by StJuniper » 24 Aug 2016, 09:34
Like a chump, I have forgotten to put P's first day in the calendar. My head says it's the 8th but my heart says it's the 9th. I guess I kind of thought they'd send out a reminder email for all the stuff they covered in the orientation at the beginning of the summer, but no, apparently we're expected to have memorized it all, so...
I am most worried about the bus ride, which is going to be super-long and of course have kids of all ages. I don't ever remember being well-supervised on my bus ride, just periodically yelled at by a grumpy bus driver when the bus got too loud. I'm more scared than I'd like to say of my sweet boy being teased by a bigger kid or exposed to something that makes him uncomfortable. I think he'll get on great in his class; he'll be one of the oldest kids and is pretty ahead educationally, so I expect everything there will come easily to him, so it's just the bus ride, really, that I'm worried about.
Oh, and also that he's still shaky on wiping himself and will come home with skid marks every day...
Mama to two boys, the Scout Kid P, 02/26/12 and the Feral Kid R 12/15/13, and one little Tumbleweed girl, 05/27/16.