Just one more day...sort of

Tomorrow is the last day of school.  I can't tell you how excited I am to not have to be worrying about how late we might eat dinner, or whether everyone has their homework finished, or lunches have been packed, etc., etc.  Sadly, in this house someone did not worry enough about getting his homework done and now has to take summer school.   It's just one class, but there is literally no excuse.  His teachers commented that he pretty much "checked out" again for the last month, and I'm just so sick of it I can't even put it into words.  He's very fortunate in that a couple of teachers allowed him to turn work in even this week, which goes against general policy, and that has apparently kept him eligible for running cross country in the fall...but trust me when I tell you it's just barely.  He is paying for summer school, and I've decided I'm not going to nag.  He can figure this out on his own, or he'll be taking it again next summer...and it will be much tougher by then.  I love my son and I'm not giving up on him, but he needs to start figuring out how to make better choices, and accepting responsibility for the choices he is making.