03-15-2021, 08:14 PM
Two lamentable items related to the pandemic.
1) The H.S. basketball team is once again at State, so as a dad it was a bummer weekend to know my kid wasn’t there, she having been forced to skip playing this year due to the school’s homeschool policy.
She and her mom watched a game hosted online and enjoyed it. My kid is more resilient than I am about such things. Maybe it was the wrong choice but I preferred to get some work done instead.
2) And today is her 15th birthday. To help herself celebrate herself she spent last night getting ready for today by donning one of those weird face mask skin conditioner things LOL and is today doing her schoolwork all dolled up with fresh nails and makeup.
It’s a remarkable age. Young enough to wanna play a form of dress-up of sorts but old enough to where it can be appropriate. “Dad! Come look at my makeup! You must loooooooook!”
However. Her grandmother / step grandfather invited to take her out to dinner but we declined. There’s no way to be safe in that restaurant. We’ve come too far to possibly get sick now. We offered to pick it up and bring it to their house but I don’t know if they want to do that.
1) The H.S. basketball team is once again at State, so as a dad it was a bummer weekend to know my kid wasn’t there, she having been forced to skip playing this year due to the school’s homeschool policy.
She and her mom watched a game hosted online and enjoyed it. My kid is more resilient than I am about such things. Maybe it was the wrong choice but I preferred to get some work done instead.
2) And today is her 15th birthday. To help herself celebrate herself she spent last night getting ready for today by donning one of those weird face mask skin conditioner things LOL and is today doing her schoolwork all dolled up with fresh nails and makeup.
It’s a remarkable age. Young enough to wanna play a form of dress-up of sorts but old enough to where it can be appropriate. “Dad! Come look at my makeup! You must loooooooook!”
However. Her grandmother / step grandfather invited to take her out to dinner but we declined. There’s no way to be safe in that restaurant. We’ve come too far to possibly get sick now. We offered to pick it up and bring it to their house but I don’t know if they want to do that.