pivot

 a week or two ago, i checked in with the municipality and was informed that there was still no news regarding whether mr smear had been accepted into the school of arts, so this late in the game we just assumed that that would be the end of the story.

but we got a phone call this morning, informing us that yes, someone had dropped out and mr smear was being offered a coveted place. we woke him up and had a Talk, and we called them back and very enthusiastically accepted. this is one of those life-changing moments, and we're really excited and really anxious for him.

gods, i hope this works out as well as we hope it will.

the rest of the day was a complicated mess of work and phone calls, and running back and forth to make sure mr smear was where he needed to be because gd's neck pulled a fast one on her and she's really suffering, and the discussions and introductions and planning and farewells* didn't slow down until less than an hour ago.

* mr smear's best friend is really (understandably) distraught, and his teacher was as shocked as we were. and i posted a very careful farewell message to the other parents...

work-wise, today was a shit-show, although it ended in a relatively good place with a meeting with my boss and a couple of the other leads and we all agreed on a way forward, primarily on how i should be saying "no" to anything that isn't the one thing i've been trying and failing to get done for months now (due to constant interruptions and babysitting contractors and bigtalk). it took until about an hour ago to finally have a chat with the incoming manager and sync, and we'll have a planning session tomorrow.

i'm starting to fall asleep. i think i'll go to bed soon.