Last night was Jackie�s Ice Cream Social at school. You get to see your classroom and meet your teacher and all that.
I was thankful that Jackie had a friend in class. Her name is Brooke and she is the cutest little blond thing. Her parents seemed pretty nice and laid back. They even invited Jackie over sometime; it turns out they live in the apartment complex right across the street!
Ariel is in Jackie�s class too. Ariel and Jackie, being typical for their age (7-8) play about 4 times a week (she also lives in our complex). The only thing is that every other day Jackie and Ariel get into a fight and they aren�t ever playing again. I just wait until the next day when they are buddies again and it�s all blown over.
Ariel can be mean and bratty when she doesn�t get her way. That does concern me. She will turn on people like that! Jackie is sensitive and this does hurt her feelings.
This little turd who picked on Jackie last year (only I didn�t know it until later) sits directly beside Jackie in class. I guess I will need to bring this to Jackie�s teacher�s attention. I am not dealing with bullying this year. I�m NOT!
I always ask Jackie why she lets people intimidate her. I tell her repeatedly that NOBODY is better than her. When all else fails, I point out something about the other kid that proves they are ordinary just like everyone else. Freckles, a few extra pounds, frizzy hair. Normal stuff.
Jackie�s teacher seemed nice. I think we will definitely get along. She�s right around my age and even though she is youthful she�s got that teacher�s authority thing going. Good. She�s not going to put up with a lot of crap.
I loved Jackie�s teacher last year so I�m a little spoiled. She always asked for our input and she would always take our feelings into consideration. That probably won�t happen with this teacher, but I�m pretty sure there won�t be an all out war between her and I like I had with Jackie�s sour puss first grade teacher. Mrs. Roseybutt and I did not see eye to eye. She was the one that tried to label Jackie as being ADD. None of her teacher�s before or since believes that Jackie is ADD. I even tried to explain to the old hag that Jackie was on medication on a daily basis that hypes kids up a little. Did she take that into consideration? Never. And things in the classroom got much worse for Jackie after I brought that up.
The 3rd grade. I can�t believe my baby�s going into the 3rd grade.
I�m sick to death of talking about the case and I�m sure every one of you is probably getting sick of hearing about it.
But I found something else out yesterday. Rodn*ey has officially served his time for my mother�s murder. Because of that my Uncle Mat cannot go and speak on her behalf anymore. That is sad because my Uncle Mat carried the burden for keeping Rodney in there all alone for 20 plus years now.
Now Rodn*ey is into serving his time for what he did to me and Renee. Renee needs to dictate in a letter that Uncle Mat can speak on her behalf at the next parole hearing in April of 2006, because chances are, she will not be able to make it.
It is imperative that I make all parole hearings from now on, because this is about me and Renee.
I had to talk to one of the detectives the other day. I called Joe Burg*oon the other day. He has always been there for me. It�s been 23 years and he still stays in contact with me. He told me as a detective, there are always 1 or 2 cases that you stick with for life. Mine is one of them.
I tell you, that when I hear Joe�s reassuring voice, I go back to being 7 years old in that big courthouse. And I remember being very scared of seeing Rodne*y. And then there is big Joe, youthful then, who reaches down one of his big bear paw hands, envelopes my hand in it, and tells me, �I will never let anyone hurt you.� And I cannot tell anyone enough what that meant to me as a child petrified of all men.
I love Joe and Carl, who also worked on the case. Those two men are like my Dad�s and when they are gone from this earth I�ll probably fall apart. Recently, Carl and his wife took off across the country in their moterhome. He has every right to relax, but I tell you it felt weird to know I couldn�t call him. I don�t know what I�ll do when I don�t have them to call.
Joe and I talked on the phone for a while. He tried to assuage my fears about the case�.as much as one can while everyone who�s a bleeding heart moron tries to free Rodn*ey.
After talking to my aunt Rabby, my Uncle Mat, victim�s services people, and the detectives, the consensus is that Rodne*y will stay put. But all of us are certain that if he gets out, bad things will happen to him. Not from me, not from anyone associated with the court, but this little thing called �Karma� will come kick his butt.
He�s never accepted responsibility and never apologized to me or any of us. Everyone�s bill comes due. Even his. The unsinkable semi-Teflon Rod*ney will falter. You just watch.
It�s the infallible truth. He�s going to get what�s coming to him, and in a big way. Too bad news channel 5 won�t be there to capture it on tape.
That would�ve been very entertaining. And cathartic for all crime victims. Tee-hee.
2:32 pm - August 12, 2005
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