I shouldn’t complain about Sky being on probation, although you know that I will. As a result, he is now in college a year ahead of schedule, at the age of 16. He registered and started classes last week. I have to tell you, being up there walking him through registration at my alma mater was pretty weird. I walked on the same sidewalks where, during my last semester in school, I had pushed him along in his stroller while going to visit professors. I definitely felt my time on this earth.
Sky is a cool kid. He is much nicer than me. He was happy for me to help with the registration process, which is always a pain. When I was his age, I would not be seen within a mile of my parents. I was rude and awful. I’m so glad that he is not like I was. I am always impressed at how polite he is.
One of my instances of not being nice happened last week when I was on mySpace and happened across pictures of his probation officer along with comments saying things such as, “I wake up on the kitchen floor thinking the mop is my pillow” and “I love the nights you don’t remember with the people you don’t forget”.
Now, I do not consider myself prudish–it is her life, and she is welcome to get drunk. However, this is the same woman, who when my son proudly showed her his college ID, said, “What are you going to use it for, to drink?” She has done nothing but put him down and hassle us for the last six months. She has made him go to up to two substance abuse groups a week. He had three Somas. Apparently, she has many nights where she runs into walls. Her words.
I hate hypocrisy in government, even at the microlevel. So, I called the probation departments governing board, got legal advice, and then called her supervisor. Sky now has a new probation officer. Unfortunately, she was not fired. Of course, I fully expect her to try to get revenge, so I have let my principal know about the situation. I also have screenshots (since I knew the comments would be taken down that day) that I know parents and judges would be very interested in. There is a very erotic photo of two women kissing just to top everything off. I have no problem with it personally, but in this town??? She has no idea how lucky she is that I didn’t go with my first impulse to send the page to everyone in town who works with her. Most parents here would go ballistic.
I know I did the right thing by letting her boss know. The thing that is a slight bit disturbing is how much I enjoyed putting the screws to her for once. I try not to hate people. Taking pleasure in someone else’s icky situation is something I’m not too proud of.
Back to something positive: Sky aced the ACT, which basically placed him out of the first two English classes and the intro computer science class. Yea!! My kid rocks. He is a studying fool, and it is so wonderful to see him excited about learning again. It had been such a long time.
And yes, those are markers and a book in the bed as well. Sometimes the muse strikes right before I fall asleep. Photo credit goes to Sky.
