<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Anna has decided she&amp;#039;s cheerleading this year. She&amp;#039;s cheered every year since she was in kindergarten, with the exception of last year, when she decided she was tired of it. She&amp;#039;s back again this year, and I think not so much because she loves it but more because she&amp;#039;s in middle school now, and wants to be known as a cheerleader. Whatever the reason, it&amp;#039;s fine with me. The season only lasts till early November, so it&amp;#039;s not a huge hardship. It&amp;#039;s also one of the less expensive extracurricular activities she can take part in, which is great. She has practice twice a week, and her first game is Sunday. And it&amp;#039;s her Dad&amp;#039;s weekend. It&amp;#039;s an away game, in a school district that&amp;#039;s going to be one heck of a commute for him, coming from another state - smack in the middle of his weekend day. According to the calendar, every other weekend - his weekends, to be precise - are away games. I emailed him the schedule, and I could practically hear him grumbling in my mind. Peter hates having his weekend hijacked. The game days vary between weekend day and time - there&amp;#039;s no real order to it. He&amp;#039;s going to have schedule around it all, and get her there an hour early, and make sure her hair is done and all her uniform pieces are in order, and that she has a water bottle. And if he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;snack Mom&amp;quot; that weekend, he&amp;#039;ll have to arrange that, too. When we were together, I did most of that. He&amp;#039;d show up for a few of the games, but I was the one who brought her early and did all the coordinating. Now it&amp;#039;s halfway on him and I&amp;#039;m just petty enough to find that amusing. Welcome to being a cheer Mom, Peter! Whoo hoo! Don&amp;#039;t forget to bring a cushion for those icy metal bleachers! Did your ex have to take on some of your previous parent duties? Did it secretly make you smile to think of them having to do it? Please, let me know I&amp;#039;m not the only petty one here! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.womansday.com/relationships/dating-marriage/a47356/feels-good-to-be-petty/>