Well, what happened yesterday led to a kick you in the gut make you cry exchange. I had to take Molly, Noelle's dog, to the vet yesterday. She had a large knot on her neck that grew from about the size of a dime to the size of about a half dollar in a week. I noticed this because there was some drainage. (I will resist explaining what it looked like, but lets just say it even grossed ME out and I've seen a lot of nasty stuff) Anyway, Molly is having surgery today to remove said growth.
Noelle, of course, is upset and was worried about her dog. On the way to drop her off, I told her I was going to come in and get the phone number for the school so they could get her a message saying that Molly was alright.
The following is the conversation we had:
- Me: "I'm going to come in and get the phone number of the school."
- Noelle: "Mom, please don't come in."
- Me: "I was going to call and let you know that Molly is ok."
- Noelle: "It's ok mom, please don't come in."
- Me: "Have you officially hit the 'my parents embarrass me' stage?"
- Noelle: "Yeah, kind of."
- Me: Long pause as I try not to break down.
- Noelle: "Mom, are you going to cry?"
- Me: "No, I think I'm ok."
- Noelle: "No offence, but you can just tell me when you pick me up."
HOLY CRAP!!! I pulled into the circle drive to drop her off and she leaned over and said, "I still love you mom, see you after school".
As I watched her walk into the school, I thought of her first day of kindergarten. She had on this cute little pink sear sucker dress, her hair was in two pony tails and she didn't want me to leave. Today, she is wearing a pink and white striped shirt, capri jeans, has her long hair down and couldn't wait to jump out of the car.
Oh, as an added bonus, when she told me about the "no parent in the school" thing, I asked her if that meant I couldn't come and eat lunch with her. She answered yes and said, "you can still eat with Michael".
