What you wish for

November 25, 2008 by Barbara.

Reid still tells us frequently that she doesn’t want to go to school and so she was pleased to learn on Thursday that having pink eye would keep her out of school on Friday. It was the cap to a chopped up day for Ken. He took Reid to school for 8:00, picked her up at 11:00 to go to a dentist appointment, dropped her off again about 1:00 and received a call at 2:30 informing him that he needed to come back because the teachers though Reid had pink eye. Ken took Reid straight to the walk-in clinic and after a couple of hours (including the time in the examining room) was home with the following diagnosis: the doctor didn’t see any signs of pink eye but if they appeared, we were to put antibiotic drops in. And, no, Reid couldn’t go to school on Friday despite the lack of symptoms. It turned out to be a moot point since Reid definitely had a pink eye on Friday morning. I was glad that Ken had planned to be at home anyway but having Reid’s “help” didn’t necessarily advance his plans for the day.

On Friday morning, Reid and I were discussing what the day held in store for her when she realized that she would be missing “wear anything you want” day, in other words she doesn’t have to wear her uniform on Fridays. Next she remembered that she would also be missing the first show and tell session of the year. These realizations did not please her in the least! Seizing the opportunity to take advantage of this Learning Opportunity (if I could make these words blink, I would) and not subtly at all talked about how she frequently doesn’t want to go to school when, in fact, it is a good place to be. I didn’t actually say, “Be careful what you wish for.” But I did think it.

Reid is excited for this Friday to arrive because it will be triple-great: where anything day, show and tell, and crazy hat day. Now if only I can figure out how to make the hat that Reid has in mind. She was music and lights. I’m not that good at electronics.

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