lost

I did not want to be right. Although it was frustrating to be so casually dismissed when I offered guidelines and enforced rules, I definitely did not want her to learn this lesson the hard way. She refrained from rolling her eyes when I could see her, but I could tell by her expression that my words were as affecting as the adult voices from Peanuts cartoons when I told her not to bring the ipod touch to school, and not to put it in her back pocket. She bought it with her own money, accumulated from birthday and holiday gifts.  The purchase cleaned her out, my little saver has no more money saved.  

It’s hard to resist running over to the school and physically going to all of her classes to look. It’s hard to put my faith in a community of middle school kids, one of whom is having the best day of his or her life. It’s hard to comfort her without being really pissed at her for letting this happen. It’s hard to be right.

You’d think my boy would be the one to lose his stuff, he who can’t ever find two socks.  He’s never been the one in hysterics over the location of an electronic device.  His phone and his ipod have remained firmly entrenched in his back pocket for years without incident. 

My girl bought this ipod less than a month ago, and *poof*

I’m sure it’s due to the fact that her pants don’t sag, her body is in motion, and she has no time for details. Girlfriend is on the move, she did not notice her empty back pocket until the very end of the day, probably because math got boring. She is soooooo sad. We  posted a notice on the community facebook page and she made some signs to hang up today. She is offering a $20 reward for its safe return.

I guess we will soon find out if the lesson will be good things happen to good people; someone must have needed it more than you did; or karma will soon kick that asshole squarely in the butt. I'm just so pissed that she didn't listen to me about taking care of it.

I was feeling very unhappy about this yesterday. It's just not fair, she's such a good kid. Why did she bring it to school? Why didn't she at least put it in her backpack? Who took it and is going to pretend it's theirs? Don't their stupid parents see that there's a new expensive toy in the house? Jerks. I hate everyone.

I called her from work late in the day, just to say that I was sorry this had happened. She sighed. "It's not like life or death though, mom. It's just an ipod. I have lots of other stuff. I'll save more money."

I'm so glad there is at least one mature, grounded person in our family. I'm listening to her.