Aww good and bad and sad and happy news (alas, no new shiny DNA mod for a while, but that's okay).
Kiddo was SO SWEET saying goodbye, he got all teary faced (we were going to get pizza but I surprised him with his favorite Thai place no one but I will take him to, since you seem to have a one in four chance of getting food poisoning but me and the kid have strong stomachs I guess.) He was like, "happy!" Then we got home and he slowly devolved into TRAGIC, and by the end he was all weepy and whatnot and alternating like "I love you, I am going to miss you so much, you are a great mom, etc." and I just grabbed him and hung on and said nice stuff to him and he was all, "I so want to leave," and I was like, yeah, kiddo Tucson is NOT your town and I know a lot of stuff happened to you here, and although you are leaving Tucson but a lot of bad stuff happened to you here, and you know, it's great to be cautious and you know, but also, you need to remember that is in the PAST and it is now time for you to be happy and remember you are allowed to relax and be spontaneous and then he was all, like, "I try so hard to be good and I make mistakes, sob," so I just grabbed him and said, well honey we are all human beings so we all make mistakes, even trying our hardest 100% of the time, so just remember, in between learning from your mistakes, like, have some fun, too." LOL then it was back to weepy hugging and "you are such a great mom and I will MISS you," and I was like "Well isn't it great that we love each other enough to miss each other, and I went out and smoked a cigarette with him, he's been stressed (actually, I don't regret that one, really) and chatted a bit and finally I was like, I GOT to GO, and Dog Child's Familiar had been talking to me all afternoon, so I finally went to say goodbye to her (she knew, I got big slobbery kisses for a long time) and so I just said out loud, "So, Snickers, you are going to have to go find another woman to love, l am going to suggest picking one up at the dog park with the Child and you know, select one with an attached dog YOU can also tolerate." And it made the kiddo laugh and then she gave me this smug look like, "I got dis, aii't?"
And I fled and yes cried some in the car but then I got home and said to the husband. "Thank you," and he was like,
"For what?"
"Being the kiddo's REAL dad."
Then that made husband tear up and whatnot and I started making fun of him, Like "you are going to be all teary and distressed from the kid leaving, and he will be all rational and such, so like get ready for that," as I handed him the Kleenex I asked him to buy (in jest) and he was like, "Oh God I hope NOT."
Also sheriff's dept did not clear me but the good news on that is that they don't disclose it to anyone and my license was safe and I don't even have to REPORT that job I was there one day. SO I did a lot of explicating to HR why her agency was crap to "give her a chance to remedy it and she got a bit pale about some stuff, and I really have NOT ONLY a case, but a documented case, and she got a bit quiet when I said I didn't mind telling her this stuff as it would all come up in discovery should I choose, because she knew I was CORRECT. LOL.
But, I probably won't do anything I mean I'd rather focus on FUTURE happiness Job in the pediatric clinic I will be visiting one day next week and honestly, WORKING for that company in the Pima Co jail is PUNISHMENT enough so like, even though I KNOW I have a verifiable case and was completely chill as I was talking to HR lady, it just did not matter. And at the end I was like, "So do you have a response?" and she was like, "No," and I just have a great FEELING about this other place, anyway, so I am super happy.
And I got to see inside Pima Co Jail without actually being incarcerated and it was FASCINATING, really, and had I stayed I would have been incarcerated at SOME point what with all the human rights violations, I mean, I'd probably grab some CO by the scruff of the neck and get shot or whatever.
So I'm just assuming it is all for the best, moving on, and one day in about a MONTH here I am going to buy a serious SHINY item, like SUPER shiny, and it will make ya'll sit up and take NOTICE, but not today, today I plan on not doing much other than being grateful I'm not on hold with legal aid for 5 hours. Etc. LOL.
Happy Thursday I THINK? LOL.
Anna