My saturday was spent helping my sister out by driving 2 of my nephews to their soccer games. It was fun to hang out with my nephews and was a great way to spend a beautiful fall day, but the fact that this happens ever saturday is kind of unbelievable to me.
Here was my day:
Drive 40 minutes to my sister's house in the suburbs, have breakfast with them
Drive my 2 nephews to the first game, 40 minutes away.
While the older one who was playing warmed up with the team for an hour, the younger one and I went for a 30 minute walk, played at a playground for 15 minutes and kicked a soccer ball around for a bit till the games started. Every other parent spent this hour sitting in their car, most of them WITH THEIR CARS RUNNING! Keep in mind this was a clear 55 degree day, and every single person there had come dressed to sit outside for a 1.5 hour soccer game.
Watched that game, then drove 45 minutes to the next game, same routine, waited an hour, watched the game, drove 35 minutes back to my sister's house, drove 40 minutes home.
So all told I drove nearly 3.5 hours in the day, this is apparently the world of "club" soccer in this country. I don't have kids, so I hate to sit here and judge how anyone raises their children, but this seems pretty crazy.