After our hard talk coming out of nowhere yesterday.  After all the big feelings of hurt, sadness, anger, isolation that it brought out in Braeden.  After blogging about those hard feeling. - and then seeing how Braeden went to bed on his own over an hour early, did not wake up for almost anything this morning and only had ten minutes until the bus was coming, and how extremely agitated he was in those minutes between waking and leaving... I still didn't put two and two together.

I was focused on our morning routine. Focused on getting kids ready and out the door. Focused on my own day that lie ahead.

It was a huge mistake. I should've seen the signs. I should have known he should have stayed home.  But I missed it.

Which created an extra rough day for him at school.

Which meant multiple phone calls in attempts to help him de escalate.

Which then resulted in having to pick him up three hours after school began.

Mom fail. 

We'll try again tomorrow.