Happy Saturday Pheebs!
I’ll talk about school in a minute, but, for now, I hope that you had an awesome night last night, hanging out at Belle’s. I have no idea what it’s like when y’all visit, so, I hope that it’s fun, and that you hang out with Belle, instead of just sitting around while Belle and mom smoke out. I don’t know what all there is to do where Belle lives, since I’ve never been out there. Either way, I hope that it’s a trip for you three, and not just for Mom, that you get stuck tagging along on. :)
As far as school goes, I know I don’t have to tell you this, but none of you can keep missing school. I also know you don’t want to hear it, which, as a teenager, I understand. However, with our family all struggling to stay afloat mentally, and academically, there just needs to be structure, and stability. Someone has to be the adult, and make sure that everything that needs to happen, no matter how boring or frustrating, does. I’m happy to be the bad guy, and the one everyone gets pissed at for forcing it, but, you’ll thank me someday, when you’re old enough to understand that I’m right. Oversleeping or mom just not waking up in time to take you to school aren’t acceptable reasons to miss school, and, if you don’t feel comfortable addressing it, I can handle it. I know that you think that I’m blowing this out of proportion, but, between the times I’ve caved, and let you skip PE, and the rest, you’ve missed forty class periods already, and it’s only December. I know that it makes keeping up with classwork and homework more difficult for you, and it has to change, immediately. I won’t keep pushing the issue, but I need you to know where we need to stand, as a family.
I still haven’t heard anything back from Aunt Dani, so, I’m guessing that CA is a no-go. We’ll need to all toalk together, and decide whether we want to skip a trip, or find somewhere else to go instead. Unfortunately, I think that if we still took a road trip somewhere, we’d kinda be forcing it, and just going somewhere to go, and wouldn’t really have a good destination. I’m still open for discussion about it, tho. I’m not really pumped on celebrating Thanksgiving, and haven’t been for a long time. Maybe we change our family tradition to celebrate something else, in it’s place. Come up with a new title, cook a different type of food, etc. I won’t force that, but, we can at least talk about it. :)
I hope that you have something planned for your Saturday, and don’t spend the whole day sleeping and playing on your phone. If you’re stuck at home, maybe you can get any homework out of the way now, so you’re not cramming tomorrow night after you get home, and not getting enough sleep. I’m going to try to get out to IKEA today, to replace the lamps. While I’m there, I’m going to look at chairs, and see if we can replace the living room recliner, or, if it’d just be better to keep the empty space for now?
Lastly, I want to talk about an idea I had, about separating our time here, when you’re all home. Instead of trying to force family time, and having it turn into endlessly searching for a good movie to watch, or wasting time waiting for everyone to end up in the same room together, we can talk about some other ideas. With a seven day week, we could each spend two days together, then have one family night, or, something similar. Something we can discuss, at least.
I miss you a whole bunch, and love you even more. Have a rad Saturday!
Love,
-Dad
