3:45 am. The first time I woke up in the night afraid that we had overslept.
6:00 am the alarm went off. It felt like 5:00 am because it would have been 5:00 am if this were not the designated “spring forward” Daylight Savings Time.
Shower. Dress. Consume instant coffee. Make banana smoothie for breakfast and sack lunch for My Kid.
7:00 am (which really feels like because yesterday it would have been 6:00 am) our family of 3 leaves the apartment and walks to nearest subway station.
No one riding the train at this hour is wearing high heels or fashionable clothing.
One woman in a uniform of manual labor rants at the stop and starting of the train accusing the driver of “smoking crack”.
It’s really early in the morning.
Pennsylvania Station.
Jacob Javits Convention Center.
First Lego League.
City wide robotics tournament.
8:00 am teams go to their assigned “pit” location.
8:30 am my kid is ready to got with the others to give their presentation on subway track fire prevention to the judges.
Sitting,
Walking,
Talking to other parents,
Attempting to read the Sunday Times,
Gathering to watch the two and a half minute robot competitions,
Five times.
The cavernous grey concrete convention center has terrible acoustics and fewer food choices than a 7-11 convenience store.
At the end of the day, due to snafu, My Kid’s team leaves the convention center without participation medals
The low point of the day.
On the way to dinner, two fruitless quick searches through stores looking for a particular item for a clown character.
Korean dumplings on 32nd Street, Mandoo Bar.
The world is looking up.
Home for homework.
Hannah Montana
Please can we please go to bed?