No longer sitting on the fence

[motherof3]

I want to do the right thing in responding to an email from H. Any and all suggestions and opinions would be much appreciated.

H sent me an email today that addresses some upcoming logistics regarding the kids. One of the requests from H is below.

H wrote: "I have the annual National Convention in Nashville in August this year. It is the week of August 18th (Wednesday) through August 22nd (Sunday). That is your weekend (with the kids), but wondering if you would be willing to trade me Monday that week (16th) for Wednesday (18th) and Thursday (19th). I would take Tuesday too but since you are doing a favor for me, I don’t want to take away from your time more than 1 day (if possible)."

Points to consider.
A) This Convention is work related and he attends every year.

B) I am willing to help H out and take the kids on my unscheduled days of Wednesday and Thursday. However, trading these days for Monday and Tuesday complicates things.

C) Monday the 16th is oldest sons birthday. If I trade days with H I will miss out on celebrating with S on his actual birthday.

D) Tuesday the 17th is middle sons first day of Kindergarten. If I trade Monday with H that means the kids will stay at his house that night and H will be the one taking middle son to his first day of school.

E) August is five months away. I haven't even planned for next week let alone five months from now.

I am leaning towards telling H that I would be happy to help him out on the Wednesday and Thursday so that he can go ahead and firm up his travel plans. I would also tell H that trading these days for Monday and/or Tuesday is something I will have to think about and get back to him at a later date.

Thoughts?