It\u2019s a double sick day. C. came home early yesterday with a fever and L., who was already on medication for a bad cough, was burning up this morning. Good times. We\u2019re deep into a Netflix binge that will likely last all day.<\/p>\n
I got called to come pick C. up about 2:20 yesterday. When I got to school, M. was sitting in the office with a big, proud grin on her face. After we got into the van, I asked her if it was cool to hang out in the office.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean, why would that be cool?\u201d she asked.
\n\u201cWell, you get to hear everything that\u2019s going on, see everyone that comes through, and know what Mrs. H and Mr. H (the school admin and principal) are up to. And you do like to know everyone\u2019s business.\u201d<\/p>\n
She tried to play it off and acted like nothing much was going on.<\/p>\n
Of course, later in the night she couldn\u2019t help herself and started telling us all kind of St. P\u2019s gossip. I knew it!<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t hear all the conversation, but a couple nights ago I heard S. telling L. not to use the word chubby, because it can hurt some people\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mom,\u201d L. shouted, \u201cchubby people are awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know where she got that, but I like it.<\/p>\n
Tuesday was haircut day for me. I go to a local spot where I can get in and out in less than 20 minutes. I never ask for a specific person, but tend to have one of two or three stylists1<\/a><\/sup> each time. One of them is full of opinions. Once she told me that she refuses to take any medication, including Advil\/Tylenol, because she thinks medicines cause more problems than they solve. This week she told me that she didn\u2019t think the Miami Dolphins controversy was that big of a deal because \u201ceveryone uses that one word,\u201d and gave me examples of how she used it growing up and \u201cit didn\u2019t mean nothin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s always an awkward position to be sitting in a chair while a person cuts your hair with sharp, pointed scissors and they begin dropping opinions that you disagree with. It\u2019s one thing to talk about sports or pop culture or your favorite restaurants. It\u2019s another to get into more political matters. I just don\u2019t want anyone to shave a bald spot where I can\u2019t see it, or \u201caccidentally\u201d stab my skull or nick my ear because I\u2019ve argued that I think medications are generally good things or using racial slurs is never cool.<\/p>\n Like that old man who started talking about race at the football game earlier this year, sometimes it\u2019s easier to keep your mouth shut, nod, and hope it ends quickly.<\/p>\n Speaking of high school sports, I cover my first girls game tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
\n