is anyone out there???

It's official

Heather and I went to the longest, most boring Harrison County Board of Education meeting EVER last night. We braved icy roads and cold weather and sat through two hours, where we were sure we would end up dying of complete and utter boredom. It was the meeting that would never end. And Heather's name was never mentioned once. Heather was so disappointed, I thought she was going to cry. But I was mad. There was no way I was going to sit though another one of those blasted meetings! I marched up to the podium.

"I thought my daughter was on the agenda tonight!" I declared. "Let me check," someone told me---"she could have been." What? I had just sat listening to every single word, I would've noticed. Unfortunately I hadn't fallen asleep at anytime during that painful meeting.

"Yep, she was approved, they just didn't mention her name," we were informed. So we left, very much relieved.

This means Heather will graduate from high school a year early. She and Sarah will graduate next year together. Wow, that's a lot to digest--two kids leaving home next year. It's too much to think about and process right now, so I won't.