August 11, 2010

It was back to school and back to work for the kids and me today. I cannot believe summer break is over already. I have mixed feelings about it being over this year. Part of me is actually ready for the "normalcy" of the school year, but of course I always miss having the days with my kids.

Michaela is catching the bus from home this year. For the first few days her grandparents are coming over to help her get used to the routine, but then she will be on her own to get herself on the bus in the mornings. It will come about 45 minutes after Caleb and I leave in the morning. Then, in the afternoons she'll be home by herself for about an hour before Caleb and I get there.

This morning she missed the bus. I guess they were standing on the wrong side of the street. Why the bus driver couldn't stop and ask them if they were waiting for him, I don't know. It's the first day, it's normal for people to be confused, but whatever. That's why we had her grandparents with her. She also had some confusion getting off the bus. I'm sure it'll be better tomorrow, though.

Caleb will be going to latch key this year, but again I waited too long to get him signed up and have to wait until the day after school starts to get his paperwork turned into the Y. That is frustrating, but it's partially my fault, so we'll just deal with it. In any case what this means is when everything is running the way it is supposed to run, I'll pick Caleb up from latch key and just be able to come home from there most days. I won't have to go to two different places to get my kids in the afternoons.

Work was ok today. They had our all district meeting (the convocation as it is called now) very first thing instead of waiting until the last day of our week of meetings. I like that idea. I think it's better having it first instead of last.

We met our new principal today, too. So far she seems o.k. I have a positive feeling in my gut about her personally. I'm not sure I have a positive feeling about the teachers at Garfield getting to go to the new school, though. Maybe I'm paranoid, but if the subtleties of actions and words are being read correctly, it doesn't look promising for us. But, I'm really just planning on going and doing the best I can for my students and letting God take care of the rest.