Friday, June 03, 2005

"We can't seem to find your daughter"

Shelby got to swim about seven hours today. She went swimming with her summer camp class, and then we had a pool party/birthday party tonight, which lasted three hours.

Darby stayed with me today (went to work with me) because she had a piano lesson today (in preparation for an audition on Monday) and it was easier to not have to pick her up from the pool as the piano studio is 25 miles on the other side of town from where the school goes swimming.

But in the process of creating that convenience we also created a panic at the school. Apparently someone saw me drop Shelby off, saw that Darby was with us, and signed Darby in as well. So when lunch time came about, they were looking all over the place for her, seeing that she had been signed in. They called me to let me know they couldn't find my daughter and were relieved to learn she was with me.

What's funny is that they said they said they asked Shelby if her sister was dropped off at school today and Shelby said yes (which validated their panic), though she knew better than that. So when I asked her later on why she responded that way and she said that she thought they were asking about her (Shelby). So I had to slap my forehead on that one. Why would they ask you about you, Shelby? She just shrugged her clueless shoulders.

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