The girls got on the bus this morning, and even arrived at school eventually, but what happened between those two events had me in near hysterics for about an hour. The reason I’m not going to give you the details is because it involves particulars about my children’s transportation, and I don’t know everybody that reads here. But the words “alone” and “stranded” are certainly applicable. It’s the only thing on my mind this morning, so it’s the only thing I can think to blog about.
Right now, I am still very actively focusing on calming down. Which seems the perfect time to show you a picture I’ve been hanging on to for awhile.
One of the many, many things the previous owners of our house left when they left was a bird feeder. We put seed in it at the beginning of the summer, before school was out. The birds didn’t stop by for a long time, but they do now, and it’s fun to watch. We get seemingly hundreds of these chickadees, and I think we get the brown ones, too. We get a lot of red-breasted nuthatches, some Blue Jays, and I’ve seen two other birds, each once.
This one that seemed to peck a hole in the tree and then drink out of it-
and a messy looking brown bird with what looked like mottled red on its chest.
Oooh, ooh, and I forgot about the hummingbird. It zoomed in to the yard, came right up to the big windows in the living room, hovered there for nearly 10 seconds (we were practically face to face) and zoomed off again.
I want to get a hummingbird feeder, because that’s just too cool.
And now I’m going back to deep breathing and concentrated calm.
I take Veronica to kindergarten in a couple hours, and you’d better believe I’m going to be there this afternoon when they’re getting on the bus to make sure they’re on the right one, or even get on one.
August 30th, 2006 at 6:23 am
I’m so glad your girls are ok. Sounds like whatever happened sure was scary. =(
August 30th, 2006 at 9:54 am
I am also very glad your girls are fine. I would have been out of my mind too if the words “stranded and alone” applied to my child. I hope you are able to relax tonight. Take care.
August 30th, 2006 at 10:07 am
Oh how awful for you to have the girls go through that, and you too. I hope you calm down so that the girls dont pick up on it. I love the pics of your birds, and how lucky to have a hummingbird come and visit you. How pretty that would have been to see. We have too many cats to get the nice little birds around our garden, but I make sure they have little jingle bells on their collars so that they dont eat them.
August 30th, 2006 at 11:45 am
So sorry about your morning. I’ve heard many stories about parents & their children’s school bus not showing or taking them to the wrong home afterwards. Mention anything to me about a bad school bus incident & I usually need sedation.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
I am so sorry you had such a horrible scare. I would have been out of my mind. I’m glad to hear the girls are ok. Give the kids lots of hugs and kisses and then take some nice deep breathes. 🙂
August 31st, 2006 at 1:48 am
That is such an awful thing to happen! On my son’s very first day of kindergarten, he wasn’t on the school bus which brought the kids home. I was frantic, as the other children said they didn’t see him at all. And then the school and bus transport got snotty with me when I called! They had put him on the wrong bus, and he was riding around town. They sent a special bus for him to ride home on. He has long since forgotten the incident, but I was pretty traumatized by it! I am so glad your girls are ok.
August 31st, 2006 at 2:19 am
Ugh, scary! Hope you are all able to calm down a bit now that the danger is over…
September 1st, 2006 at 2:20 pm
School bus incidents are unsettling, no matter how old the child. My daughter had a mix-up with transportation on the first day of 6th grade, and I had no car to go find her. Thank God for bus drivers with cell phones and neighbors who show up at the right time!
September 2nd, 2006 at 3:14 pm
As a child, I accidently got off at the wrong stop on the way home once and it took me hours to get “unlost.” The most frightening thing of all was the wrath of my angry mother when I finally (relieved) figured out how to get to my Grandparents home, where we were living temporarily.
I am so glad the girls are fine! Your family is blessed to have a caring, loving, rational mother to come home to!