Stage Mom

I’m busy with the girl’s dance recital now.  I’ve already put in several hours trying to figure out which prop is supposed to go where when, but not nearly as much as I did last year.

It seems I’ve been supplanted as stage manager.  I went in expecting to do my usual work and found someone else doing it instead.  And I feel…

… such relief!

I’m almost giddy with it.  I will still end up doing a lot of work for the program, but I don’t have to answer questions anymore.  This is especially good because the teacher never liked answering them when I asked, and I always ended having to ask her.

Have you ever been glad to lose a position of authority?  Even if you still had to do a lot of the same work?