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[ClingingToHope]

The suggestion I made to XW last night was to ask the school to get a teacher involved from D9's old school. She was specially trained to deal with students like D9 and by far did the best with her. I want the current school to get her input.

I am going to be patient. I don't have the feeling that they aren't trying. And, not to blow my own horn, if we get that feeling there will be consequences. I am personally friends with five of the seven school board members. I am on a first name basis with the superintendent and I went to school with two of the office staffers.

She will not fall through the cracks.

Still, this is a boundary issue. XW is the custodial parent and she WANTS this responsibility. I never realized until after it was too late just how much she always wanted this responsibility, and when I would "take care" of things for her it really just chipped away at her self esteem.

I see myself now as the closer. If XW is unhappy with what's going on and asks me to step in then I will. She will ask if she's not getting satisfaction. I am not afraid of that.

Deep down, I'd still like to hold D9 back a year. I don't know how to do it if she keeps muddling by. If she has a year where she just doesn't make progress then perhaps I can convince everyone that's the direction to go. I planted the seed in our first IEP meeting.

Side note, anyone tried Cupid.com? I forgot I signed up for it, checked it out this weekend, saw that a women who looks cute checked out my profile, messaged her Sunday and she responded. Monday, she responded again. She's the financial manager of a large nonprofit in town and went to the same college I went to.

Still, financially, I'm still not ready for dating. I'm still just keeping myself above water. It's just fun to message back and forth.

OK. Back to writing a story about banking. I'm really bored of this job.