How exciting, smonster! All the -ma!

Just got off the phone with the school counselor, as I wanted to check in with her on a variety of end of school issues with Matilda.

Matilda is just so done with the teen girl drama. One of the girls she has beef with officially Reported Matilda for "Unnecessary Eye Contact." This occurred in the bathroom while they were changing stalls.

Matilda had to see the Principal, and they both laughed about it. But the microagressions are a pile of suck.

eta: I told the counselor that Matilda was going to miss May 17th, the day before the Memorial. She noted that they have Awards Assembly that day and Matilda would want to be in attendance just for that part.

Also, Matilda's baseball coach said he was retiring her number.

I am so glad not to have to be a teenager ever again. It's like being one large exposed nerve.

I am so glad not to have to be a teenager ever again. It's like being one large exposed nerve.

Well put! I was just reading Zadie Smith's article yesterday about her teenage angst and it was both a funny look back with cool dispassion on her overwrought drama and a slightly harrowing portrait of...well, being one large exposed nerve.

In Zadie's case, her defiant awkward self obsessed period ended abruptly when she stole her mom's cigarettes, sat in the window to smoke them and promptly fell out of the window, surviving a 30 foot fall but breaking both her legs.

One of the girls she has beef with officially Reported Matilda for "Unnecessary Eye Contact." This occurred in the bathroom while they were changing stalls. Matilda had to see the Principal, and they both laughed about it.

There are times when the southernism "Bless her heart" is pretty much the only response.

sj, personally, I don't know which is worse: Not getting help when you could use it. Or someone offering something you don't really need and expecting to be treated like Citizen of The Year. For me, it's a toss-up.

Sending all the ~ma, smonster. You would be a real asset to the organization.

Job~ma, smonster!

sj, I am extra side-eying those parents because I have to assume at least some of them are the parents of ltc's teammates, you would think they would want to show some team parent solidarity or community or whatever

Aw for the number retirement. That's so cool!

I have to report that I got sushi and tempura for lunch that came with miso soup, which I had first. I just absent-mindedly drank the dipping sauce for the tempura. Before eating hardly any of the tempura, even. I don't who decided to let me out among the humans on my own, but they should maybe rethink that.

Aw for the number retirement. That's so cool!

Yes! I love that!

I just absent-mindedly drank the dipping sauce for the tempura.

Was it...good, as a beverage?

Having her number retired will be something she will always remember. That is delightful.

Was it...good, as a beverage?

A bit salty, but not terrible. I can't say I recommend it as a better method of consumption.