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Okay, this feels strange. ALL five of my kids are in school. This is the first time I've been alone (for more than a one-time afternoon sort of thing, I mean) in over FIFTEEN YEARS. I feel like I'm playing hooky or something.
Getting everyone to and from school, OTOH, is fairly heinous. There are no school buses. Well, there is a private company that is exceedingly overpriced, but no regular buses. If the start times were different, I could have the high schooler drop off the elementary kids on the way--but he has to be there before they do. Since we only live a couple doors down from the elementary school, it's hard to back out with all the school traffic (compounded by nowhere to make a 3-point turn, and a strange, slanting driveway and someone who parallel parks close to enough to the acute angle to be in danger of getting hit). The 10th grader could walk okay (it's less than a mile), but it does involve walking through a rough area, and when it's -30, well... The HS is in a high urban area and there isn't anywhere to pull off, so I really don't know how we're going to meet up after school today. The middle school has a school yard, but there is no organization whatsoever when it comes to picking kids up. It's a free for all, with cars driving every direction in the parking lot. Given that they have the space, someone should really at least make a traffic plan through here so no kid gets hit!! When I asked about it, the office told me, well, yanno, parents just do whatever. Um, yeah. There's way too much "whatever" going on there. Hopefully I manage to get all my kids without losing any or hitting anyone today.
Tomorrow should be even trickier because my 6th grader has orchestra at zero hour--about the same time my 10th grader is supposed to be at school across town.
In the meantime, though, I have a nap planned for this afternoon. And since I sewed curtains last night, I'm good for a while on that, although I should probably try to pare the boxes down a bit more. And there are my library books, and writing. But...wow. It's awfully quiet!
What did you do the day your last kid went to school?
Getting everyone to and from school, OTOH, is fairly heinous. There are no school buses. Well, there is a private company that is exceedingly overpriced, but no regular buses. If the start times were different, I could have the high schooler drop off the elementary kids on the way--but he has to be there before they do. Since we only live a couple doors down from the elementary school, it's hard to back out with all the school traffic (compounded by nowhere to make a 3-point turn, and a strange, slanting driveway and someone who parallel parks close to enough to the acute angle to be in danger of getting hit). The 10th grader could walk okay (it's less than a mile), but it does involve walking through a rough area, and when it's -30, well... The HS is in a high urban area and there isn't anywhere to pull off, so I really don't know how we're going to meet up after school today. The middle school has a school yard, but there is no organization whatsoever when it comes to picking kids up. It's a free for all, with cars driving every direction in the parking lot. Given that they have the space, someone should really at least make a traffic plan through here so no kid gets hit!! When I asked about it, the office told me, well, yanno, parents just do whatever. Um, yeah. There's way too much "whatever" going on there. Hopefully I manage to get all my kids without losing any or hitting anyone today.
Tomorrow should be even trickier because my 6th grader has orchestra at zero hour--about the same time my 10th grader is supposed to be at school across town.
In the meantime, though, I have a nap planned for this afternoon. And since I sewed curtains last night, I'm good for a while on that, although I should probably try to pare the boxes down a bit more. And there are my library books, and writing. But...wow. It's awfully quiet!
What did you do the day your last kid went to school?
