Waiting On The School Bus

25th August 2008

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Today was the first day of school here in Texas. My daughter was pretty nervous, so much so that she was unable to eat any breakfast. I’m sure that once she got to school and got to her first class that her nerves more than likely settled down. She will quickly fall into the routine.

Riding the bus was adding to her anxiety today. She rode the bus from kindergarten through 5th grade, but last year, after we moved, I drove her to and from school every day. The school was very close by, but on the other side of a very busy rode. She could have ridden the bus, but since it was so close, I drove her. This year, I let her know that she would need to ride the bus. The junior high is farther away from the house and it just made sense.

I walked her to her bus stop this morning. She is the only kid at this bus stop and I didn’t want her standing there by herself on the first day. It’s a good thing I did because the bus was running about 15 minutes behind schedule and that would have just added to her nervousness. It did eventually arrive and picked her up, so I know she overcame that first hurdle.

Now I just have to wait around all day to hear how the rest of her day went!

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1 On August 25th, 2008, Karen said:

Oh my goodness. My heart aches too. Let me know how her day went!

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posted on August 25th, 2008 at 11:09 am

2 On August 25th, 2008, 1stopmom said:

The first day is always hard at my house. I have 4 kids and the bus has never been on time on the first day. I think I have more anxiety then the kids this year. My 10 year old starts 5th grade so that means middle school next year. My 14 year old starts high school and will be riding the city bus. I am not sure I am ready for that at all. My stomach gets all knotted up just thinking about it.
I hope your daughter has a great first day. School starts next week for us.

posted on August 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

3 On August 25th, 2008, Julia said:

I bet she had a wonderful day, no matter how nervous she started it. Don’t we all remember those first schooldays? I still felt that way on my first day in university and I bet I will again on my first day on the job - which will be a first schoolday again, but this time in front of a class

I everything went well for her!

Greets Julia

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posted on August 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

4 On August 25th, 2008, clair (chili queen) said:

My son started taking the bus too just last month and he’s never been on public transport in his life. On the first day, I dropped him off at the bus stop and hid behind a poster to make sure he got on the bus safely. Our kids will always be our babies, no matter how old they are. Hope your dd did okay today.

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posted on August 25th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

5 On August 26th, 2008, lynne said:

Karen - Her day was okay, although, very stress filled. Her locker gave her problems and she had difficulty finding her classes, she kept going the wrong way in the halls! I think she’ll have a much better day today, at least, I hope so!

posted on August 26th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

6 On August 26th, 2008, lynne said:

Clair - I don’t know if I could bare having my daughter on the public bus, that would be too scary for me! The school bus I can handle, but that’s it. It’s so hard to send our babies off every morning, isn’t it?!

posted on August 26th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

7 On August 26th, 2008, lynne said: