Relativity Time Theory

The Girl had some kind of school wide testing day.  All sophomores took some pre-SAT-like test today.  All the juniors took the ACT.  Seniors had the day off. Lucky ducks. Everyone else got out of school before lunchtime.

Now, I think I have written here before about the ridiculousness of the 'early out day' conceptually.  Or possibly on the actual Super-Early-Out-Day that our district has implemented this year in lue of Professional Development Days which used to be the whole day: kids off, teachers work.  Now, with Super-Early-Out-Days, or Minimal Days as they are officially called, I get the kids off to school, turn around twice, touch the carpet and the kids are on their way home.  Or something like that.

This testing day, high school kids come home early day?  Well.  It is sick and wrong.  Add to that, it has been sunshiny and gorgeous all day.  The Girl coming home while I am eating lunch really messed up my kind of fluid plans.  But her making her own early day plans with her friends and not really telling me what those plans might be REALLY messed me up.

She and her friends had a picnic.  I get the need to have lunch "al fresco" on a day like today.  But she still has swim practice and I still have to pick up the junior high carpool.  And those times are non-negotiable. 

She called me about 5 minutes later than we should have left to get her to practice and she asked if I could come pick her up.  So I run over to her friend's to get her, bring her back to the house, she picks up her gear and I run her to practice.  Then, I run back to get the Jr High carpool where they have been waiting almost 15 minutes, albeit, happily in the sunshine

The relative term here is "DRIVER"S LICENSE".  She needs to practice so she can get it at her birthday.  And then she can drive herself to practice or work or her friend's.  Everyday.  And home, everyday too.  Then she will have to face the theory of getting somewhere on time.  By herself.  And I won't have to take her.
July 31st cannot come soon enough.  So long as she gets all 40 of the driving practice hours.  And she needs to be interested in driving at all to do that.  I think I am coming to the point where I might be interested enough for the both of us on that account. 

Come on, August!!