Scarlet was not the least bit phased by Will-O's "forgetting" to pick her up at the bus stop. Note: school district policy does not allow any K-4 or K-5 kids to be let off at the stop without a parent there (duh) even though it is pretty much 2 houses away. When a parent is not at a stop immediately, the bus and kids wait 7 minutes and then go about their bus business of dropping off more kids. They come back one more time and then if there is still no parent, they drive the forlorn child to the school administration building where there is child care and keep calling parents to tell them to get their heads out of their asses and come get their kid.
I, of course, did not make it a big blame game or even a big deal when I talked with S. about it. I simply said, "Hey I heard there was a snaffu about the bus pick-up yesterday...that is no good. Just so ya know, that will never happen again as we (I) will always be there to get you." S's response: "I want it to happen again--it was fun. I got to ride around and around on the bus and then I went to a child care place and played! And then dad felt so bad for missing me at the stop, he took me to McDonald's (what?) and I got a strawberry shake (ahhhh--whipped chicken fat...I may puke!) It was really exciting.
Seriously, whew.
Worst Part of the Day-
Will-O does not know why I am let down by his forgetting to pick up Scarlet (the ONE day I ask--as I have a day of AM work, prep for classes, teach 2 classes, coach soccer and then back to work!) He does not know!!!!! He says "everyone makes mistakes" He feels I am "just mad at him again." If it is not clear why I am down, I may be running out of steam and words to illuminate exactly why I have these feelings. It has much to do with basic accountability, responsibility and trust, though. And it's not like I have a general distrust in all of mankind...I am forgiving..and allow many chances...I am about to re-hire Porn Babysitter (heh heh) for this coming weekend, for heaven's sake--AND allow computer usage (when children are asleep 'cause it's not healthy for them to see 79 porn sites in an hour...)
Like my wise ol' G-Ma always says, "You can help how you behave, but you can't help how you feel."
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