Things that need to not happen again
Soccer leagues should not schedule, cancel, and reschedule games three times in a row. They should not do this the night before the game and then leave messages on answering machines. I should be more conscientous about checking voicemail, particularly when the existence of a message is brought to my attention.
Gleek should not be allowed to answer the phone. She particularly needs to not pick up the phone and hang up on Howard when he is at the soccer field with Link and a cooler full of treats trying to figure out where everyone else is. She needs to not do this when I’m at a meeting with Link’s teacher and she is supposed to be playing in the backyard under the supervision of my neighbor. Even more important, after hanging up on her daddy, she needs to NOT turn off the ringer on the phone so that Howard calls repeatedly and recieves no answer even though I’ve arrived back at home.
This series of errors only came to my attention when Howard came storming in furious at spending hours buying treats and hanging around the soccer field waiting for people who never showed up. The bright spot in all this is that the cancellation of the game allowed the entire family to attend Kiki’s big presentation. That was a joy for her.