I just read your story Millie. We just got a letter in the mail like that yesterday. Juliana has already missed 13 days. She is allowed 15 excused days before the school board gets involved. Between injuring her foot, 2 separate fevers, 3 strep throats, a stomach bug, and vacation, we are pushing the envelope. If it wasn't for a freak snowstorm while we were in Florida in Nov. and a snow day last week, at the end of her bug, we would be in trouble.
<stepping upon soap box>I can't believe they feel they need to get involved especially if you have a child that is prone to being sick. I'm so sorry Tim. I'm sure they can't really do much to y'all if Ana is sick. Let's hope she doesn't get sick any more.
Melody called the school this morning and spoke to the secretary and basically went through all Juliana's days. She told us that we should be fine. But this isn't counting how ever many more days she is going to miss. Juliana has a enzyme deficiency called
MPO deficiency. If you click on the link you can read a little about it. As you can see it is about 3 paragraphs long. There isn't much research about it. They found it when she was on chemotherapy. The machine couldn't do her blood counts and they had to be counted by eye. The doctors couldn't figure out why so we had to go to another specialist. ANYWAY...
I hope she doesn't miss much more school because the superintendent is a _____... well, I can't write it here but we've already had to deal with him when he tried to move Juliana to a different school 1.5 weeks before school started.
And you know the only reason he wants to do that is due to her being absent and them missing out on the money they get for every child in a seat every day. 
I'm so sick of the schools doing this to people, if it's not about the money they get for your child being there, then it's about the money the get for their test grades, it's as though our children are seen as comodities rather than the students education being the thing that needs to be most valued. 
You know....I'd bring that up the next time the superintendent tries to mess with you. I'd bring up that you think he's more worried about attendance money coming into the school than he is about Ana's education and that you may have to see a lawyer about that. THEN see if he's singing the tune of running her out of this specific school. They have an obligation to teach your children-by law, even if that means she's home sick more than most kids, has a learning disability or if it means she's a genius and needs more than most students, NOT watch their own district pocket books. <stepping off soap box> This must stink for the teachers on so many levels, bless their hearts.
I know her principal and teacher has our back and Juliana gets perfect grades (I can't tell you what they are because they use a # system now). I hope it doesn't come down to that.
I never would have thought in the past about buying something that accentuated my big arms, now I want to show them off!! 
How silly am I?!? 
Wow!
The manager was really sweet to honor the kohls' cash, seeing how they were expired. 
I can't wait to see how I'll look in another 25 lb's!
The one I found at Kohl's, the one I thought was going to be "the one," was made with angora hair and the rest was acrylic, which you think would have been as soft as they could get. I guess the hair is what had me itching, can't wear wool either. 
Why is it we say Florida as though they won't figure us out?!? 
So glad you stopped by. 
I've been catching up on your TR, just haven't said much. Sorry. 
