Resolution.

Resolution on the school choice next year -- finally. Yesterday we sent out our letter to Catlin Gabel declining our acceptance, and this is a week after we signed the contract for Buckman, after finally getting in. We're at peace with the choice, though certainly not without some nagging thoughts should we let our minds wander to the "what if." And in some ways, it almost felt like the Universe was guiding us away from the elite school on the hill. I had received a call from their admissions director wondering why we hadn't come to the Kindergarten orientation or the other end-of-year celebration. I picked up the call, off-guard, on my cell-phone during a grocery run with both girls in tow -- all things which are a rare occurrence (me out with both girls at the store, my cell phone ringing an unknown number - and me actually picking it up), so I was not able to hide my shock & disappointment that we weren't notified of the events. Surely it was a fluky oversight, but one which was such a profound bummer, since the whole reason we put the deposit down was precisely so we *could* go to such events and see how it "fit."

And then today, I get a call from a Catlin mom who says her emails to me (informing me of play dates and other community events) have not gone through, being rejected by my spam filter -- only my spam filter is empty of any emails from her. So, at this point I am taking it as a sign that somehow there is an anti-Catlin Gabel vortex surrounding us, not by our choice, mind you. And it's somehow strong enough to keep us from ultimately making that connection, perhaps just for now. So who knows what the future of our educational journey will hold, but for now we have resolved to say yes to Buckman Arts and we will do everything we can to make it a deep, rich, happy experience for C.