The First Day of School

WOW!  The first day of school came up right quick!  How we ended up running out the door, with just a few minutes to spare is absolutely beyond me.  Oh, right, he is 17.  THAT's what happened.

The Perfect Storm

I was off Friday, I logged into my work email this morning to find a significant issue that triggered phone calls starting at 7am. I am a bit frantic at this point.   The kid has to get up at 7:30 so we have enough time to deal with the morning Cybil, get showered, fed, lunch made and out the door.  We needed to leave by 9am to get him there early enough to find his way around, get settled and be in his seat for the 9:28 bell.  We were running out the door at 9:15. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?  I had time to make him and show him how to make his French Toast, thinking all was right with the world....needle off the record..........

Last night I had asked multiple times, "So, you will need to take a notebook to school and maybe some folders because you will be getting a lot of papers." He responds, "Oh yes, yes."  I make the assumption (foolishly) that said notebook and folders, and a writing utensil are in his bookbag.  Here is what was in his bookbag:  first, all of the tags that came on the bookbag (never were removed), second EVERY folder, notebook, pen, eraser, loose leaf paper, trapper keeper, sharpener, pen case, protractor we bought him to get through school. The boy arrived on the 26th and at 9:06 am (10 days later) we were ripping the tags off, emptying out book covers, et al...and he is fiddling with his lock for his locker which is still in the package.   10 days.  10 DAYS!   So while I am sorting out pens, paper, folders and notebooks, he is setting his lock. 

We get to school in time for the 9:28 bell, he goes in...I am nervous as all get out for him...and then I get a text at work 15 mins later.  "I'm sitting in the cafeteria now, school starts at 9:58...I don't know why we thought it will start at 9:28...but there are a lot of other students who were here too early....so my cell phone is almost dead...so just pick me up after football....."   BWAHAHAHAHAHA!  I had a friend say to me this morning that the more she reads this blog, the more she believes this boy was supposed to be in our lives.

Just a side note:  the school calendar did in fact say 9:28 first bell........I screw a lot of stuff up on epic proportions at time but not this......no siree.