It's a mighty big step, but little Joe Cool took it eagerly as he ventured off to join the other town kids getting their public education from the teachers employed at the schools.
And then there was Jeffrey and me. Just the two of us. Building castles in the sand, just the two of us.
Well, not really, but we darn well could have if time allowed for it. Instead, he played Webkinz with no brothers hanging over his shoulder clamoring for a turn to get their daily activities done while his mom put more effort than usual into the housecleaning until it gleamed and shined. The floors are already looking dull since the boys arrived home from school, but anything else would be unordinary. Is that a word, 'unordinary'? Inordinary? Hmm, no that doesn't sound right, either. Let's go with this: anything else would be out of the ordinary. Abnormal. Just not right.
Okay, where am I going with that except nowhere fast? Back to Joe Cool.
He enjoyed his first day and after a 40 minute ride home, claimed he only almost fell asleep. No doubt, Jeffrey and I will be chauffeuring him home some days, although not after we give the bus driver time to master the route. I'd be willing to bet she can eventually shave 10 minutes off the ride.
But I will be volunteering in his classroom just like I did for his older brothers. And that means, you guessed it, removing extra stuff from my already overflowing plate. Today, I informed Morgynne's mother that I simply could no longer keep watching her as I just had too many other obligations and commitments. I dreaded breaking the news, but certainly wasn't expecting Julie to take it like it was any other common bit of news. "Okay," she said. "We kind of already started looking anyway."
Oh. And here I was thinking I was doing them this tremendous favor saving them tons of money in childcare expenses. Um, oh. Okay, then.
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