Honestly, this post was supposed to be about something else entirely.
That being, The Oldest Girl must attend summer school. Because she sucks ass at math, just like her mama. It’s not because she doesn’t try, it’s because she is entirely left-brained and creative, which severely impairs her ability to wrap her multi-faceted, artistically inspired mind around logical problems with finite answers. Go figure. She excels in EVERY OTHER SUBJECT, and barely passes math. Oh well. What’s a girl to do? I’ll tell you what. Drag her butt out of bed in time to BE AT SCHOOL, IN CLASS by…SEVEN-FREAKING-THIRTY, EVERYDAY for the first five weeks of summer vacation. Guess who has to drive her? Um…yeah. Me. With her complaining all the way there, and all the way back when I retrieve her two and a half hours later. You’d think she had done a stint in San Quentin.
Oh, the joys of motherhood.
Anyway, that rant is what inspired the title of this little post.
Then lots of other shit happened, before I even wrote the first line. So I had to ‘save to draft’ with just a title, until now. Somehow, the title still seems appropriate, given the dichotomy of this past weekend. So.
We had both the incredibly joyous occasion of a birth happen in our family on Friday. (No..I didn’t give birth. My BFF did.) Followed by the unexpected, tragic death of a beloved canine member of our immediate family on Saturday morning.
I ask…WTF do you do with THAT? Put on a brave face, and smile though your heart is shattered? Adding insult to injury, the circle of folks involved are all quite tight, so I had to break the news of Buster’s passing to my friend while she was still in the hospital, one day postpartum celebrating the best thing that has ever happened to her. Then, rush away to wrap my arms around my MIL and FIL, who are understandably inconsolable. To them, Buster was their child. And the grieving is just as intense.
One gorgeous, cuddly, innocent, perfect human child born, while another, equally gorgeous, cuddly, innocent, perfect canine companion is taken away. There simply is no justice in that. I’ve cried myself to sleep the past two nights, and so have The Man and The Girls. My eyes are puffy and red, and my head really hurts. Which come to think of it, may actually work in my favor this weekend while shooting a zombie movie. (more on that later)
But, here is the thing. Buster was majestic, respectful, obedient and never wanted anything more than to give everyone he met…human or animal…LOVE. And the only thing he sought in return was LOVE. He touched the lives of so many people in such a way that his memory will live in them for eternity. I believe he was given to all of us as a gift, a teacher, and when God believed his mission complete, he called him back home…without warning…
…and sent this precious angel baby in his place to remind us all to return to our true innocence and live our lives giving unconditional love always. Who’s with me?
Anyway, I just needed to get that out. Hope you don’t mind.
I’m again, teary eyed and sleepy.
Night y’all,
N
check out khanacademy.com for math tutorials. It’s very well done.
Thanks, Robert!! I will check that out 🙂
Poor Buster!! He’s is Doggie Heaven!! So sorry to hear about him 🙁 I’m sure his happy face made your arrival home from summer school math hell made it much easier. Godspeed to Buster, and math sucks. Can you tell I had multiple stints in summer math rehab? I had better things to think about, anyway… Like Drawing Star Wars people, worrying about not missing the ice cream truck, making baseball all-stars and wondering if Lacy would be my girlfriend at summer camp. My feet still curl when I see math problems and I am still intoxicated by the smell of a chlorinated pool, damp beach towels, freeze pops and movie theater air-conditioning. Call me crazy. Xo!
Thanks, Totty:-) I wish Buster had been here to welcome us home each morning from summer prison….I mean school. He belonged to my in-laws, but we were blessed with generous visitation privileges often. In fact, we had the pleasure of keeping him for a bit four days before his unexpected passing. We are all just gutted.
On a different note, none of what you were busy doing in school instead of paying attention in math, surprises me in the slightest!!
At least the summer is winding down now and you have Fall to look forward to / start fresh 🙂