Jr. High Update

My friend asked me today if we'd ever resolved the band book mystery...so I thought I'd update this story.

I sent my husband to parent-teacher conferences at the Jr. High last week. I guess all of the teachers congregate in the gym and stay their for awhile to see if any of us show up. I sent them to seek out the band teacher and show him our receipt. I am embarrassed to admit that he pointed out that he could sign off for "Chloe" Thompson, but not for Elizabeth. I never saw that the name at the top of my receipt was indeed "Chloe" Thompson...oops...although, still I didn't ever claim to have a Chloe....

My husband at this point was beginning to understand the nightmares I'd been through so he asked to speak to the principal. He of course, agreed that this "unusual" situation was a problem and that he'd have it straightened out immediately.

My daughter, Elizabeth, came home from school with a suspicious grin. She told me that the horrid lady from the office had found her in class, brought her a check for a refund (for a flute rental which was the other part of our problem, but I didn't write about that...), and expressed to her how that had never happened in all the years she'd been working at the school, and then gave to her a new receipt with HER proper name on it.

As she and I glanced at the receipt, we noticed that now, we've paid for some Spanish class fees and Elizabeth isn't enrolled in Spanish.....