Why Yes, I AM 13 Again…
My mother, brother, and stepdad just returned from New York. My brother is in the Varsity Choir at school and they sang at Carnegie Hall!! (insert copious amounts of sisterly pride) Here he is:
I have no idea who the cougar is, but she has excellent taste, doesn’t she?
(corrected before my mother kills me, this is not a cougar but a lovely woman that my brother really respects and adores, she does something important with the choir… but I’m not sure what)
I dropped them off last week at the high school parking lot so they could board buses down to LAX.
When they returned to LAX my mother called me to let me know they were leaving LAX. Then she called when they reached Magic Mountain, then again at the base of the Grapevine and once they got into town, then when they were 5 minutes away from the school.
Not anticipating the rush of Memorial Day traffic back IN to town as well as the traffic on route to the school, I didn’t exactly RUSH to the car. That’s not true, necessarily, I got up when she called and I immediately started the search for my key to the ignition. When I didn’t find it, I borrowed Mike’s.
ED accompanied me. Typically, when my mother sees ED she gives her a huge hug, not so much this time. Forcing Asking ED to come along was just an instinct, but when I saw my mother, stepdad, and GJ standing on the sidewalk with their luggage, I knew that the instinct meant I needed a buffer. :twisted:
*Note to self, this is another one of those posts I am going to have to apologize for next Mother’s Day.
The conversation went like this (one must imagine my mother’s voice in low, exhausted, irritated, monotone):
ED: Was the flight very crowded?
Mom: The plane was full… with 110 teenagers on it.
Me: Did you have a layover?
Mom: In Denver.
ED: Denver has a really nice airport.
Mom: Not with 110 teenagers in it.
Me: ED could you grab those keys in the glove compartment.
*at this point I was trying to stifle the worst attack of the giggles that I have had in years.*
*ED shuffling around looking for keys and is obviously thrilled to have something to do so she doesn’t have to continue attempting to make polite conversation*
Mom: (to my stepdad as if I am not in the car at all) Oh my god, she forgot the keys. I reminded her to bring the keys and she forgot them.
(that last part, imagine my mom sounding very much like a pissed off Emily Gilmore from Gilmore Girls)
ED found the keys and I passed them back to my stepdad. I think my mom rolled her eyes, but it was dark.
We arrived at my mother’s house, I attempted to help them with their luggage, ED asked if they needed help - they declined and seemed more than a bit disgusted with us. The problem is that it was 9:30 at night, they had been traveling across time zones and what-not and were obviously jet lagged. My problem is that I had to wait until after I picked them up to start drinking.
ED and I got back into the car and left.
ED: Wow, your mama is PISSED.
Me: Oh, you noticed?
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April 20, 2007 @ 4:45 am
Kate will definitely grow a spine. I did, and I was just like that. And since she has several examples - you, Ethan, and Mike - she’ll definitely grow into her own person as she gets older.
April 20, 2007 @ 5:07 am
I agree that she will grow into her own as she gets older.
However, in the meantime, may I suggest purchasing anerve gas cannister, loading it up with Prozac gas and lobbing it into this twits classroom. Obviously, the only person who should be in the classroom is the afore mentioned twit.
Just an idea…..
April 20, 2007 @ 5:49 am
I think that you have taught her that you are only human. It’s difficult to be the bigger person 100% of the time especially in a situation like this.
I’m glad you are bringing this to the principals attention. Kate shouldn’t have to suffer for her teacher’s incompetence!
April 20, 2007 @ 6:09 am
ah the dangers of learning to play “nice”.
April 20, 2007 @ 7:45 am
I think you should also send copies of that letter to the superintendent and the school board. Teachers are indescribably important. A bad teacher like that deserves all the heat you can muster.
April 20, 2007 @ 9:48 am
Nana has to weigh in on this one. I sub at Kate’s school and have witnessed Katie’s behavior. It is different this year, she is not the same optimistic, outgoing kid. I see someone who is indifferent about her school environment and somewhat ostracized by her peers.
I do realize that this is your platform for expression Amy, so forgive me, but, I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Joefish (:wink:), I even suggested that Aamy copy all progess reports with the attached “so called” missing assignments. Send these items in an envelope with her State Test Scores ( 90 percentiles people!) along with her past 3 years of grades ( Honor Roll, Pricipal List 4.0 people!) and submit them to the School District with a letter of complaint. A Hot Fire should be lit under this gal’s EGO and going through the RIGHT channels gives her more heat than a steamy note from mom. This is especially true when Amy can show that she has used all the appropriate avenues to correct the and communicate with the school without satisfaction. ( We love Katie, she is a great kid with a spine, maturity and a level of composure that would make any mom very proud..and my darling daughter..you should be ..you “done good”..ILY)
April 20, 2007 @ 9:51 am
geez, I can’t spell worth shit…well I was upset! crap!
April 20, 2007 @ 9:52 am
That’s okay, Amy can’t either. :twisted:
April 20, 2007 @ 10:04 am
thanks, now,I feel better
April 20, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
Aw, Amy, your mom isn’t NEAR as bad as you make her out to be.
:twisted:
April 20, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
at the risk of this being funny only to me - I should probably disclaim that last comment with:
I was so totally just fucking with Amy. Really. I swear.
April 20, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Wow. Amy’s mom agreed with me. :shock:
I have to go find someone to annoy to balance this.
April 20, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
Britt, I can’t believe you backpedaled on that. I’m ashamed of you!
April 20, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
Avi Hadn’t thought of it that way…
Wicked That’s a GREAT idea!!!! Let’s do it!
Jen I agree! And, ADD me to your TWITTER! I’ve been WAITING for a freakin’ approval!
Britt Amen!
Joe In the works… I completely agree!
April 20, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Mom aka Nana *sigh* Yes, I know. Thank goodness Adam is brilliant because I think that letter will light a fire under all their asses.
Avi re: my spelling IDJYF
Britt Pfft. Bitch.
Joe That shouldn’t be too hard… just go back over to Britt’s blog, you’ll get under her skin eventually. Or a psycho will show up and you can annoy them!
Avi She has a heart ya know… and a mom… and I have her mom’s email address around here somewhere. :twisted:
April 20, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
oh, it’s ok…my ears have been on fire on more than a few occassions over the past 31 years…yes it all began when Amy was capable of dialing a telephone.
Mr. Fish..it all works out in the end for there have been numerous times when I didn’t agree with you
April 20, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
Spelling is an objective thing. I don’t judge you if you spell like a retard. I just sigh and shake my head.
April 20, 2007 @ 7:40 pm
Mom, would those be the times I’ve talked about your daughter’s bottom?
April 20, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
Being the bigger person works great in the long run… as for the short run… it feels so damn good to make a little twit cry after they’ve pushed all your buttons.
From what I’ve read here about Kate, she’ll get her spine, and God help those who wrong her when that day comes. She’s got a good example, and she’ll stand up for herself.
April 21, 2007 @ 8:02 am
First off, this post is nothing like what I was expecting when the feed reader only gave me, “What is up with these people who whack their monkeys…” LOL
Second, I understand your dillema. Daughter is also shy and reserved at school, and “lets things slide” by using the “be a bigger person” cloak too. I’m still strugling with trying to find the balance with her. Oh dear, that’s not very encouraging, is it? Sorry. I know you will find a way!
April 21, 2007 @ 9:09 am
Ah, my daughter is having a similar year. The teacher in her case runs the gifted program. I have finally come to the conclusion that I need to pull my daughter out of this woman’s class. She’s had a miserable year all because of this teacher.
April 21, 2007 @ 8:10 pm
Mr. Fish
:shock:
ok…( mom, is now leaving the room and quietly closing the door )
April 22, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Avi- I just dont care what she has to say, my teacher is a retard and should be in a speacial place as not to hurt anyone or herself!
Britt- Im not sure what to say.
Nana- Well I agree
Everyone else-srry for not personally addressing you. I agree with all and thanks for encouraging my mother to do all possible things to this teacher, i mean she already got a P.E. Teacher fired and RMS! I know she can get Hankison fired!
ILY mom!!! :lol:
April 22, 2007 @ 7:48 pm
Kate, you are definitely your mother’s daughter! :mrgreen:
April 22, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
*fuming* For every one of us (teachers) who work hard all year long to get kids to trust us enough to open their mouths or approach our desks when they have questions, there are always 3 dumbasses who teach only for the long breaks. Pisses me off!!! Listen to yo’ mama and Joe — Take your complaints to the higher powers. The bitch teacher likely won’t respond to anything you have to say, or she’ll make it your fault and then end up teaching Kate’s 7th grade class next year.
And, give your baby girl time… I was a mouse throughout my growing up, but about the time I became a senior in high school, my sense of righteous anger was awakened, and I realized that I was the only person in this world who would stand up for me. She will get there.
April 23, 2007 @ 7:54 pm
Hey avi what does that mean? that i misspell or personalaty?
April 23, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
Let’s just say a little from column A and a lot from column B!
April 24, 2007 @ 7:05 pm
Ok Avi! Hey I heard about your Avril Lavigne CD. How is it?
April 24, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
It’s fucking awesome. As if it could be anything but!
April 24, 2007 @ 7:17 pm
LOL no kidding, i heard you got the censored version though, that kinda sucks huh?
April 24, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
I bought the unedited version as soon as I found out. It came with a behind the scenes DVD that is kick-ass, too.
April 24, 2007 @ 7:21 pm
Wow!! Well looks like I’m gonna have to get mom to get me that then huh?
April 24, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
You should ask her to order it for you on Amazon.com right now and have it sent overnight. Tell her I said it’s okay.
April 24, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
LoL i will tell her asap! Thanks Avi!!!
May 31, 2007 @ 10:28 am
Oooooh - you’re gonna be in TROUBLE.
May 31, 2007 @ 10:34 am
Miss B Hey - at least it made for good blog fodder, right? Uh… right? :lol:
May 31, 2007 @ 10:39 am
I was imagining Emily Gilmore, too.
May 31, 2007 @ 12:50 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if you hear the same thing I hear when I get “in trouble,”
“You know, you’re not so big and so old that I can’t turn you over my knee and paddle your behind.”
May 31, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
She reads like a nice lady on her blog. I dunno. I don’t trust anybody under 40 so…
May 31, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Oh shit, I gotta get new glasses. I thought it said,”I saw my mother, stepdad, and OJ standing on the sidewalk”.
I’m thinkin’ WTF is her mom doing with OJ Simpson? Run, woman, run!
LOL
Congrats to your brother! Carnegie Hall! Wow!
June 1, 2007 @ 10:13 am
You honestly DID NOT make a POST of this! Let’s get the facts straight here, shall we dear, it was after 10:00 and as you were totally aware we had been on a Cruise Ship, after Carnegie Hall until 2:30 A.M. Then we caught the flight home for which we were up at 6:00 A.M. Let’s not mention the fact that I was a chaperone, which means I am Stupid and Exhausted. Thus, the reason for the phone calls on the way home because I KNEW you would be LATE! All the while by your tone, I knew you were hitting something..booze, pills, something..
Yes, by the time you arrived, all 3 buses were gone and all 110 teenagers, oh yes 109 your brother was waiting on the sidewalk with us and the luggage.
Giggles:?: You have got to be kidding:!:
RW: You would be absolutely correct, I am quite a nice lady and now I don’t trust anyone under hmmm..32.
Have a lovely day dear:wink:
June 1, 2007 @ 11:08 am
Avi And you’d be correct… she even sounds like her in writing if you saw my mother’s comment.
Tense She’s not quite that delusional… yet.
RW She does read like a nice lady… see, blogs aren’t always accurate.
Marti LOL!!!
Mom I’m less than 5 minutes from the school mother… that’s silly. :roll: And, NO, my tone was due to the fact that I was relaxed and having a good time (and wow, I can completely see why you wouldn’t recognize that, or might mistake it for something chemically induced
) I hadn’t had anything to drink and I don’t take pills… that was SOOOOO not nice. I have never driven under the influence - ever. And yes, the buses were gone (guaranteed the drivers wanted to get the hell away from the chaperones probably more than the teenagers as quickly as possible) but there were still people in the parking lot. :twisted:
Love you too, Mommy!! :mrgreen:
June 1, 2007 @ 11:26 am
Funny, dear, you kept saying, ” Mother, I am only 3 minutes away.” People in the parking Lot?!
RW: Don’t listen to her, I only admit to giving birth to her.
June 1, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Mom There were cars and people in the parking lot, I saw them before I saw you! :roll:
June 2, 2007 @ 5:30 am
Thank you for the advice to not let anyone in my family read my blog (snicker)