There’s nothing worse than getting a call from the principal when your kid’s at school — are they sick? Have they beaten someone up? Do I have to drop everything and go get them? But one mom’s story of “the call” tops them all.
Ladye M. Hobson sent her 8-year-old son to school one morning only to receive a call from the (very giggly) principal, who explained that she’d found a dead squirrel in her son’s rucksack. Yep. A dead squirrel.
“When the principal calls to tell you that your son has made her day, you get excited for the good news,” wrote Hobson, “only to find that the faculty has discovered a dead squirrel in his backpack (yeah, that $50 Pottery Barn backpack).”
“When asked by the principal what possessed him to pick up this squirrel and store it in his backpack, my son replies with, ‘I really wanted squirrel dumplings tonight.”
Speechless.
“Then she asks if I actually want the squirrel to come home with him. Y’all, I had to explain that we are from the country, but we’re not THAT country (sorry if you actually eat squirrel dumplings, I don’t meant that to be offensive).”
“She said ‘It looked so peaceful just lying there in his bag’ then sent me this picture [above] #JesusTakeTheWheel #LifeWithBoys #OperationBackpackSanitationIsUnderWay.”
And you thought that mouldy sandwich your kid brought home was bad.