So now SS12 is suspended from school for three days for fighting. DH got a call Tuesday night from the assistant principal, who told him there were two incidents and SS would have to face consequences. The next morning, DH got a call to pick him up and keep him home for three days.

SS had mentioned the first incident to a teacher and BM. Apparently, he walked into a bathroom and there was a fight going on, someone got shoved into him and he shoved back (caught on student's camera -- those aren't allowed in bathrooms, but anyway). He said it happened again early this week.

So in the last two months, SS12 has missed more than two weeks of school because he's throwing up. He has a history of trouble with acid reflux that causes him to spit up and he's back on the meds now. No fever. And, oddly enough, these episodes never happen on weekends or holidays. Isn't that interesting?

Also, he's chronically late with school work and now has all Cs and Ds (except music, where he has an A).

SS11 (nearly 12) is a smart kid. Very smart. In my experience, that can be good and bad.

This is his first year of middle school, which can be an adjustment. The school app has been driving DH nuts because he keeps getting notifications about late or missed assignments. Sometimes they were submitted and teacher hasn't graded yet, or they were done in class. No problem, but the app doesn't distinguish. DH keeps on SS about it. This is not new. It was happening last year, too.

Not a shock. DH has seen it coming.

So, SS11 is on BM's health insurance, so she lets DH know his half every quarter. She hasn't billed him in more than a year, despite DH asking. Today he talked to her and pushed her. She finally admitted SS has said he wants to live with her and they've been working on it. She's been holding off on billing him in case SS lives with her.