Darn early release

Traeton has early release days from school on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month. Well, last week was Spring Break and upon being so excited that he went to school this morning, I forgot about the early release. Normally, Trae gets off the bus at 11:30, but today it was 11 a.m. So at 11:15 when I realized it was an early release day, I frantically told Jeff to get over to the school to get Traeton because if parents aren't at the bus stop the kids go back to the school. Well, Traeton finally arrived back at the school at 11:50 after he had gone the whole route of the bus.

When he got home he came over to me nearly in tears. I felt a little better about my lack of parenting when he told me only 1 mom was at the stop. (Usually there are 5 or 6 of us) So I wasn't the only one that forgot to pick up my child today. I have to admit I have done this once before, so it wasn't as traumatic for Traeton, he knew the school would call and remind me. Thanks to Traeton and his ability to quickly forgive. I think if Jeff forgot to pick me up at any point, I would be fuming mad. Luckily Traeton, and children in general, are able to look past our faults and love us anyway. Traeton also was able to look on the bright side, he said he got to see where his friends live, given that his stop is the first one and he had to go through all the other stops before going back to school. So, instead of being upset with myself for forgetting, I am choosing to be mad at early releases in general. Not really, but it is hard to remember it all.