Ah, the stress of being a single parent. So I am about to get on a flight to New York for a business trip. This means I will be missing the mandatory band meeting and back to school night. It also means finding someone to spend the night at my house and get my daughter to school by 7 am.
This sucks, but what can I do? The meeting is around a bunch of other people's schedules and could mean a lot of business for us if it goes well. So I explain to the band parent leaders my situation and I e-mail all of her teachers explaining the situation and I ask my business partner, could she do me a HUGE favor and stay at my house tonight even though she just got back from a business trip, herself and I do the single parent dance.
I have often thought life would be a lot easier if my other divorced friends with kids and I all got together and lived in a commune. Still. it wouldn't replace having mom availbale for back to school night or meeting her teachers and the parents of her classmates. But I can't split in two, despite how I might try, so back up plan it is!