I made it to the grocery store. YAY!

Of course, they're sitting in the entry way, but...

Celebrate the small victories!

vw, I'm glad you made it to the grocery store, and I'm guessing you already got coffee and cream.

if they come out looking for the rest of my coffee (which, there is none), or then make coffee and go looking for my cream (which, there is none)....

The thing to say, next time you see Not!Emily is, "Dude, have you bought any coffee or cream yet? I think it is your turn."

Yay, vw!

Happy birthday, Owen!

I'm taking the taxes away from JZ before her head pops off.

San Francisco is dreary and gray today. Bleh.

Yay for groceries! And coffee!

See Laura banging her head against the desk. I just got back from a conference at school. My son is suspended for 5 days. He "found" a swiss army knife in the gym last period of school Friday. He brought it on the bus and showed it to another kid, that kid took it and threatened another kid. The threatened kid reported the whole thing to his mother. Mom told school. My son is friends with both of these boys, but they don't like each other. (really he is friends with everyone and thought of as a goofball and totally nonviolent) The security staff was as stunned as me. Didn't see this one coming.

How can such a smart kid be so stupid? He still doesn't get how serious and wrong his behavior was. He will by the time I have him with me for a week. Good grief. And on top of it all I really hoped to get a lot done today. This is not one of those fun parenting moments.

Mine was suspended on Friday for getting into a shoving match, Laura. I feel your pain. Same sort of thing -- once there's widespread involvement, everybody is at fault.

{{{Laura & Betsy}}}

So smart with no common sense. He really needs to get better decision making skills before he goes to High School next year. The school police officers were good with him. They know him since they have seen him for 3 years and he stands out with his whiteness and height. And big old goofball ways. They lectured him about the glory of being a thug. They have really bad kids they deal with all the time. They have drugs and gangs and the whole thing. This is big city public middle school.

They said they know very well that he is a good kid. They know he never gets into conflicts with the other kids. They also pointed out that if he dresses like a thug and talks like a thug people who don't know him so well are going to assume the worst about him.

I am so looking forward to telling DH. He isn't home until after midnight tonight coming back from St. Louis. Not sure if I should tell him before he flies home so he has some time to calm down or wait until he sees he isn't going to school tomorrow.

Sigh.

Laura & Betsy - now you have me scared I'm gonna get a call from CJ's school.

{{{}}} to you both - and your kidlets. Being stuck with an unhappy mom - not a fun thing.