parenting down and up

we had a little drama getting mr smear up and at 'em this morning, but once resolved the morning went smoothly. my mom and i dropped him off at school, nobody said anything to us about a concert but my mom convinced me to check anyway and according to the latest email mr smear's class concert was scheduled for october.

so i went to work. the morning was relatively productive, and i hit lunchtime with a win. another positive chat with a teammate over lunch (to follow a different one from the day before), and then i strapped myself in for a struggle. and the struggle was real. by the time gd messaged me to tell me we'd both missed mr smear's concert (it had been rescheduled via a whatsapp group and neither of us had taken note, and mr smear was very sad that he'd had nobody to hug after the concert was over), i'd been lost in documentation for hours and between the distress of learning that we'd let him down and the frustration with what i'd been doing, my concentration was done.

fortunately, a super-patient teammate came to the rescue and even though we didn't finish the job completely, we were both ready to call it a day once we'd made some pretty serious progress. hopefully tomorrow will see the end of it.

i came home feeling horribly guilty, but after a few minutes sitting and eating dinner the world seemed much better. mr smear received some guilt concessions, one of which was playing snow bros  after 7pm, and by the time we were done he was actively challenging the monsters!

it's been a pleasant (albeit late) shower and bedtime, and i'm now intending to do not much and hoping to get a good night's rest.

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parenting fail aside, tonight's the first time gd and i have had a serious conversation about potentially adopting.