DUNT DUNT DUUUUUUUUUNT! I know. And the worst part about it?
Kindergarten doesn't even happen for another year. MORE than a year. We
have, like, eighteen months. But in kindergarten years, that's like
eighteen minutes apparently. Especially now that we have been made
aware that we are zoned for a "you do NOT want your kids to go there*"
school. Of course (because the universe often works in such ways, I'm
afraid) we are but two blocks away from the cut-off of one of the best
public elementary schools in Los Angeles if not THE best public
elementary school. The school we've spent the last several years
THINKING Archer would attend. Patting ourselves on the back for thinking so far ahead when we moved here so many years ago.
"Oh, aren't we just SO clever, Hal!"
"Yes, Bec! So very clever! Maybe even the cleverest!"
EH! Wrong.
Of
course, being the champion ignoramus** I am I just figured "hey! we're
close. I'm sure we could get in somehow." I didn't realize how
impossible it would be to magnet him in. The only way for Archer to go
to the OMGSOGOOD school is if we moved. Unfortunately for us, moving to the other side of Beverly
would likely cost us $2,000-$3,000 more a month in rent, which... let's
be clear, is a lot of money even if we'll be saving $1,000 a month in preschool
expenses. Still, unless one of us sells something substantial like a
pilot or a kidney, it's improbable we will be able to cross-over into
Fancy Awesome-School Land. That doesn't mean we can't think positive (which duh!) but we have to also be realistic at this point and figure out a plan A, B, C, D, and even E.
We
can't afford to move. We can't afford to stay. So what do we do? Aha!
This is where YOU, oh smarter, more-experienced SFTB readers come in.
Hal and I have a grand total of five friends here in L.A. who have
kids. We also have a grand total of five friends here in L.A. who have
kids AND money. Which... I know Puff Daddy P-Diddy Diddy Sean John Sean Combs Puffy Diddy
said "mo money, mo problems" and it may be true when you're a man who
can't decide on what ridiculous name to call yourself this week, but
when you're a parent trying to send your kid to a school where he
doesn't have to be patted down for weapons on his first day of
Kindergarten, WELL then, mo money sure's hell equals LESS problems I'll
tell you what...
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