Post by summer on Feb 13, 2015 17:56:50 GMT -5
First I took cupcakes to my friend who just had kid #4 this week. They were just mini-cupcakes I bought at the grocery store, but I wanted to bring her a treat. I took them by her house and she had another friend and all of her kids over (so 7 kids in that house - whew!). We did introductions and I said I didn't want to intrude, just wanted to bring by a treat. She took the package and first thing offered it to all the kids. Well...okay, she's a really nice person. We left pretty quick after that, and as we were walking away, I saw two of the boys bolt out of the house with the rest of the package and scarf them down. I was kind of hurt, you know? Fine if she didn't want them...but did she really have to drop them like hot cakes before I even got down the driveway?
Then I found out one of my favorite cheerleaders from the last three years had a panic attack yesterday and has been severely depressed for the last few months. I'd heard on Tuesday that she'd been having a harder time this year, hanging out with not the best people, really struggling in school, but I haven't talked to her much since she moved up to Varsity this past spring. She and her mom are supposed to watch DS for us tomorrow night, and her mom said they were really looking forward to it, but I emailed and said they didn't have to if the girl wasn't up to it. I feel like I should have kept in better touch with her. She has learning difficulties and an auditory processing disorder, so things can be tough for her anyways. DH tutors her in chem and math, and he said she was doing really well with her work. But I feel like I let her down by not being around for her more, for checking in with her, for letting her know that I was here if she needed to talk. I wasn't a very good coach to her this year.
At least my kids are being easy today. **Cue them both going off the rails.** ;-)
