September 3, 2007

  • Terrible Mom

    So, remember the cootie that Ciera has?  She's still running a fever, has deep, dark bags under her eyes, and can't stop coughing.

    But I'm a mean mother because I wouldn't let her go to a friend's house today.  Evidently the friend has the same cootie, so they can't get each other sick, right? UGH!  We rarely tell her "no."  But I said no today, and I am SO NOT FAIR.  Oh well...

    Meleia had volleyball practice today.  And she worked out the whole practice.  I thought she might participate in a drill or two, but she decided that if she was going to be on the team, she was going to push through the pain and really practice.  And she evidently did great.  They played a scrimmage and the coach put her in.  She also had several drills that had to do with aim, and she said she did better than ever before.  She may actually get to play tomorrow.  Coach may want to see one more practice first, but I forsee her getting to play sometime this week.

    Which is good, because she's probably going to have to quit the musical.  The director decided to make a "manditory rehearsal weekend" the ONE weekend that she can't be there in October due to volleyball.  I'm ticked, because the adults in this have really screwed Meleia over.  They told her that she could try to do both, we got the buy-in from the volleyball coaches, and NOW they're telling her that she can't do both.  Two weeks into practicing.  Two weeks into her getting excited about accomplishing this.

    I'm a bit ticked.  But it's not worth picking a fight with the director.

    However, we have to have the talk with Meleia still.  She's going to cry.  She's probably going to scream.  She's going to be more ticked off than we are.

    What she doesn't know is that she's already missing 2 games for the fall break surprise, so we just don't feel like we can ask the coach to let her out of two more games for the play.  Ugh, I hate this.

Comments (4)

  • ((Meleia)) I hope that she can develop the understanding that, while you can have/do everything, you generally can't all at once.

  • It's not fair, is it?  Hopefully, she'll understand better after the fact, but for now, you're right, it probably won't be fun.  You are doing a great job of being the "mean" mom - keep it up!  They'll always appreciate the love you give them.  Have a great day!

  • Meanie - pbbtttttt. I hope the tears don't make life too miserable before they come to an end. It really is unfair that the director of the play and the coach couldn't get their act together before kids tried out.

  • They need a mom, not a BFF, and you're doing a great job! Which means sometimes they don't like your decisions. They'll come around, and the surprise will be worth it.
    Love you!

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