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What a Mom Will Do.....

5/16/2009

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Swim lessons and summer camps.  These are a *BIG* deal here on Yongsan Garrison!  Parents wake up in the *WEE* hours of the morning to secure a place in line just so their kids can the *primo* spot.  You see, for swim lessons you don't want to be in the early classes for a couple of reason....my main reason is frankly, I don't want to wake my kids up too early during their summer vacation to drag them to the pool! By doing that, it makes swim lessons a chore and not fun.  Second, the air is too cool in the morning and the water is TOO COLD!  The kids in the early morning class are freezing & it is just miserable for everyone involved.  This is why I opted to get up at 6AM on my Saturday morning, (OK, for those of you that know me, 6AM is not early for me, but is sounds good for the purpose of this blog) to go sit in the drizzle....  Oh, and for summer camps, if you aren't there early you will be put on the dreaded waiting list.

This year since I am seasoned mom here on Yongsan, my friend JA and I plotted, she would arrive at 6:30AM to hold a place in line for me if I brought chairs and coffee at 7AM.  Done deal.  I arrived at 7AM and received my #12!  Woo-hoo!  Here we are waiting, drinking our coffee with out little numbers stuck on our hands...

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I remember back in the day when my friends would get up in the wee hours of the morning to camp out in front of Ticket Master to get  *primo* tickets for concerts - I thought they were nuts!  Wow, if they could see me now!  Finally after an hour of sitting in the drizzle, which was not bad at all, they people working decided to be kind and let us move inside the building, as long as we were all on our best behavior.

This guy was first in line...he told me he arrived before 6AM.  He should win dad of the year! 

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More folks waiting.....I almost felt like I was at Wal-Mart on Black Friday, but it  was a little too organized.

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The MP's were even here to make sure things didn't "get out of hand"!

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As it turns out, I couldn't be happier I went so early.  The kids are in all the camps and swim lessons I wanted them in, and the fellowship with my friends was great.  I loved the excitement and fun of it all!    Whee...now we just have to wait for summer to begin!  11 June won't be here fast enough for me!

PS...Sign ups started at 9AM.

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kathie
5/18/2009 12:55:26 am

Glad you had fun!

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