So, DH shows up with SD15 last night expectantly...he wasn't supposed to pick her up until tonight. When they get home, SD15 is stomping off to her room and nearly runs me over...not so much as an excuse me (I was coming out of the dogs' room after giving them water, and she is storming down the hall with her head in her phone...if I hadn't seen her because I was paying attention, she would have totally run me over). DH is in our bedroom at this point, and I simply say, "Change in plans again?" He goes on to tell me that SD15 supposedly has color guard practice this week that she "didn't know about until one of the other girls called her and asked where she was"! Really? How is it that every other girl on the squad knew about practice, and SD15 didn't? But DH is really buying up SD15's story that she knew NOTHING about the practice this week...maybe it was because she wan't paying attention? I mean, if it was only every now and then that she "didn't know" about practices, that would be one thing...but she ALWAYS never knows about practices until the very last second, when it is obvious the other girls knew well in advance! SD15 is always trying to blame the coach or the captain, but seems the problem is SD15 if she is the only one in the dark all the time!

So anyway...I flat out told DH that I was not playing taxi this week. He assures me that it is already worked out...one of SD15's friends is picking her up in the morning, and it is an all-day thing, so he will get her after work.

Well, this morning, DH needed to drop me off at the car dealership on his way in, because the turbo went out on my car on Saturday, and it was fixed and ready to be picked up. So, he leaves me at the dealership at 7:30 a.m....right when the doors open. They process me out rather quickly, so I'm on the road by 7:35 a.m. At this point I'm thinking...I don't need to be online for work until 9:00 a.m., so I'm going to take my time...stop and get Starbucks, stop and get some breakfast for me and BS19 (as SD15 is supposed to be gone by the time I get to the house). I'm on my way home...8:22 a.m. (practice starts at 9:00 a.m., and SD15 has no clue where I am at this point), I get a call from SD15 saying I need to take her to practice because her ride backed out on her! I'm still a good 10 minutes away from the house at this point. Yeah, I know...just tell her no and deal with it...but here is the problem with that...I tell her no and make her stay home, I'm stuck with her all day in this crappy mood directly aimed at me because I told her no, and DH no where around! So, what is the lesser of evils here...playing taxi this one morning, or putting up with SD15's BS for the next 10 hours of my day! I'm not happy about either choice, but decided that taking SD15 to practice is better on my entire level of stress! I make it clear to SD15 that she needs to find a ride for the rest of the week. She probably won't...she just rolled her eyes at me when I told her that, and when to checking herself out in my car mirror! She did that the entire 15 minute drive to the school! UGH!

DH and I will surely be having a talk tonight...this is certain. I'm not playing this crap! Not to mention, the practices are totally illegal! UIL (the governing body in our state for extra-curricular) has it plainly stated in their rules that NO practice can be held between the last day of school and the first Monday in August for any activity, with the only exception being volleyball, because their season starts before the first day of school (they get like a 2 week difference in their start date). So what the guard is doing...if it got out to the UIL...would disqualify the entire band from competition this year!

But yeah...didn't know about the practice? That is BS! Every other girl knew! And we aren't even going to go into the state SD15 left my kitchen this morning just in making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! I mean, how many places can you get jelly while making one sandwich?