Alright, I know that I'm not always the sharpest pencil on the desk but I really wish that I could stop getting "advice" from well meaning family. The plane ride home today was not quite as much fun as the plane ride to St. Louis.
The young ladies and I had talked about sitting together and R and I had planned to let them if the plane wasn't too crowded. We had every expectation that it wouldn't be that crowded because when we did our boarding passes yesterday we got higher numbers even though we didn't get to a computer until about 19 hours before the flight, and on Thursday R had been able to get on line exactly 24 hours before the flight. We were wrong.
We allowed the girls to sit in two seats next to each other and R was going to sit at the end of the 3 seats. Then R said that MAC had told her to that she would take care of Z and moved to sit next to me in the last row. Almost as soon as she got up an older gentleman sat down in the chair.
R sat next to me and gave me lots of advice on how to change MACs behavior and new schools to look into. Over the course of the weekend my mother had given me lots of advice on what to make sure MAC knew and how to respond to.
Over the course of the two hour flight I kept hearing the two girls squealing and saw the chair moving back and forth while they rocked themselves with laughter. While I appreciate them having fun, I also was thinking that the man probably didn't want to get spit at as they blew at each other. I tried to ask R to talk to them since she was closer but she kept saying that no one was complaining so to just leave them alone. I watched the man's head shake several times throughout the trip...R was talking with our seat mate about USANA, in Spanish and I know she didn't see it.
Yes, I'm sensitive to what my child is doing. Yes I'll listen politely to your advice. Yes I will try to stop something before it happens because I don't want the phone calls from the school/police/parent/put your own authority figure here. I love my child and even thought I know she needs to make mistakes to learn I am trying to keep the mistakes which cost me money or lots of time from happening.
I cannot even imagine how much advice you are receiving. It has to be driving you nuts. If you ever need to vent, just call. xoxo
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I can't believe you are getting advice from people who really don't know what you are dealing with. they know what the see and what you tell them, but living and dealing with it is another story. Just had to get that off my chest...!
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