BEING TRADED
Cecelia called me the other day. I picked up the phone and she said "OK. We can do a trade so that my daddy can go see the space shuttle launch." And then there was silence.....
I intuited that she was trading her father's presence at her ballet recital at the end of May for ME being at her ballet recital! I had no idea I was involved in a trade, but I must say that I certainly cannot complain about the result.
This is Cecelia's last ballet recital as she has decided to not take lessons after this year. So it has become a bit more important for those of us who love sitting through 5 hours of dancing sprites, nymphs, and fairies just to see the 2 minutes our "child" is on stage! Actually, I exaggerate - the last recital was only 4 hours.
Unfortunately, the weekend of this ultimate performance was the same weekend that her father, Michael, had an opportunity to go see the next space shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral, with Lester. Being at the launch is part of the Federal Government Leadership Institute Program Lester is in. That is a pretty cool "perk!" The trip to Florida includes briefings at NASA as well as "front row" seats at the actual launch. Lester can bring one guest and we both thought that Michael would enjoy this to no end. Michael has such a wonderful curiosity and takes much pleasure in experiencing all facets of this world. But he turned it down, being the wonderful dad that he is, because he did not want to hurt Cecelia's feelings.
So Cecelia took it into her very own competent 8 year old hands and figured out that having Gramma visit for the weekend would be a fair and judicious trade for her father. And for Cecelia and Olivia, it would most likely be much more happy, joyous, and free, than having a parent! I tend to be a bit less structured, shall we say, than are the parents! So I will go off to see Cecelia's last recital and Michael and Lester will go off to see the space shuttle launch. A very reasonable trade!
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