MILgymFAM
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- Feb 6, 2014
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How do you keep it from getting to you? The insane logistics of a two gymmie, one parent available family? My ODDs gym is new. Still doesn't have a building new. The entire time she's been there they have been renting space in another gym. This other gym is quite the commute for us (over double where the gym will eventually be), but reasoning it was temporary we went with it. My DD loves the gym. The coaches, the other girls, the family-like team atmosphere. All is well on the gymnastics front. Except.. The new building still isn't finished. We are going into the fall in the rented space.
Last season, when my DD joined, there was a homeschooling/elite group. This made the commute bearable and removed any conflict with my YDDs evening practices. The gym has since decided to drop the homeschooling group and have only two groups- the evening group and a morning elite group. In this case, the elite group means elite. Those girls training hopes. That's only two girls at this point, I believe, and obviously my DD isn't one of them. When the HC made this switch, they were supposed to be in the new gym mid-summer. Now, not so much.
My ODD is taking college classes in the fall. We had planned to do evening classes when she was in day gym, but enrolled her in morning classes once she got bumped. Right now she's in Puerto Rico (2 week camp), she previously went to Washington DC (1 week camp), and the gym was closed for an additional week. Right now it looks like my only option is to keep ODD home two days a week (they practice 6) so that my YDD can go to her practices (they only practice 2). I don't want to make my DD miss more gym and I don't like wasting tuition money, but I'm stuck and I'm stressed. I know this too is only temporary, and I don't want to get crazy about it. I'm not sure I'm even looking for advice so much as a place to vent and have some commiseration- my regular friends already think I am bats**t crazy for allowing the crazy commute in the first place. They are all on the make her quit bandwagon, and I don't want to fuel those flames.
Whew. That was a lot! Thanks for a safe place to let it out so I can let it go before DD gets home. Starting college is enough to stress without me adding to it.
Last season, when my DD joined, there was a homeschooling/elite group. This made the commute bearable and removed any conflict with my YDDs evening practices. The gym has since decided to drop the homeschooling group and have only two groups- the evening group and a morning elite group. In this case, the elite group means elite. Those girls training hopes. That's only two girls at this point, I believe, and obviously my DD isn't one of them. When the HC made this switch, they were supposed to be in the new gym mid-summer. Now, not so much.
My ODD is taking college classes in the fall. We had planned to do evening classes when she was in day gym, but enrolled her in morning classes once she got bumped. Right now she's in Puerto Rico (2 week camp), she previously went to Washington DC (1 week camp), and the gym was closed for an additional week. Right now it looks like my only option is to keep ODD home two days a week (they practice 6) so that my YDD can go to her practices (they only practice 2). I don't want to make my DD miss more gym and I don't like wasting tuition money, but I'm stuck and I'm stressed. I know this too is only temporary, and I don't want to get crazy about it. I'm not sure I'm even looking for advice so much as a place to vent and have some commiseration- my regular friends already think I am bats**t crazy for allowing the crazy commute in the first place. They are all on the make her quit bandwagon, and I don't want to fuel those flames.
Whew. That was a lot! Thanks for a safe place to let it out so I can let it go before DD gets home. Starting college is enough to stress without me adding to it.