We all just want to have adventures...big and small...just to know we can do it....Like the time I lived in Houston and was flying to my friend's wedding in Washington D.C....I knew I could take the city bus to the airport....It was a challenge...I cost me 1.50 and I did it!!! I had to change a few buses, but the last one was NICE!!!!
Fast forward to today....I will explain later...
Today was great...I was nervous, had to present a few things....just wanted everything to go well...My counselor said a class of 5th grade boys were being nice to each other....not the B word...BULLYING....but instead, being mean spirited...so the plan was for me to take them for a few minutes and talk about it...they were missing their specials....I was nervous...I read and planned and then thought I would just have to do it...
I picked the boys up and took them out to the portable....it was really good...better than good.....I was nervous about working with 5th grade boys, but they were awesome...and they got a lot out of it....Then I watched a great STAAR testing training. My mentor and I were going to have lunch when something important came up....so I asked if I could run and drop off freezer meals to a friend whose family has been in crisis....
Meanwhile, I get back and my mentor counselor comes out to the portable to view some of my projects.....she was very complimentary and gave great feedback....and then said, "what time is it"...it was 3:15...she said, go get your daughter....funny story...I told her..well, my mother in law is taking a bus from Austin to Katy Mills Mall....Dave and I are flying to Charlotte for my friend's wedding and my wonderful mother in law came in to watch the kids..she has been talking about this BUS....my father in law is driving in Saturday so they only wanted to have one car in town...My counselor said, "I've heard of this bus...I think it is a grey hound....I get that...I am not a snob at all...in fact, I pride myself in being a hard worker and loving things like the Goodwill, good bargains, and garage sales...but I refuse to ride a Grey Hound because of what I have heard...
My sweet mentor counselor says, go get your daughter and go get your mother in law (knowing we have Dance)...I say, great idea, thanks...I grab my daughter from her sweet class and then go through the front office...I say to the nice secretary, "do I need to check her out"...It was 3:18...she said yes...and then scolded me...I'm not supposed to do it that way....I have to follow the rules and they don't want to check kids out after 3....ok...I get it...I am a rule follower and I get everything.... I didn't want to explain that I was not trying to break any rules, my mother in law was taking a bus to Katy Mills Mall and walking 6 miles to my house...even though I kept calling her to beg her to let me pick her up...instead, I kept apologizing....I just want to follow the rules...she was nice and let me do this "just this once"...since I was a new mom of a kindergartner and did not understand everything...
I call my mother in law and she refused to let me pick her up...she wanted the exercise....I can't relate to this because my family doesn't like exercise:)
So I guiltily pick up the girls and take them to dance...all the while thinking about my 62 year old mother in law walking from Katy Mills 6 miles...I get home and she is there...along with our carpenter who randomly shows up.
I said "how are you!" You made it safe...Yes, she made it safe, but agreed it was not the smartest idea...Katy is just not a pedestrian friendly place...in fact she got stopped by 7 people...one was a cop...they were worried about her...she was walking on Westheimer with a roll suitcase...I get it...
Life is good...we are grateful she is here and safe!
