s'crap

I thought I might take a moment to bond with some of you over a complaint about incredible, audaciously annoying people. Its times like these when I must question why human beings with similar personality malfunctions are magnetically drawn to me. So TODAY: Its a staff inservice day at Waldorf and I'm on my way to take Isaac to see his OT (for sensory integration therapy) when I decide we have time to stop for a nutritious snack at Jamba Juice. I bring the kids and their food outside to a table, then step inside to grab napkins. As I come out, Xavier informs me that a woman approached them asking where there mother was. I assumed someone was concerned my eight year olds walked their four year old sister through midtown alone to loiter outside of Jamba Juice sipping the strawberry waves with calcium boosts they managed to buy with their allowance. I shrugged it off, and we finished then headed to the car. This is when "said woman" stalks us only to ask me if my kids were in school. Already knowing why she is asking, I tell her that they go to PRIVATE SCHOOL and it is a staff inservice day... then I ask why she asks, and she confirms that she saw them and thought that they were too old to not be in school. I lower my voice to a "WTF" kind of tone and repeat, "Yeeeaaah, their in private school." Of course as I'm leaving I think of a hundred other things I could have said. Things like mind your f'ing business, no we're on our way to the sweat shop to knit your sweaters, or hey you might want to consider possibilities such as private school, home school, illness, doctors appointments, random days off etc. etc. before you assume the parent is negligently denying her children the opportunity to be educated. Crazy bitch.
Seriously though, why do these people always find me?

spread it like cheeze wiz

1. We're hosting una pena cultural on Wednesday Nov. 7. If you've ever dreamt of partying with a Nasa tribe leader from the Colombian rainforest and a bunch of Davis students you should probably come. Its a multi-cultural potluck which will likely involve the reading of poetry, beating of bongos, and dancing of salsa.

2. Isaac and Xavier's birthday is a month away. The party will prob. be Sat November 10th, if we have one. They're not allowed to have anything that has anything whatsoever to do with cartoon or television characters, and they aren't allowed to wear shirts with pictures on them to school. Thats all I wanted to say, please tell whomever would want to know.

gracias,
Natalie