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[the_rck]

When I called to set up today's A-Ride, they told me they were overbooked at 2:00 which is normally when I ask for pick up. They said they couldn't promise, if I went later, that they'd get us to the appointment on time, so we're scheduled for pick up at 1:45. Hopefully, we'll actually get a cab within our window for arriving by 3:00. We'll both have books, so we should be able to survive the longer wait.

I'm realizing more and more how much I want Cordelia to stay at her current school. Most of my reasons are purely selfish, however, so I'm not advocating for it. Not yet. Waiting for the meeting on March 6th is hard. I want to know now. I want to make a decision now. Of course, we probably won't make a firm decision immediately after the meeting. We need to talk it over, all three of us, and we need to find out what Cordelia's friends are doing. There is going to be a lot of money put into this new program, and I like the idea of having Cordelia be technology literate in ways that the middle school lacks resources for. On the other hand, Cordelia's kind of looking forward to middle school.

I just keep thinking that the middle school years are utterly miserable for pretty much everyone but that some of that misery might be mitigated by a smaller school. I have to remind myself that my experience of middle school, which was fairly horrific, wouldn't necessarily be Cordelia's. I just worry.

I am trying to convince Cordelia to start wearing training bras. She hates them because they're uncomfortable. I'm just thinking of next year when she has gym class-- There's going to be a lot of pressure to wear the dratted things with those who don't coming in for harassment. Of course, I'm not a great example in this regard. I rarely wear bras. They're expensive, uncomfortable and very hard to find in my size. I've found one style from one brand that I can tolerate. I can't handle underwires or lace at all. Finding something in my size with neither is nigh on impossible.

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[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

Mm...I understand Cordelia's not wanting to fool with them, and I realize a lot of time has passed since I was in school and the way things are now, but god gym class and a lot else were pure hell for me (I was an early bloomer, like two years before anyone else, I was wearing bras in fifth grade) I hope she'll she'll decide to wear them. Does she like girly stuff? maybe if you bought her something cute in a matching set she might be more interested in wearing it? (I couldn't get into a sports bra if my life depended on it, they just don't make them for 38 G!!)

[the_rck]

Cordelia likes sparkles, but I don't think that frills or lace will change her mind about bras. She doesn't really need a bra yet, but some of her classmates do. They're in fifth grade.

In the one bra that I've found that I can stand, I wear a 44DDD. I doubt I could find a sports bra that fit, either. I just remember, all the way through high school, my mother insisting that I was a B cup. I'm not sure why she had so much invested in that.