The Sewing Mom

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!