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My shoulder hurts. Dunno why. Meh.
Casey's 5th grade awards assembly was today. That mofo was 2 hours long. Whew. For a while there I was starting to feel inadequate because an hour went by without Casey getting a single award. Even when her teacher got up and gave out the ones for his class, I ran up to get ready to take her picture and he never called her name. So then she finally got one for being at the school since kindergarten. Wow, she didn't move. Good for her. LOL. I think it's sweet to give out an award like that, but I would have preferred it to not be part of the ceremony, because 55 kids got that award and we had to sit through every name being called. For not moving to a new school district! Come on. And then just as I was starting to feel like a failure as a parent, they gave out the President's Award For Educational Excellence, and what do you know the first name they called was Casey's. She was one of 20 kids to get it out of about 200. I didn't know what it was for at the time, but I looked it up and found out it basically means she has maintained over a 3.5 GPA and good scores on acheivement tests for the last 2 years. Good for her!
They are finally bringing home their report cards today, but we know she has at least one C because she didn't get the awards for all As or for As and Bs. Darn. It's been kind of a rough year for her. She used to be the kid getting straight As without blinking an eye and excelling in her extra activities. Now she's getting Cs and her gymnastics coaches are telling her to stop being lazy and saying she's showing too much fear. Eh, she'll be fine. She's just going through a bit of an awkward stage, and school is getting tough. Only a handful of the 5th graders managed all As.
Danielle, on the other hand, was all over that assembly. She was one of two presenters, she won a trillion awards, got all As and Bs, performed with the choir, was in the student council, etc. I was both proud (I've known her since 1st grade) and I have to admit, really jealous. That makes me feel really petty, but I'm just being honest. I still cheered and yelled for her. I just wish my kid was the one doing all that great stuff. Maybe next year.
I'm taking Casey out to dinner tonight to celebrate her graduation. Then she's spending the night with my parents, since she'll be hanging out with my dad tomorrow. It will be nice to get up and ready for work without having to drag her out of bed!
Also, I'm still waiting to hear back about the jobs I interviewed for on Friday. I think I may hear something tomorrow, because they told me today was the last interview. Fingers crossed! So get this. Yesterday I sent an email to the people I interviewed with, thanking them for meeting with me. I was all proud because I used some websites for help and it ended up coming out very proper and professional. Well, I didn't copy the director I had met with because I couldn't find him in the email directory. So in the email I said "Please also send my regards to Bob Casey. I could not find him in the directory, but wanted him to know that it was a pleasure meeting him" or something like that. Well, it turns out his name is Joe Casey. ACK. That's why I couldn't find him. If I even had a doubt in my mind about his name, I wouldn't have put it in the email, but for some reason I was sure it was Bob. The HR lady replied and told me the right name, and I apologized and sent another email to him. So I really hope that didn't hurt my chances. Dammit. Idiot. *headdesk*
Casey's 5th grade awards assembly was today. That mofo was 2 hours long. Whew. For a while there I was starting to feel inadequate because an hour went by without Casey getting a single award. Even when her teacher got up and gave out the ones for his class, I ran up to get ready to take her picture and he never called her name. So then she finally got one for being at the school since kindergarten. Wow, she didn't move. Good for her. LOL. I think it's sweet to give out an award like that, but I would have preferred it to not be part of the ceremony, because 55 kids got that award and we had to sit through every name being called. For not moving to a new school district! Come on. And then just as I was starting to feel like a failure as a parent, they gave out the President's Award For Educational Excellence, and what do you know the first name they called was Casey's. She was one of 20 kids to get it out of about 200. I didn't know what it was for at the time, but I looked it up and found out it basically means she has maintained over a 3.5 GPA and good scores on acheivement tests for the last 2 years. Good for her!
They are finally bringing home their report cards today, but we know she has at least one C because she didn't get the awards for all As or for As and Bs. Darn. It's been kind of a rough year for her. She used to be the kid getting straight As without blinking an eye and excelling in her extra activities. Now she's getting Cs and her gymnastics coaches are telling her to stop being lazy and saying she's showing too much fear. Eh, she'll be fine. She's just going through a bit of an awkward stage, and school is getting tough. Only a handful of the 5th graders managed all As.
Danielle, on the other hand, was all over that assembly. She was one of two presenters, she won a trillion awards, got all As and Bs, performed with the choir, was in the student council, etc. I was both proud (I've known her since 1st grade) and I have to admit, really jealous. That makes me feel really petty, but I'm just being honest. I still cheered and yelled for her. I just wish my kid was the one doing all that great stuff. Maybe next year.
I'm taking Casey out to dinner tonight to celebrate her graduation. Then she's spending the night with my parents, since she'll be hanging out with my dad tomorrow. It will be nice to get up and ready for work without having to drag her out of bed!
Also, I'm still waiting to hear back about the jobs I interviewed for on Friday. I think I may hear something tomorrow, because they told me today was the last interview. Fingers crossed! So get this. Yesterday I sent an email to the people I interviewed with, thanking them for meeting with me. I was all proud because I used some websites for help and it ended up coming out very proper and professional. Well, I didn't copy the director I had met with because I couldn't find him in the email directory. So in the email I said "Please also send my regards to Bob Casey. I could not find him in the directory, but wanted him to know that it was a pleasure meeting him" or something like that. Well, it turns out his name is Joe Casey. ACK. That's why I couldn't find him. If I even had a doubt in my mind about his name, I wouldn't have put it in the email, but for some reason I was sure it was Bob. The HR lady replied and told me the right name, and I apologized and sent another email to him. So I really hope that didn't hurt my chances. Dammit. Idiot. *headdesk*