So I am back from my weekend away. Relaxing to get away but also emotionally draining (we went to attend an event honoring my late brother, he's a fallen marine). But even when I am away, I can't get away from the step crap.

Got one call of Friday that ss11's teacher called dh. He's apparently been acting an utter fool in her class. She asked if dh saw the progress reports that came home on Tuesday. He had not. So he called SS, who had just gotten home from school (dh was still at work) and asked him if he knew why his social studies teacher called him. He fessed right up with exactly what she said so be must have known she was going to call. Dh then asks why he wasn't given the progress reports. This was ss's story.....that he had them in his bag but lost his book bag that day. So dh asks him how's he's on the phone right now then? SS confused asks what dh means. Dh says, well how are you talking to me on the house phone if you lost your bag at school. You are obviously not locked out on the front porch right now. "Oh, luckily I had taken my key out of my bag before I lost the bag". That's your story? That you coincidentally just happen to take the key out of you bag before you lost it. The key that I permenantly zip tied to you bag and told you never to remove????? Silence from SS. So dh say that now he will be going to the school on Monday to talk to all his teachers in person. No idea what this kid did with his boombag and all his school supplies. It could be hidden, he could have thrown it out or I suppose it could be legitimately lost.

I then get another call from dh on Monday as I was packing up. Before he could even get to the school to deal with the progress report issue, the principle calls him. SS got into a other fight. Ss's original story was other boy came up to him and for no reason started hitting him with a notebook and then picked him up and threw him to the ground. The innocent victim as always. So the school pulls eight....EIGHT, independent witnesses from class and interview then separately. All eight tell the same story....almost word for word. Other boy approached SS and asked if he could have a pair of headphones (apparently SS gave some girl his pair of ear buds last week) and SS responds with "fuck off bitch". Other kids says don't talk to me like that. Do it again and I will slam you. SS responds with you aren't going to do shit to me bitch and he then shoves other kid. Other kid then picks up SS and throws him to the ground. Earned himself a week suspension.

SS denied denied denied it to dh and the two principals until they read all eight witness statements to him. His defense? Well, it wasn't on the bus. Which is where his first fight happened. As if that makes it all better...that it wasn't another bus issue. So far he got into a fight on the bus the second d week of school. Got sent to the principles office the third week of school. Call home from teacher due to his behavior also in the third week of school. And now a fight and suspension the start of the fourth week. WTF. This kid just doesn't learn. You'd think he'd ha e been on his best behavior knowing he was on thin ice already and that dh was going to the school that day to deal with the progress report issue. But no, he's going to act like an even bigger jerk and get into even more trouble.

Oh, and the laundry still isn't done. One load is in the drier, one load is mildewing in the washer and one load is sitting wet on the laundry room floor (stained and needing to be hand scrubbed I assume). I am still not touching it.