Sydney, Part 2

So, while I was still upset over the whole Sydney/end-of-the-year party incident, Rachel did something that I thought was pretty remarkable.

She told Sydney, or Sydney somehow found out, that Simone would, in fact, be coming to her party. She demanded of Rachel, "Why did you invite her?"

"I didn't invite her, my mom did," Rachel said.

"Tell her not to do that!" Sydney said.

"No," Rachel replied. "Simone is my friend."

"Oh, FINE," Sydney apparently said, and stomped off.

That kid is headed for "mean girl" status in middle school, if not before, and I find it extremely difficult to be pleasant to her these days (although I must say that the few times she's been in the house, she is noticeably more polite that she used to be. Probably because she senses that Drew and I just will not put up with bullshit). I just hope that Rachel won't stick with her or put up with abuse because of loyalty. But her standing up for herself was a good start.