May 9: A window on the third story got broken today. It took so many teachers to keep kids away from it. Adrian was with us when we got the news and he immediately ran outside, asking where the blood was. They had to break the rest of the window completely out of the sill and place a woodblock to cover it so no kid would stick their finger in it and cut themselves.
May 10: While getting everyone ready to head back to the school after Field Day, a fight broke out. Fernando saw Teacher P. grab one of the students by the arm and yell at them to stop. By recess, the kid was telling other kids that Teacher P. had grabbed him by the middle and was shaking him so hard that his lunch was coming back up his throat and making it hard for him to breath. By the time the rumor was overheard by teachers and they could attempt to put a stop to it, it had turned into a story about how Teacher P. had chocked a student.
May 11: It’s weird to have emotional baggage when you’re in a relationship with someone who wants to help, but knows nothing of what it’s like to carry all that weight. It’s like having a suitcase superglued to your hand. You tell the person that if they went out and got some nail polish remover, it could really help you out. So they go out, but they come back with a bouquet of roses. It’s very nice of them, of course, but it doesn’t help you do what is needed. Then they just get upset that you still have the suitcase and frustrated that their kind efforts aren’t being appreciated.
May 12: My first memory of Mother’s Day was of me and my brothers helping dad set up lunch for mom in the living room of the house in LA. It was the first time I had ever seen sushi and I was so confused by the little bright orange balls on top. I thought it might be some kind of sprinkles and couldn’t understand it when dad explained they were actually fish eggs.
May 13: Last week, Luna found a bunch of noodles in the sink when she went to get a drink of water. They are still there. I also found a raw, loose potato. A new stem was growing out of one of its eyes. How long has it been here?
May 14: Adrian was having a particularly bad day. He ran away from Mr. Powers and slipped into the bungalow. Mr. Fernando opened his arms wide and asked Adrian for a hug. When Adrian ran over to him and hugged him, Fernando wrapped his arms around his middle, picked him up, and carried him back outside.
May 15: Snapchat has released a filter that can switch a user from a man to a woman or a woman to a man. Maria tried it on me. I looked exactly like Ryan, but with glasses.
May 16: Before the applause died down at the end of Hamilton, both Katie and Heidi told me they now understood my obsession with it and why I kept insisting on playing it during road trips. Heidi bought the CD and Katie bought the book that goes through how the musical was made. As soon as we got to our apartment, we played the original cast recording on the Google Home and took turns reading out little factoids to each other from Katie’s book.
much love,
hedgie
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