Monday, Monday

The things moms do!  We got to the bus stop today in good time.  I was carrying my daughters back pack because it was filled with food bank drive items and too heavy for her.  The one boy at the stop shows up with his mom and she mentions that she's going on the field trip today.  Field trip!  "I thought it was Wednesday."  I say, looking at my daughters sparkly pink sandals that are totally inappropriate for a trip to the dump.  So what do I do?  The bus will be there soon and I have 2 kids with me at the stop.  The other boys mom (a friend of mine) says she'll watch them as I run home for a pair of rubber boots and I'm off.  I ran home, burst through the door, grabbed the boots and started running back.  As I make it over the lip in the road I see the bus already at the stop.  The other mom helped my daughter on with her heavy back pack and as the bus drives by me I am waving and shouting for him to stop.  Either he didn't see the crazy woman waving purple rain boots and jumping up and down on the side of the road or he pretended not to but he just kept driving.  So I catch up to the other mom who is a wonderful sweet heart and said she would take the boots up to the school with her and hand them to my daughter in the play ground.  Crisis averted!  

Meanwhile, I have quite a cold right now.  I'm congested, my ears are itchy and plugged and my head hurts.  It turns out running in that condition is not a good idea.  Who knew?!?!  The whole way home I was coughing and trying to catch my breath but at least my daughter won't be traipsing through great big piles of garbage in sparkly sandals.  I turn to the fridge and glance at her school calendar only to discover... her trip is on Wednesday!  The other boy is in a different class and they have different days and times for the trip.  So I killed myself for no reason.  Doh! 

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