First Day At School

Just dropped Ms Z off at the Northeast Stars Summer Camp. Susie and I were both pretty emotional. Well, S was really choked up.

I had powerful mixed feelings: equal parts celebration and apprehension--and I think they canceled each other out. We walked to school w/ Ms Z, and when I say "walked" I mean it. She walked the entire way, toting her little neoprene lunch bag. She was super talkative, saying "I'm going to school! Annie (the train) is running to school! I'm bringing my lunch to school."

When we finally arrived at the big moment, S took her into the (still pretty empty) classroom, Ms Z took off looking at some fish, and never looked back. One of the teachers came up to her and said, "Hello, my name is Ms, ___" and held out her hand to shake.

S said that Ms Z didn't hear her, or was distracted, so she didn't respond. The teacher said, "That's okay. A lot of kids are shy on their first day." S said, "Hey Z! Do you want to shake the teacher's hand?" So Ms Z comes trotting up, bold as brass, thrusts out her mitt, and says, "I'm pretending to be a train today."

Kid's got nerves of steel... :)