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.
