a day in the 4th grade
i took friday off to spend most of the day with ky's class field trip to the oakland museum and it was indeed a day filled with observations. two minutes after arriving i meet a parent in the hallway who, upon realizing i was kylan's mom, gasps in disgust at how young i look (or am). she seriously held her hand up to my face and said "ugh you're so young!". Ooookay...next akward moment - there is a line of parents waiting for homeroom to conclude for the bus ride and hrmm..i don't have anyone to be drawn to. i feel really outta place and realize that if i want to be included in any conversation with the other parents, i had to break out the tagalog and join the filipino moms. i kept watch of kylan and two other boys and it was really cool seeing kylan interact with his friends and i was glad we all got along. some classmates on the bus thought i was his sister and then i got extra cool points for lending my ipod video for viewing pleasure. the field trip itself was not so structured and not all the content in the museum was appopriate for 9 year olds...namely a gestural statue of a nude woman sitting down with her legs spread and photographs close-up of the buttocks or nipple area. i also went way overboard in packing lunch for us. some brought a bag of chips and maybe a simple sandwhich but somehow i ended up packing 2 rolls of sushi, some asian pears, 2 bottles of iced tea, 2 snack packs of pringels. and i also left a tuna sandwhich and breakfast panini in the car that did not get eaten. ky also pointed out his crush and that was cool, too.