I got a call from one of S6's teachers at school. Seems that my wife sent him to school this morning with no shoes. What the hell? Seems he had two pairs of shoes in her car, which as I said, was stolen a couple nights ago. He was with me last night for a few hours, and didn't have shoes on then, either. My first impulse was to go out and buy him some, but why? He must have ten other pairs at his mom's house, and he was only going to be with me for a short time, and we just hung out at the house anyway.
So the teacher called and told me this, but did say W had told her earlier in the morning that she was going to go home, get some shoes, and bring them back. Teacher called me because I live across the street from the school and she wanted to know if I had any shoes for him. I told her I did not (I have bought two pairs for him in the last two months, and they both ended up at mom's house somehow). I said I would go buy some, but I was half way across town and it would take a couple hours. She said that she would run down to a shoestore about 1/2 mile from school and take care of it herself. I thanked her and told her I'd come see her this afternoon to reimburse her. She is such a nice woman. Too bad my son's own mom couldn't be so nice.
