Danielle is not some wild kid. Did you see the movie Thirteen with Rachel Even Wood? We're not like that. Well, actually maybe we are, but we also do pretty well in school and so nobody cares. I jacked two oranges and a package of cheese last week. But nobody caught me and nobody punished me and so I didn't have to break any rules when I went out that night. The only reason she seemed so wild was because she kept having to deal with rules.
Danielle should have a cell phone because she is a good girl and she deserves one. Kids in third grade have them here. Alex doesn't ask not because she doesn't want one, but because she knows I can't give her one. I could. I could spend all my work money on our cell phones. But that was not my plan. My plan was all my money would get saved for college except $20, and $5 goes to each of them and $10 goes to me. Sometimes I don't even spend my full $10.
In general I never seat anybody in the two seats right near the cash register. I don't want people sitting near me. But, if people look like they're going to have interesting conversations, then I DO seat them near me, so I can listen in on what they say. Today these two mothers came in and I gave them my special seats. They did not disappoint. They had a huge discussion where they agreed how scary it is to have a teenager and how it's impossible to know what to do with teenage girls.
We need to make Aunt Elaine see that Danielle needs a cell phone. Today while I was working Dani and Alex came and shared a chocolate pudding gratis and made up a list of how it will benefit Aunt Elaine to give her one. A phone, not a pudding.
We need to make Aunt Elaine see that Danielle needs a cell phone. Today while I was working Dani and Alex came and shared a chocolate pudding gratis and made up a list of how it will benefit Aunt Elaine to give her one. A phone, not a pudding.
When we got home Danielle gave the list, and Aunt Elaine read it in the commercial. She told Alex to stop looking so happy, nobody is getting anything. Told Danielle she doesn't deserve a phone or anything else. What she deserves is a punishment. That's when Danielle dropped her bomb. It was great. "Living with you IS a punishment." On second thought I guess it wasn't great for Danielle, since she got slapped across the face for it. But in the moment when she said it, it was great. My hand is bruised from where I shoved it between the corner of the bookcase and Danielle's face.
On Thursday I am going to ask Craig to work on getting a phone for Dani.
1 comment:
As true as that line is, and as awesome as it would've been to witness the look on your aunt's face - it probably did NOTHING to help the cell phone cause. Well, good luck - Dani DOES need a phone.
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