Diego got detention from school today. You would think that from space that would not be my number one concern for the day, but you better believe I spent most of the day looking at my communicator tablet waiting for responses.
This was the type of parenting energy I had missed from Earth. To be honest I don't even know why I was getting worked up. Maybe I was worried the detention was a sign of problems at home, and if there were problems at home it was completely my fault. Afterall, I was the only guardian who had little to no presence in his physical life.
It turns out I spent the whole day pacing around for nothing. The detention was my fault, but it was only because Diego had found inspiration from my vlog video, I sent him and tried to reenact a day of his life while in school. Some of his teachers found it cute, but the proctor for one of his classes thought his excuse about his mother being an astronaut was lame and gave him detention. He had actually vlogged the detention for me as well, and the proctor assured me I had nothing to worry about. He ended the video with him and Dad eating dinner, with a third plate at the table for when I come home, it was super sweet and clever. Here I was worrying all day for this.
Dad informed me later tonight that him messaging me that Diego had gotten detention was Diego's idea to mess with me. What else could I say but good one. He'd always enjoyed the ideas of pranks when he was younger, although he was not very good at them. The number of times he said April fools after pouring water on the floor or hiding something from the fridge could be frustrating, especially considering it was almost never actually April fool's day. I have to say though, all those dumb little pranks really paid off for this one.
I was laughing over the video this evening and Miller actually took an interest into what I was laughing about. I showed her the video, and it actually made her smile. I haven't seen that smile in a while. Diego sure knows how to make our days brighter here on Europa.
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Europa
Science FictionIn order to embark on a mission to discover alien life on the icy moon of Jupiter Maria must leave her life on Earth behind, including her father and her seven-year-old son Diego. She thought the hardest part of the mission would be saying goodbye...
