Thursday, November 15, 2018

Yesterday was particularly craptastic

It has been a long time...a very long time, since I've had a day that was as rotten as yesterday was.  And further, it's been an even longer time since a day like this wasn't caused by Robert.  He is still off in training though, and our day here at home really stunk.

It all started with the five-year-anniversary of my dad's passing.  I was especially emotional about it, but life has to go on.  Yesterday after school, Thomas stayed to work on his computer class, and Andrew stayed with him.  While I was at home, I learned about some behavior issues with Thomas that I wanted Andrew and I to address with him before he went to his swim work out.  We walked into the cafeteria to discuss it, and before I could get started I noticed the janitors were moving out all of the table and chairs.  I asked why, and they explained there was an event in the cafeteria that evening.  I replied that yes there was, it was our chili supper, and we were definitely going to need tables and chairs for that.  It turns out there had been a serious scheduling miscommunication.  Thank goodness I had managed to catch that before we got there to set up an hour later and had nothing to work with!

The chili supper ended up being a very nice event... right up until I was cleaning up and managed to lock my keys in my trunk.  I knew instantly I had done so, and called home right away to have Andrew bring me another set.  During that phone call I learned that Catherine's wallet was missing.  They had looked everywhere (they really had...every place I thought to suggest they had already looked, and then some), and the more I learned the more convinced I became that it had been taken out of her bag in the band room.  There has been a problem with that.  Her debit card hasn't been used, so it might have been someone thinking they were being funny...which they were not.  The part that was making her sob is that her learner's permit was in it, and she is scheduled to take her driving test again today (we could use some good thoughts for her to pass) and we were weren't sure that was going to be able to happen.  Fortunately Andrew made a phone call today, and it does seem that with some additional paperwork it can still be done.

When I finally got home last night, Andrew and I had a long discussion with Thomas about some of the things that were happening in his life that he may not have even known about.  It was a tough conversation, and Andrew and I have to watch how much we disclose about other students.  It can be challenging.  After that I checked my email...and learned that the wreaths sold by our band that were supposed to arrive this weekend (and for which all the plans had been made) weren't going to be arriving until the middle of next week.  AGH!!!!!!!  At that point, it was just enough.  Nothing could be done about anything at 9:30 at night, and it was just time to sit and have a glass of wine.

On the upside, there is a plan for the wreaths, and it does appear that Catherine can take her test.  So as craptastic as last night was, today things are starting to work out.

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