I am agog at the lack of communication the people right in front of me won't admit to.
Still have a headache!
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2013 6:12:00 pm PDT #24798 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat - Jun 04, 2013 6:21:06 pm PDT #24799 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh mac. But yay for having a McPhee.
I'm having A Week. I'd love to tell you all about it, but I'm sitting here crying and thinking "I cannot do one more day at work." It's not good.
The twins' last day of kindergarten was today. Grace was absent for 20 days this year which feels like a parenting fail because that is 10% of the school year. It's especially bad because we are told that it's affecting her progress and we may have to deal with truancy court next year. Fuck you lady. In September Grace couldn't speak and now she has 6+ word utterances. In September she couldn't use scissors and now she happily cuts everything out. In September she couldn't write a single letter of the alphabet and now she writes books about playing sports. I'm sure her progress is as fine as it can be given that she has surgery every 10 weeks and had pneumonia for which she was hospitalized.
Also, to keep it in perspective. Three years ago, when Grace came home, she couldn't walk yet.
Noah was absent for 2 days.
Sue - Jun 04, 2013 6:25:32 pm PDT #24800 of 30001
hip deep in pie
For both ita and Kat: What is wrong with people?!
Kat, that is remarkable progress.
DavidS - Jun 04, 2013 6:26:20 pm PDT #24801 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kat, that is remarkable progress.
Seriously.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2013 6:28:23 pm PDT #24802 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kat,
how wonderful at your daughter's progress.
beekaytee - Jun 04, 2013 6:28:46 pm PDT #24803 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Oh Kat, much love and wishes for ease to you.
And bless you for creating the sort of life that built the platform for Grace's incredible strides. She's worked hard, sure, but YOU made it possible.
Take those stats to truancy court (god forbid) and flip that lady the virtual bird. Screw her.
sarameg - Jun 04, 2013 6:34:43 pm PDT #24804 of 30001
Fuck you lady.
This. This, so much. I almost want you to have to go to truancy court (but for the time and bullshit) to be able to tell them FUCK YOU. Grace's progress has been amazing. I remember her reluctantly-kinda-walking and then her racing around the yard, on occasion almost run down by Noah on the trike. And how she picked herself back up and gestured angrily (she wasn't talking much yet) such that if she knew 'fuck you.' that's what that gesture meant.
...More importantly, I remember when she wasn't home.
Consuela - Jun 04, 2013 6:38:10 pm PDT #24805 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Bravo, Grace! You're a rock star!
le nubian - Jun 04, 2013 6:59:06 pm PDT #24806 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Burrell - Jun 04, 2013 7:08:24 pm PDT #24807 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
All that in one year? Grace is such an amazing kid. And you are the opposite of a parenting fail, you are amazing too. I know you don't want to be given kudos for just living your life, but you and K have given those kids such a great life and you deserve kudos for it.
Fuck you lady.
Seriously.
Also WTF is she talking about? I'm pretty sure it's not truancy when it involves hospitalization.
I was coming in here to share the pride/facepalm that is Isaac. When I call the kids to dinner, Isaac throws an epic fit that he has to eat and can't play Wii until after dinner. Uses a few choice cuss words, starting with "dipwad" and ending with "fucking idiots." Plus throws punches. Loses Wii. Loses his last nerve. Cries and screams and shrieks for the next hour. Takes a bath to calm down. Sobs uncontrollably for 20 minutes in the bath. It's a bad night. And then as I get his lunch out of his backpack, I notice a note from the school. He tested into the Gifted program.
That's Isaac. He's smart, but poor kid seems to have inherited his Dad's impulse and focus issues and my Hulk-like temper. oops? Love him anyways.