yesterday it was announced that ava's school is going to close, unless they manage to find 10-15 more kids in the next 2 weeks. that is about as likely as me heading off to paris for the weekend, so now i am left with the biggest sense of dislocation i have felt in a long time. the only other option is the public elementary school, which has a decent reputation, but would mean putting her in a huge class. or at least huge for her.

which might work out, but the thing that kills me is that both kids have come to identify st agnes as their school. despite all of ava's struggles this year, they see it as a wonderful place, they know everyone, it is just their school. it IS school. they have known no other, really.

AND i just adopted the pre-k turtle for the summer. i'll be damned if i am going to permanently adopt tucker. even if he does not bark, smell, or jump on me in the middle of the night.

he really does not smell. that is the interesting part. his food however is another story.

i just cannot believe it. and to do this to all of the teachers at the absolute end of the year is just terrible.