Yes, is is the first day of school again. For the first time in three years, JA and ER are going to be at the same school. Well, they were at the same school technically last year but since the middle school and high school have different wings and principals, it was sort of different schools. This year, they will be at the same assemblies and be on the same schedule. And MA will only have one Parent Advisory Group meeting per month and only check one bulletin board to read a day. It is sad that this is JA's last first day before college.Don't they look awake? They were out of bed by 6:45, had eggs for breakfast and were waiting for the bus at 7:35. Because the other two families in our neighborhood moved, their bus time has been moved up 3 minutes so they are scheduled to be picked up at 7:41 and need to be out there at least 5 minutes before that. They did pretty well today.
While they waited for the bus, ER pointed out the familiar sites. A single then a pair of bicyclists coming down the street, the same ones we saw last year. The delivery trucks coming out of the senior citizens complex near us. However, the most familiar site is....
Zoey in what Terry calls the "forward command post." That's the window in our bedroom that looks out onto the street the bus comes up. We lock Zoey in the bedroom on our way out because sometimes the doors are left open as teens fly down the steps to get to the bus on time. Zoey waits for the bus. When she sees it pull up and then leave, she jumps down and walks to the door waiting for someone to let her out.
Here comes the bus down our narrow street. Last year the municipality put in speed bumps (drempels) on our street to slow down the traffic. This is actually a two way street with room down the middle for only one lane of vehicles when cars are parked on both sides. Fortunately, there's not a lot of traffic so rarely do two cars get caught in the middle facing each other playing chicken as to which one is going to back up first.
Yes, that is a luxury bus that they are getting onto. No yellow school buses here. They have to put their seat belts on. Today's bus was set up as 4 seats around a table, 2 facing forward and 2 backwards.
Wednesday is an early dismissal day at 2:45 pm instead of 3:0 pm. The girls came home with lots of stories to tell. They have returned to a familiar place with known characters (both students and teachers.) It's going to be a good year.
