Sorry I asked…

Me: “McCanless, did you have a good day at school today?” (car ride home)

McCanless immediately burst into tears. (A sobbing bawl)

Mac: (Between sobs and sniffs)…”Stella can’t some to my PAR-TY! OH, NO..Stella gave me a gift and Ms. Chure said I would need a suitcase to take it home and no one had a suitcase, but maybe Cameron and he said it was at home and I left in on the table…AND Ms. Eddy (Teacher’s Assistant) made me walk TWO laps because I said, ‘whatever’ to Anne Dubose and I DID NOT say, ‘whatever’ to Anne Dubose. I only said, in her face, ‘I don’t like that’ because she was showing me something ugly. I said it nicely, though. Ms. Eddy is too properly. She made Grace eat with manners at school today and Grace never eats with manners. Ms. Eddy is so mannerfully and proper. She wants everything to be neat.” (sobs and wails) “My lips hurt where I dropped a book on them.” (BIG CRY) I look in the back to check on her after such a huge ,horrific cry and to figure out what she was talking about . I see that she does indeed resemble Julia Roberts, especially after such a hard cry. She has chapped lips.

Me: “Your lips are chapped sweetie. Mine are too. In the winter with such dry, cold air…”(I was cut off by a louder wail)

Mac: “OH, I hate winter. I hate, hate, hate winter. When Ms. Eddy made me walk my laps at recess, my face was red. Stella told me my face was red. Stella can’t come to my PAR-TY! Oh, I forgot about my gift that Stella gave me at school. It was a class gift. Anne Dubose was mean to me today. She told on me. I wasn’t that mean to her. (??) I NEED my silky. I want to go to Nonnie’s to eat.”

She begins to open her left over snack bag. She missed snack because she and her daddy decided to sleep in today. Mel brought her to school late…

Mac: (Screaming) “Why didn’t you tell me you packed ice-cream money in my SNACK bag? I didn’t think I had ice-cream money at lunch because I didn’t see it in my bag! Everyone got ice-cream except me. Daddy made me late and I didn’t see my money in my snack bag. I didn’t get ice-cream and I had to do lots of work because Ms. Chure said I missed my morning work. Daddy made me late. Why didn’t you take me to school? Why didn’t you tell me my ice-cream money was in my snack bag? OH…my lips hurt. I hate books. Do lips get chapper in winter?”

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