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This weekend the Spoolstra family is traveling to Chicago to celebrate a spate of birthdays, including Amy’s, Julie’s and that of the patriarch of this fine family. This event was planned and coordinated primarily by Kyle and Marie and choreographed to occur the same weekend Stephanie was planning to be in Chicago as well. All parties were notified, including Amy…


I received a phone call from Amy this afternoon, informing me she had “confused” the weekends and asked off for next weekend, but not this weekend. She would be able to arrange coverage for Friday night and Saturday, but not Sunday. She sounded tired and defeated, but said she had just awakened from a nap. I told her it was quite unfortunate but we would not be able to rearrange the weekends. She said we should have a good time…


I called Kyle immediately after my conversation with Amy. I told him I was sure I had given her the correct dates. He said he had, too. So there is no chance she didn’t have the correct information. I don’t know if she forgot to ask off and decided it was better to say she had the weekends confused, or if she really did have the weekends confused… But based on past experiences with her, planning ahead is simply not her forte. I know Kyle is disappointed that his planned family gathering didn't go as planned.


As I was processing my feelings about this situation, I was surprised (and not displeased) to realize there was a part of me that was disappointed, too. Imagine that!


I also replayed in my head all the times I had prompted and chided and reminded and cajoled and suggested and demanded she do the things she needed to do… and by the end I wasn’t so committed to being her keeper. In spite of numerous “reminders”, she rarely did anything that she needed to do. So now, with no one to remind her, I guess she is learning some even tougher lessons.

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