So! Fun story!
I have taken a first and last day of school photo for all of Alexis' life. Literally, every year on the first and last day of school, I get up an extra 10 minutes early specifically so I can make sure a chalk board is decorated and a photo is taken.
UNTIL THIS YEAR.
I mean, it wasn't because I didn't do my thing. Because I did.
Rather, I woke up way earlier than any sane person should wake up so that I could be half-dressed while standing outside to take a photo of Alexis on her first day of her junior year. Except! I heard the front door close 15 minutes before the bus was supposed to arrive! I raced to find out what was going on. I found Alexis walking down the street.
I was like, "Uh, photo?" and she was like, "Uh, I'm getting a ride with a friend and I don't have time okaybai."
And off she went. Like, she just flat-out ignored tradition and blew me off. Hard core.
I was not amused. To add insult to injury, literally alllllll of her friends' parents posted first day photos throughout the morning. The worst of the 16-year olds went along with the game, but my so-called grandmother in a teen's body? Nope. She's too cool.
So I stewed over it and eventually realized it didn't really matter and so what if I am missing one photo? Right? Right.
And then Alexis returned home after school. She immediately set out to decorating the chalk board and was like, "Yo. Photographer lady. Do your thing."
I was like, "Uh, I'm busy and I'm going to pay as much attention to you now as you did me this morning so okaybai."
Alexis was PISSED. I think she may have been more pissed that I blew her off than I was when she blew me off? Regardless, I had things to do so I went back to those things. Alexis' answer to being ignored? FIND MILA.
Mila played photographer while Alexis stood in her spot. Then Alexis emailed the photo to me and ... I can't even. It's fine. Everything is fine. It's totally fine that teenagers can be jerks but then magically make up for it? Sort of?
Regardless, Alexis is a junior this year. She's also quite the problem solver.
