ok, so this is andrew's last full day of school, and mean mamma is being nostalgic and weepy thinking about his first day of montessori preschool back in 1987 when he was 3 years old and oh so glad to being going. these days he is 17 and oh so glad to be not going any more. he considers high school pointless( didn't we all). i have sent a camera to school with my personal papparazzi, with a promise of a fat commission if he can somehow photograph this event. i am also working on tickets to graduation. it has occurred to me that my crowd-shy student may have avoided actually getting us tickets to graduation in hopes that we wouldn't/couldn't go and therefore he could just stay home that night- nothing doing. mean mamma requires a public graduation in return for support financially in future- this is an unwaivering threat- and mean mamma is just mean enough to follow through.....