One Last Pull for this Knot to Break

[sleeper]

Round two of the back to school nights took place last night. It went much better. X texted me when the program began as I wasn't there yet. I was walking in the door. OM wasn't there, he was at X's babysiting the kids. During the program the presenter mentioned the need for parents to inform the school of changes in dropping off and picking up the kids due to emergencies, etc. X turned to me and asked, "What are we supposed to do if their mother has a nervous breakdown?" I don't know if she was referring to what happened to her 1.5 years ago or if she was relating how stressed she is. I think I said, "I don't know, are you planning on having one?" Whatever I said she didn't respond.

We passed notes again when we moved into the classroom. She wrote one that said, "There is a 2nd grader staring at me." There was as a little girl was standing beside her. X was seated resulting in the two of them being eye level and this little girl was staring a hole in X's left cheek as only a child can do. I wrote back, "Can't blame her, you're stunningly beautiful." She responded, "Whatever."

Before we left I told X I liked her old hair style much better than her (mlc) new one. As we were leaving X mentioned she had to do some shopping before going home. I stopped at a store myself and bought a few things for my apartment. As I was leaving the store she called on my cell. She wanted to tell me a video store had closed down. I can't see how that call was really necessary.