We've only been in the new dojang for a couple of weeks, but we're already looking at having to cancel half the classes through the end of the year. This is Tk's school now, but TK took his ex up on an invitation to spend three weeks with his kids. Yes, he would be an idiot to pass it up, but it would have been nice to have this information before we moved and altered the class schedule, and I changed my life to revolve around my own kids' activities and not the dojang's.
Char can't take up TK's slack; Alex can teach a few of the beginner classes, but I still have to be there. Fortunately, Char is driving now and can get Kevin to dance classes and can take Stephanie home when her dad gets off work.
That in itself should be interesting: Stephanie and Damien in the same dojang.
If I sound irritated at all, it's because there's a part of me that thinks TK isn't coming back. Or if he does, he'll be bringing the ex back with him, and frankly, I have no kind words for her yet; she was Char's best friend, but I doubt Char would even look at her twice.
Yes, getting way ahead of ourselves here. It's what I do.
It'll all work out, what better Christmas gift than for TK to spend it with his kids. There's always that clone idea ;)
ReplyDeleteIf TK stays in FL, the dojang closes. It was never what I wanted to do, and I've been with it a lot longer than any of us ever expected.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that if anything, Becks will come back with him. I don't think they'll reconcile, but it sounds like she's realized the kids need their father and it's tougher being a single mom without a support system than she thought it would be.
And there's the matter of the gravesites. I don't think she anticipated what being that far from them would feel like. For that, she does have my sympathies.