Wednesday, September 07, 2005
The Pick-Up
As I mentioned yesterday, today Phil had his first bus ride to school (his first ride home is commemorated here). We got out to the edge of the road about a minute before the bus came along (on its trip back to the school; it came along much, much earlier to begin picking up kids at the far end of its route). Time enough for a couple pictures:Separation anxiety was nothing like I had expected, mainly because the boy decided to pick a fight about wearing sandals (his idea) rather than shoes (mine). You can tell by the photos who won. His "I hate school" rebellion was cut short, also. By the time we got out to the big rock, he was fine with his shoes, fine with school; we were fine with each other. Still, three hours apart will likely do both of us plenty of good.
Mikesell
