the Zona Romantica in PV is very nice, especially depending on the hotel/Airbnb you pick

Thanks!

This week's stressor is that Matilda is completely breaking down at the end of the school year. She had a crying breakdown at school yesterday and sat with a teacher (skipping another class).

And she crawled into my lap and cried this morning and begged not to go to school. She's got finals next week so this is not optimal.

Also, a girl at her school stole Matilda's iPhone. She got it back but not before the girl pulled out the SIM card and flushed it down a toilet. You wouldn't think getting a new SIM card would be that complicated, but it's been fucky. Also, the girl didn't get expelled even though she stole three other phones that week. So she keeps giving Matilda the stink-eye in the hallway.

Oh dear, Matilda. I can feel her emotional overload and just wish I could send something more than soothing ~ma.

Sorry, Matilda. Kind of a rotten time to need to dig deep, but life sucks like that sometimes. You can survive not-so-great finals, though. mine often pulled things down, not that I'm a success. But I have found outlets for my antisocial tendencies(Virtual rally in a few minutes) Wish I could mess up the phone thief, though

Isn’t theft against the law? Shouldn’t the phone thief get arrested? I’m not big on cops for stuff that needs a social solution, like hunger, mental health, or homelessness. But the kid’s not stealing bread or baby food.

Isn’t theft against the law? Shouldn’t the phone thief get arrested?

Because the thief has a documented "family situation" with the school they get handled differently.

Poor Matilda. This is a lot for the wee nugget to be going through. I hope school ending soon will take some of the stress off her.

{{{Matilda}}}

Poor Matilda.

I'm sorry the phone thief has family problems but sometimes kids need their actions to have consequences and not just be ignored.

Life changes are hard.

I had a nice visit with Mom and Dad. We ate lunch at the "new Mexican place" and it's really good but unfortunately the dishes aren't Tex Mex so there was some confusion over what to order but it worked out even though M and Dad weren't 100% sure what they ordered. Dad got a Torta Cubano which was like a meat lovers sandwich with 4 types of meat and a fried egg. M got Tacos Birria which he didn't really like.

The visit was nice. Mom heard from the hospital about Aunt W. She had a severely fractured hip not broken and the surgery went great. Then we heard from J's social worker (her grandson who is in foster care) they was some confusion about payment for his summer camps but it ended up working out. He is going to one class/camp called Roller Coaster Physics and another about dinosaurs . Plus he has been getting straight As and doing make up work. His foster parents had to deal with some discipline when he has acted out and he seems to be doing better with firm boundaries.

E has a part time job. Very part time helping out where he does a swim meet. Next year he will be eligible to be an assistant with thr kids and be a lifeguard although that might not be until he is 7. I can't remember. He is flying to Greenville on June 15th before his summer camp up in NC and then after will fly out on July 5. He can fly by himself from VA to here and I'll pick him up etc. The 16th is my birthday so its a nice way to celebrate.

Oh, hah, I had tacos birria for lunch and it was pretty great.

I had more appropriate reactions to a lot of stuff as I was reading/lurking but that is all I can manage with current brain, sorry