- a Super-Circus Weekend.

It all started with a Father-Daughter event for the Addict and Snibbet-Girl. This was held in the city where Snibbet-Girl lives, about a 90-minute drive from the Addict's house. The event was wonderfully fun! But it was also just the beginning.

X-Boy's baseball team had a tournament for the weekend. His team played one game Friday night, four games on Saturday, and a game on Sunday morning. Thus the Beloved was gone for most of the weekend to attend X-Boy's games.

Meanwhile, Y-Girl was having a combined sweet-16 birthday party with a friend. This meant that roughly sixteen wild teenagers were over at the Addict's house on Friday evening, with seven teenage girls spending the night. Chaos in the hallways!

To avoid any unwanted trouble, X-Boy stayed at his Dad's house Friday night and Ball-Boy, Snibbet-Girl, the Chatty Chatty Princess, and the Addict fled to the confines of the Addict's parents' home. Despite this seemingly wise plan, the Addict got no sleep that night.

Y-Girl was not the only one celebrating a birthday over the weekend. The Addict's sister, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, was also celebrating a birthday. This involved a party with friends on Saturday evening and a family party on Sunday.

Whew!

By the time the whole Super-Circus Weekend was over, the Addict was exhausted!

Time to go to work and get some rest!