Grrr, school district.

So. I do NOT want to miss my littlest baby's last first day of k-12. This is a major point for us, we need to be here for the first day of school.

She'll be going to CA with her friend. Friend's mom works for the school district, so they have to be back by day 1. I'm not concerned about that, they're driving, they can adjust.

But I need to make airline reservations, and the longer I wait, the more expensive and more restrictive things become.

But the school district has not yet released their calendar for the year. Supposedly it has to wait until the collective bargaining agreement is finalized... which is all well and good, but when the eff is that going to be?.

Grr.

Normally, I could guess and it would probably be ok, but Labor Day is "late-ish" this year, 7 Sep, so they might actually start the week before. I wish I could assume that, but I can't because every time they've started earlier than Labor Day, they've gotten a lot of pushback from parents who hate that, so I can't 100% say what they'll do.

Grr.

Ah well.

Poor nutlet

The dock at rowing had been flooded for the past 10 days... and since it's across from the dog park and people don't pick up after their disgusting mutts, the fecal content in the water was sky high, which meant that even if it was safe to wade to the dock from a water standpoint, it wasn't bacteriologically.

Which means the kids were on-land for 10 days. First time back on the water was Tuesday.

Linnea has been practicing hard in the 'lighties' boat. And today, probably because of 10 days of ergs, running, and lifting, she ripped. This is the dreaded callus-ripping-off thing that gymnasts and rowers dread.

One whole palm, both thumbs, a finger. She's currently all taped up, her coxswain got her when they got back on land. Linnea said it had hurt so bad, she'd shed one tear.

Need to see what I have left over from a first aid standpoint from gymnastics days.