NYR 5-28-14

Mac has never had perfect attendance at school.  There's always been strep throat or a stomach virus, and absent illness, we haven't bothered ourselves with that quaint notion that he needs to be present every single day if a weekend trip demands an extra day.  

Until this year. 

He's not been sick at all (!) and things feel so serious at his current school that we've not dared let him miss a day for something fun.

Until today.

Over the weekend at the Eastern Shore, his allergies went haywire and by today, he was coughing to the point of gagging.  He said he didn't feel well enough to go to school, even if that meant he couldn't go to his baseball game in the evening.  (House Rule (which causes a lot of ridiculous drama): if you're too sick to attend school, you're too sick to do anything fun during or after school hours on the day of absence).  

So we hunkered down and watched a lot of tv, and it was kind of perfect. 

Even if he doesn't get a Perfect Attendance certificate at the year-end promotion ceremony. 

Sigh.