• Giving up or escaping to greener pastures

    We pulled Beth out of her school yesterday. We’re not opting for a private school though… well not exactly. There’s a charter school down the road that a bunch of folks at church recommended. Today’s her first day… wearing a uniform. I’m working really hard to repress all of the bad associations with school uniforms running around in my mind.

    It may turn out for the best, but right now I feel like a quitter and a loser. We’ve agonized over this decision for weeks. We went over for an open house. Beth spent a day shadowing to get the lay of the land. We spent a lot of time talking to Beth about what she wanted. We agonized over leaving her gifted programs behind (which she loved). In the end we came to a decision together, but I still feel awful.

    Her first day at the new school comes one day after her first report card (of the middle school era). She was a little disappointed… only making the honor roll.

    Expectations can be rough, eh?

  • Blasphemer!

  • Do you know the feeling?

    I’ve spent most of the last 48 hours in the same spot. More than you wanted to know, right? Here’s more: I’d say I’ve been high on cold medication, but I think most of them are technically downers.

    If tonight is any gage for tomorrow’s prospects, we may have more to look forward to tomorrow. Ah, but there’s a bright side to all of this. I’ll have time to throw up more stuff… by which I mean more political posts to the site you won’t read, not how I’m spending my time when I leave my comfy spot.

    Still, it kinda makes me feel nostalgic for my cube.