Thanks to everyone for the comments about me and Ruby. I didn't grab them all for quotes- sorry! I appreciate them all though!
In response to the last comment- yeah... I made sure before I even let her know I'd received the email from the principal about the first "mtg" about cheerleading tryouts last week- that it was going to be done fairly. I emailed the cheerleading coach and asked her how it would be done- because if it was going to be done by popular vote of the kids in school... I wasn't going to let her try out! She's not popular- she gets shy around her peers like a totally different person, so she only has a few friends who really know how personable, silly, funny, nice, etc. she is. The rest don't even notice her because she gets quiet in large groups, classes, etc. and just blends into the background. She's had the same few girlfriends for the past few years. But when the cheerleading coach said no, that it would be 60% judges from another town not even given the girls names (they went by numbers in the judging) and 40% was by forms filled out by the teachers (for conduct, school grades, participation in class, etc.) -then I knew it would be done fairly. In fact the cheerleading coaches didn't even know who made the squad until they called out the numbers after all the judging was done- only then did they know what girl went with the number. KWIM? It was done very fairly. This is the first year of cheerleading here, involved with the school. Previous cheerleaders were like with football leagues -you know where if you register and pay, you're a cheerleader no matter what. But some of those girls had cheered for years like that and some had taken tumbling and/or gymnastics for years. So I am pretty proud of her that she had the ability to do some tumbling and practiced hard on the cheer and dance. It was especially difficult for her because both were very complicated and she has ADHD so she doesn't just remember things immediately.
Thanks, will check out the deal in a bit.

I can always use more batteries around here... these kids and their toys I tell ya!