I suck!

Dang yall, has it really been that long?  I haven't blogged anything in over two weeks and I feel just horrible about it.  Well, not really but I do need to be more consistent though. 

I hope everyone had an entertaining and safe weekend.  We didn't do much this weekend, which kind of sucks because the weather was BEAUTIFUL.  It was like 55 and sunny Saturday and 63 on Sunday.  Woooo Whoooo!!!  I was so happy and am praying that this means winter is coming to an end.  But as I type this I'm not happy because the News is on and they JUST seconds ago said theres a storm coning into Denver and it means cooler temps for later in the week.  DAMN IT!!!!  I swear I need to move to some tropical island somewhere where I could just chill on the beach all day.  I'm so sick of the cold and I really sometimes think I have Seasonal Affective Disorder. But anyway...... As I was saying.... the weekend......

Hubby worked Saturday until about 1 and my daughter had her school interview for middle school that same day at 11.  I'll tell yall more about the interview in a bit.  Hubby's cooking on Sunday continues.  YEAY!!!!!  Because it was so nice on Sunday we, or should I say He, decided to grill.  We just did burgers and hot dogs and of course the basic sides, cause you know we're PO Black folks right now.  lol.  It was cool though.  We definitely need a gas grill though cause messing with charcoal and trying to get that crap to light is a pain in the ASS and why do they always end up turning BRIGHT red when you're ALL DONE grilling???  That amazes me.  But basically we just chilled around the house all weekend doing the normal, eating and watching movies.  LAZY!!!!  lol

So, to the interview.....

Well let me explain a bit first.  A few months back someone from Denver Center for International Studies(DCIS) came to my daughters school to provide information to the students about this school and basically do recruiting.  My daughter was all amped and excited about going to the school and after getting more info about the school, I was somewhat excited also.  The school is 6th-12th grade and if you want to read more details about the school you can just click on the link.  I don't feel like explaining it all right now cause I'm lazy.  lol  Anyway, you had to apply to the school by filling out an application, provide transcripts, standardized test scores, attendance records, report cards, current progress report cards, 3 letters of recommendations and submit some form of art work.  So we got all that information together and then got an interview with the school.  Which takes us to Saturday.......

Our interview was at 11 and apparently they were holding parent information sessions that you HAD to attend before leaving the school.  The last session they had listed was at 11:15 so I'm trying to figure out how this is going to happen.  We were escorted to the interviewer's room by one of the students at the school and when we get there, the interviewer isn't in the room.  The girl who was SUCH a sweetheart told us to just have a seat and wait there and she would go find her.  So the woman interviewing my daughter walks up 5 minutes later.  It's now just about 11:10.  Hmmmm.   She introduces herself, gives us some piss poor excuse for her not being in the room, tells me she also has to use the rest room (uh, OK) and quickly explains that she'll interview my daughter and then call me in after the interview.   I sit and start reading over paperwork explaining the interview process and what I need to do before leaving the school.  I'm reading about the interview process and it says the interview will be 15 minutes and then afterwards the parent can participate, get info about how the interview went and ask questions, etc...

Less than 5 minutes later my daughter comes and gets me and I sit down thinking we're about to go over how the interview went.  She's looking over my daughters paperwork and then goes on to say "It looks like Daughter has quite a few tardies."  Ok let me back up for a sec.  

When school started I was dropping my daughter off everyday at 8:15 because class started at 8:20.  Well apparently the school decided that THIS school year school was going to start at 8:10 instead of 8:20 like the previous school year.  And when they decided this, the neglected to inform parents.  I know, WTF right? I blogged about how F'ed up her school is and their lack of communication with parents before, but I cant find the entry.  So anyway, I didn't find out that they changed the start time until I attended conferences almost a month into the school year.  Fast forward to the interview............

So I explain the tardies to the woman and she's acting like she doesn't believe me and asks how far we live from the school.  I tell her just a few blocks and her getting to school on time isn't an issue and wont be an issue next school year if she attends DCIS.  She tells me that there are a few good schools close to our neighborhood and aks if I were familiar with the schools.  I told her no and am thinking to myself 'who in the HELL is she to decide WHAT is a good school for my daughter and if I was interested in the OTHER schools I would have applied THERE!  HELLO!!!!' She's asking me how far we live from DCIS and I felt like she was trying to dissuade me from having my daughter attend.  She then goes on to tell me she'll walk me to the office so we can have this letter notarized that came with the application.  AND THAT was the end of the interview.  I'm like where the hell was my opportunity to ask questions and find out how the interview went?   I don't feel like the few minutes she met with my daughter is long enough to get a feel for her personality and make a decision as to whether or not she's a good fit for the school.  I decided I wouldn't address it with her cause odds are all she would do is piss me off.  I decided I'd call the school later to speak with an administrator.  So we go to the office and have the letter signed and then I talk with the secretary about the meeting.  She said that there were people finishing up interviews and because of that they would have another parent information session in 15 minutes.  So I'm like cool.  We go wait for the session to start and when it's time guess who is facilitating the session????  The principal.  SWEET!!!!! 

By the way I'm pretty pleased about the school and the info that was presented. I like the schools curriculum, the programs that are offered and the opportunities available to students that attend.  So after the meeting other parents are coming in for yet ANOTHER session so I pull the principal to the side and speak with him about the interview.  He apologizes and asks me to leave a little note in the office reminding him of the situation and with my number so he can follow up with me.  I asked him how much weight is placed on the interview, because I'm sure they will take into consideration my daughters grades, test scores and recommendations.  He's says that it plays a small part in their decision.

Now let me remind yall that my daughter is an EXCELLENT student with great grades. I wrote about it some here.  Not to mention that my baby was honored at a ceremony in December because of her leadership abilities and her academics and received a bike.  She was nominated by her teacher and by her principal and in turn was invited to attend the World Leadership Forum in D.C, she has participated in Student Council for 2 years, has been a peer mediator for 2 years, is in Shakespeare, was elected to attend and be a leader in a computer program after school daily and attends the tutoring program before school and is in the Talented and Gifted program.  I think ALL this is enough to pretty much guarantee her admittance to this school.  Can you say proud Mama???  Lol.  So I'm looking forward to having a conversation with the principal.  In the event that she's not accepted we'll be looking into this school and this school, but I'm crossing my fingers and hoping she accepted.    

In other news, it's back to work for me full time come Wednesday.     I'm sad and I'm gonna miss hanging out with my little sidekick all day, but I'm looking forward to having that extra income.  My son is going to be graduating next year so we really need to start putting some extra money aside for that.  I really want to be able to get him a car but his little silly butt hasn't even made an attempt to get his license.  He'll be 17 in April and I'm like 'WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR and WHAT KIND OF TEENAGER ARE YOU???'  Do yall know have ANY idea how much easier my life would be if he would get his license?  It would be so lovely to not have to chauffeur his butt around anymore.  It really trips me out that he graduates next yearhow grown he's getting and how SOON he's gonna be out of the house.  Ok, let me quit because I'm going to start getting sad again.  But man, they grow up wayyyy too fast.  

Ok, I just realized this is getting SUPER long so I'll get with you all later.  HAVE A FANTABULOUS WEEK!!!!!

Oh yeah, making the band 4 today.  YEAH BOYYYYY!

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