all worn out...

Busy day. I finished the very last of my shopping, attended The Princess' Christmas party, shoveled out the girls' room, (Mark did most of the work, but I worked for a couple of hours as well), got very angry about something stupid our school music teacher did, drove for hours, took the girls to dance and stayed to watch SB's Christmas dances, and just sat down for the first time today.
Tomorrow's no better with SB getting her bottom braces and the kids' Christmas Concert tomorrow night.

So here's the deal with the music teacher. The venue for our Christmas program got changed in October and is smaller than the one we've used the past few years. The one where we've had standing room only. In a 1700 seat auditorium. The new facility seats only 1300. In October she sent out a form asking how many people we were planning on having. We indicated the 12 we usually have, not including the kids. We hear nothing back. Last week she sent out another form asking. I turned it in. it also had a spot asking for volunteers for some stuff and we had signed up, so she sent it back with a big thank you on it and what time we needed to get there. Not a word about the number of people we had indicated were coming. TODAY, the day before the concert, she sends home a letter to the entire school telling people that they are only allowed to have 5 seats per family. 5!!! Now, we don't have to include our performing kids, but we still needed 12 seats. Not going to happen. We get 5. Which means I had to tell some family members, sorry I know we already invited you, but you can't come. Unfortunately, we are very visible at the school,most everyone, particularly staff, knows who we are as Mark is the Board President. so, we cannot be seen breaking the rules. But I am livid and you can bet there will be a letter to the music teacher on Thursday after the concert. She's known about the seating issue for 2 MONTHS and to just send out something today? The day before the concert??? That stinks!!!