this is an example of shitty parenting, recorded for posterity:
my ex calls kiddo earlier this week, tells her she's going to the zoo to a special halloween event. tells her a friend of hers from a few years ago will be there. now in reality, ex is friends with this other girl's mother. anyway, kiddo is super excited all week to see her "old friend" again. today rolls around, ex arrives to pick up kiddo, tells her "it'll just be us tonight, your friend can't come", at which point kiddo starts to sniffle and tear up. so why bother telling her earlier in the week? well, it's because my ex sets herself up to fail over and over again, and apparently wants to instill that shitty quality in her daughter.
now back to assembling the squat cage.
