6-19-15
At least I didn’t cry in the classroom.
Seriously, the school seemed to be the equivalent of a teary
blood bath. I started off ok, mostly on Mary-Lyn’s orders. She came up to me
before the start of the End of Year photo/video show and told me how she was
nervous about the whole thing. When I asked her why, she told me that when the
parents cry, it makes her cry. I knew it was my duty to stay dry faced in the
room for her sake. Luckily, even though I got choked up at times, I kept my
wits about me.
This would be short lived.
As we all watched the end of the year assembly, I glanced
down at Bobby who was a teary mess, which broke my heart. He told me how much
he would miss Miss Van Wie. She was truly so incredibly sweet when she turned
to see this. She hugged him and assured him that she would still be around next
year and would make a point of not only saying hello to him, but would be
sarcastic because otherwise it wouldn’t be her. This teacher truly is amazing on
so many levels.
Bobby was certainly not the only one crying. As a number of
5th graders began their speeches, all but maybe 2 of them didn’t
breakdown. This was tough to watch, and I didn’t even know these kids! Dr.
Smart was having a hard time not breaking down while she tried to comfort each
of them. Then slowly, I noticed other kids in the audience, both younger and 5th
graders, starting to succumb to their emotions. It was tough to be a part of.
I fished out some duckie kleenix I had on hand and handed
some out. One boy, Nick, was inconsolable, which broke my heart since he is
such a very sweet little boy. I was impressed, though, at how many of the kids
who didn’t cry were so incredibly supportive of their classmates that were. It
was charming and adorable and it made me so happy that my boys were a part of
this community.
After the assembly, Ken went and collected Dax who also was
crying, which set me off again. I kept joking with the kids who had started to
recover from their breakdown that they shouldn’t feel bad since us grownups
were crying too, but we had the benefit of hiding behind sunglasses. They
laughed and I was happy to be able to provide comfort to everyone.
The boys did not want to stick around since they were both
clearly drained from the crying and sad. We went and picked them up lunch and
then relaxed at home the rest of the day. It was nice, and it meant we finished
out Orange is the New Black. Damn that show is amazing. I do have some viewers remorse
now since it is over, but it will be ok because I have books and other shows to
get to and I don’t think I could bring myself to enjoy those until I was able
to know what was happening in Litchfield.
I had plans on going to Target yesterday, but didn’t get
around to it. I think I will go on my way home from work so that I don’t
torture my housemates with said outing. Besides, they will all be happy to have
an afternoon to continue their gaming. They plan on doing a Costco run and some
clean up what with Andy and Scott coming next week, but ultimately it will be
nice that they get some down time.
I am all happy that Poppy’s dad’s day present showed up
yesterday. I was worried it wouldn’t arrive until next week, which would have
been ok, but not ideal. This means I am actually all prepped for presents for
Sunday, which makes me feel all organized and what not. YAY ME!
Sigh, now to deal with the rest of my work day.
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