On Saturday I took my daughter to see Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House.
Shes wanted to go for over a year.
She has been to many west end shows no problem.
She watches swan lake on youtube every week.
She has dance classes 5 days a week.
She asks for the swan lake story every night.
For a 5 yr old this is some serious prep and dedication.
She was extremely, extremely excited.
She lasted till the interval. It was quite the disaster, I think everyone in our box hated us 😡.
It was too long, too hot, too loud, too quiet, not enough (any) talking… my poor little girl was,thirsty, itchy, frustrated and generally overwhelmed.
To be fair to her she held it together till the curtain came down, but once we stepped outside she lost it.
Her birthday treat was turning into a birthday disaster!
I had to call it and take the extremely upset ballet nut out of there (never to return till she is at least 8!)
Here’s the moral of the story. Sometimes, regardless of the amount of preparation, things don’t go as planned, they bomb, they crash and burn, the shit hits the proverbial fan.
In those times, the best course of action is to stop🛑, take stock, dry your tears, and come up with a different course of action.
Don’t try to repeat the madness.
Go get icecream instead.
Picture taken before the crying began.
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