So Thanksgiving has come and gone and all seems to be well. Little weird spending Thanksgiving here without all the traveling although I was told when I was feeling weird about Halloween that it was no different for someone else. So I march forward. Continually. Steadily. Against the strongwind.
We tore out my sisters built in tech center desk and a small wall in her loft. Now we have one huge
desk that runs about 21 feet along the front wall of the loft. Anastasia site right beside me now when she is at her computer. I love it! I can see what she is doing and her and I fool around and laugh when she is sitting next to me.
Tomorrow is back to school for her. Back to the grind for me. Not that I ever stop. Just back to the normal early mornings again.
I will become an official citizen of Arizona tomorrow. I will register my car, my Harley and change my license to this state tomorrow. Not sure if I am happy or not about that. I never planned to be here this long. Funny how things turn out. Not really.
Oh well, I am sure the good Lord has some plan for me. Just wish He would clue me in on it. :P
Time has flown by these past few days. I have so much to write about and not enough time to put a thought together.
I will update soon. Promise. :)
On Friday I got a call from the Assistant Principal from Anastasia’s school. She told me that Anastasia was found ditching class and that she was going to have after school suspension (or something like that) on Monday.
My first thought was, “WHAT?!?!?!” Then I asked the principal did she she know WHY Anastasia decided to ditch school? She told me that Anastasia was trying to clean her sneakers, took waay too long and they found her outside sitting on a curb.
Ok, now this makes more sense….Let me explain..
Anastasia called my earlier that day telling me her sneakers got dirty and she was trying to clean them, although she didn’t want to wear them anymore that day because they were dirty. I told her she needed to go back to class. I would not be brinning her new snearkers and that school was NOT a place to worry about dirty sneakers, we can deal with that when she got home. She didn’t like my answer.
When Anastasia got home, I drilled her about what happened. Turns out she got permission to go clean her sneakers, although a friend that went with her did not. They both were gone for a longer time than the teacher thought they should have been and when the teacher found them, they were sitting on a curb because Anastasia was having trouble getting her the sneaker on.
Now, I know you are probably thinking what I was thinking when she told me all this. I was trying to figure out if she was lying, although although everything she said made sense. Everything she said fit in with who she is and what priorities are in her head. So, I knew she was actually telling me the truth.
I told her she was grounded for the entire weekend and Monday until the after school stuff was served and she was done with it. She got upset. Then I told her because she didn’t try to lie she was not grounded for Saturday or Sunday.
We hugged. Life is good.
Here are the pics I promised you.
my daughter playing the bells.
my daughter playing the bells.
Getting ready to play the snare drum
The concert was very short. They seperated the band performances by grade. Each grade got to play two very short songs. All in all, it was nice to see Anastasia involved and playing the drums like she wanted to.
Tonight is Anastasia’s big drum debut! She is playing the snare drum in the band tonight at her school concert.
Very proud!
Pictures to follow.
