Whatever.

I'm feeling grumpy.

I have to be very careful when I'm feeling grumpy because it reflects right back to me in all kinds of strangely unpleasant ways.

So far I have been rained on when getting off the train, my ID wouldn't scan, my computer was not the way I left it last night and I had to close all my programs and restart, some stakeholders for a project did a ridiculous management escalation to chase a course they sent materials for TUESDAY.... and that was all before 9am and pre-tea.

So I have to be careful when my energy is off. I have to get it together.

*****
The reason I'm grumpy is because I am feeling quite angry.

Dance.

Remember that response to the last-minute rehearsal trying to get Daya to go while in the middle of getting ready for Prom?  After I said no? "Daya cannot go to a dance rehearsal in the middle of getting ready for Prom."

It has happened again.

They have a series of rehearsals this month, also kind of last minute, and I said Daya can't go for June 6 (Prom) and tonight.

Last night Daya asked me why I said no to tonight's rehearsal.
She has her honors society/awards ceremony tonight.
There is a dress code.
She needs to be clean and presentable.
Rehearsal ends at 6 and this ceremony starts at 6:30.
And she has to be changed and clean and travel and she will have no time between after school and the end of awards to eat anything......

So her teacher yesterday told Daya it would be really good if she could go to rehearsal today EVEN THOUGH I SAID NO and Daya is hell-bent on going to a 2 hour rehearsal before the ceremony and I'm too exhausted to argue.

But I'm angry because last time I was aware, I'm the parent here and I don't like being dismissed and undermined concerning my child BY OTHER ADULTS.

I'm just pissed off that no one (other adults) seem to give a crap AGAIN about anything I say (regarding my child) if it isn't the answer they want to hear.  I feel totally undermined.