I was minding my own business yesterday morning. The most immediate worry I had was that I had forgotten (again) to bring my lunch to work and I was pondering whether I was going to buy some fast food, wait and eat after work or go buy a wonderful (NOT) frozen meal.
Suddenly, the cell phone rang... It was my good friend Gyongyver (aka Pearl, Gaby).
..."Paola, have you heard what happened"
(here I thought, oh goodie! She will tell me some good gossip... boy, was I ever wrong).
She explained to me that a friend of hers had called her asking for my number because she wanted to talk to me. Apparently her son had kicked Isabel on the mouth and broke a tooth.
"What?!?!?!?!?!?!" " I have not heard anything. The school has not called me! What happened? How did it happen? Was it an accident? Where were they? Where is she? Does Patrick know?
I promised her to call her right after I called the school and find out what the hell was going on?
While I was dialing the school's number (good thing I know it by heart) I could imagine my beautiful girl all bloody and I could picture the tooth on the floor. I felt really mad at the school for not calling me immediately. How can it be that I find out from someone else?! I felt guilty for being at work and not protecting her. That is it! From now on both my children will be home schooled (ja, ja, that last one I just made up for dramatic purposes... that thought never entered my mind).
I guess I wasn't making much sense on the phone because whoever answered the phone was absolutely not understanding me. I regained my cool, took a deep breath and started again.
Oh dear Lord, what a relief when she explained to me that in fact, all the story had happened... two days ago and the little girl was Isabella in Kindergarten. Not my daughter!!! Not Isabel in Jr.K
When I went to pick Isabel up, I checked her smile anyway, just to make quadruple sure. I actually saw poor Isabella as well and it was 2 teeth that were knocked off.
Yep, if you notice yet another gray hair... you know why.
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if you and patrick agree, I can be the kid's tutor. In English, Spanish, German and French. I will take them on field trips to Africa and Asia and not let anyone knock they teeth out!
Am free ab sofort!
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