I went to my mom 's for a couple of days . With school starting in a couple of weeks , I probably wo n't have occasion to do that any time soon . She has this beautiful jade that has been feeling the effects of a mealybug infestation . She treated it a couple of weeks ago , but they are practically as bad now as they were prior to treatment .

Why would school stop the narrator from visiting their mom ?
Their mother does n't live close so they 've have to miss class to visit her .