The Big One started basketball yesterday.  Yes, she is only four.  I know that she is not very coordinated and that basketball takes a lot of coordination.  She is dong it for the social interaction.  She is doing it to learn teamwork.  She is doing it to maybe work on some hand-eye coordination.  She is doing it for some physical activity.

But most importantly she is doing it to get us out of the house.  With the Husband being gone, I am trying to find activities to fill the days.  I figure anything we can do to make the days go by faster will make this deployment easier on us.

Unfortunately the Husband doesn’t quite see it that way.  I think he gets my reasoning, but he is struggling with why we are doing these things while he is gone.  He feels slighted that I didn’t sign the Big One up for basketball when he was here.   And he has this silly notion that we only go to the “big park” when he is gone.

It is partly true. But that’s because when he is home on a weekend we are more often than not in San Diego. So we are not home to go to the big park or a basketball game,  instead we are at the Zoo or at a birthday party.

We don’t have any events or activities that are “must go tos” in San Diego in the near future. So I took advantage of that and signed her up for an activity.  It was difficult for me to make that choice. Going to San Diego is a sure fire way to make a couple days go faster. The grandparents, aunts and cousins make the day go faster. But I also seem to spend a lot of money when we go down. It’s also a long drive with both kids and the carsick dog. I decided that added stress wasn’t worth it to me. And who knows maybe it will convince some of the San Diego contingent to actually come visit us!

I am taking lots of basketball pictures and will bring the video camera too so that he doesn’t completely miss out.   I know he would love to be here and see her play, so I am going to do my best to document it all.   I just wish I didn’t feel so guilty about it.