My eldest daughter leaves Primary school in July, and for the past 2 weeks all i have heard is "Can i go in the limo with Sophie and Savannah mam"....now i beleive that end of school years are becoming very Americanised, and really kids aged 11 shouldnt even be worrying about a bloody limo for their last day.
BUT - i agreed as these are her friends, and i thought well maybe it will make her last day memorable and fun.
Beginning of the week she came home rather upset - appparently a couple of other girls are now going in this limo - one of them the school bully who has made Courtney's life hell since she has been at that school - and she has told Courtney that she cant go in this limo. Since she's been in the 2nd year there we have had broken glasses, bite marks, endless bruises, Courtney feigning illness and I've been into school god knows how many times about this kid.
Now this bully has obviously muscled her way in cos she has heard the kids talking about it and decided she is going in it no matter what and the rest of them are too bloody scared to tell her to sod off - as are their parents!
So me i says to my girl "well luvvie, forget it, its no the end of the world and we'll do something spesh when you finish school" - she was fine about that but i could see the disappointment in her face at not being able to join in with her friends.
I wouldnt normally have done anything, because i dont think it should be a bloody issue at 11, but because they have all been banging on about how fantastic this limo is i couldnt see her left out because of one evil kid.
So this morning ive been over to my local Boom Trike showroom and ive hired a big fook off Boom Trike to go pick her up on - far cheaper than the limo and a lot more fun......in fact its this one:
Much cooler than any limo IMHO, and if it gets one over on the school bully then thats good enough for me - but does that make me bad?