Saturday, August 24, 2013

Refund

So, I am getting Caleigh ready for school and she is letting me pull her hair up into a ponytail. She's looking at me in the mirror and asks,

"Mom, can I do the refund?"

My mind is swirling at this point.  Have I recently purchased something that has a refund offer with it?  Did she see the massive $5.00 refund check I got in the mail from Bed Bath & Beyond and want it for herself?  Do I have something that I was supposed to take back to the store for a refund that I have forgotten about?  

When I don't immediately answer her, she asks me again. 

I tell her that I am not sure what she means.  She gets upset with me and angrily says

"The refund thing!  Can I do the refund thing?"

I am still clueless!  

Seeing her frustration with me, I try to coax out of her what she is talking about without making her more upset.  Sometimes that is not an easy task. I didn't want her going to school in a bad mood. That's not a good way to start a school day!  

"What kind of refund" I prodded,

"THE REFUND FROM MY SCHOOL," she growls at me!!

The lightbulb in my head goes on and I realize she wants to know if I am going to let her participate in the "FUNDRAISER" for her school!  

HA! At least she had part of the word right!  

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