March 29, 2023 - Wednesday


Thank God this week is finally half over!! It wasn't an awesome day. I felt pretty angry and embarrassed a couple of times. 

The school called today to tell me that the police didn't just wipe Clem's old tablet; they destroyed it. And guess what! I get to pay for it. An Apple freaking iPad, which we've never even been willing to spring for in our own family. Now I have to pay for one we don't even get to have. Good times. He didn't tell me the cost, but I know how much iPads cost, because I've looked into it a few times. Praying it doesn't end up costing quite that much. Like, maybe the school gets a discount? 

Then we went to Ruby's concert, which was so cute. She loved every second of it. She was up there singing and dancing her little heart out. We got lots of fun videos, but only one terrible photo. I loved watching her enjoy herself. The sad part was several people we know from Ruby's assessments/school issues stopping me to ask how I'm handling all of the stuff going on with Clemi and seeing Clemi's principal, who came over to give me a pity squeeze on my arm after delivering the bad news this morning. Upside: everyone has been genuinely kind, thoughtful, and compassionate throughout all of this. Downside: I don't even want anyone to know, let alone EVERYONE who works with either of my kids. They will literally never forget. I'm worried it'll be some kind of bad legacy for Ollie when she finally goes to school there (if we stick around this area). 

I've also decided to cancel my birthday party. The thing is, I only invited people I really like to spend time with, but hardly anyone is able to actually camp with us. Plenty of people plan to stop by on Saturday, but idk if I want to go through the expense and hassle of renting an RV to camp with only one or two of my friends' husbands and really just hang out with people Saturday. I'm kind of bummed, but not feeling angry or accusatory. Just a little bummed...mostly because I have no idea what I'll do instead, if anything. I didn't want to widen the circle (so to speak) and invite more people, just for the sake of filling the space. I'm really a person who enjoys smaller, more intimate gatherings, so that doesn't make sense if we're talking about my birthday. I'm not sure what we'll do. 




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