Summer's Over

"What?" you say.  "Summer's not over - school doesn't start for 3 more weeks."  Well, that's only if you're not in Marching Band.  If you are Marching Band in most of the schools in the area, Summer Band Camp starts tomorrow. And it doesn't just start.  Oh, no.  It takes over our lives. In the next 9 out of 11 days, Scott will be at Band for 81 hours. Yes, that's right, 81 hours!!  9 hours a day.  And it's not just the 9 hours a day I object to, it's the schedule.  First I drop him off at 8:00a.m., then I pick him up at 3:00p.m., then I drop him off at 6:30p.m., then I pick him up at 8:30p.m. Do they think I have nothing better to do with my day than take Scott to and from and to and from the school?  Apparently they do.  Thank heavens the teachers have meetings the week before school - they can only have Band from 4:30 to 8:30 those days.  Only 20 hours that week - how lucky we are.  Scott is looking forward to school starting on the 24th, just so Summer Band Camp will be over.  I think that's a sad end to summer.

I think I'll do a poll.  In the comments section tell me if you think 101 hours of Marching Band in 3 weeks is too much, and if my tirade above is justified.