I got a little nutty last year when Syd first started preschool. I thought it was just because it was such a last minute mad rush to get her signed up and ready to go! ( She was only potty trained like a week before school started!) I thought I made myself crazy by trying to create a fun last day of summer! ( There is a blog post about that and potty training if you want a better understanding) Yeah, it appears as if I have a bit of a tough time dealing with my baby growing up! Apparently, I don't handle it so well!
It wouldn't be right if I didn't set the stage with the night before school. I had almost everything ready to go. Everyone's clothes were laid out, even mine! Milks were poured for the kids at breakfast. Purse, diaper bag, and back pack were all lined up near the door. We did not have a family photo and a picture of her having fun this summer that her letter from her teacher said she needed. There seemed to be a little communication issue about what she needed between me and Stephen, the tech guy of the family. There may have been some screaming at 9pm about pictures not being good enough and getting butts to CVS stat! (side note: how sad is it that the only family photo we could find was an instagram selfie!Yikes!)
Okay, the big day!!! Nathan woke me up at 4:30 so we had PLENTY of time to get ready! We were dressed and bored waiting. I decided to leave a bit early because of road construction. I started looking in my purse for my keys. Can't find them! I swore I put them in there yesterday at Church. I checked the diaper bag. NOTHING! I pulled everything out of my purse and put on a huge fake grin as I panicked. I then checked all my regular spots and checked up stairs. NO WHERE TO BE FOUND! They can't.... No, I would have noticed if they fell out...... not possible.... let me check just to be sure. Oh yes, my keys are sitting on the floor on the passenger side of my LOCKED van! I started freaking out! I was seriously considering breaking a window. I kinda felt like Cam on Modern family when Lilly was locked in the car. I ran back into the house and started calling Stephen. He didn't pick up. I called again and again and again and again. Visions of my baby being so late to school and having a bad first day filled me with rage! I texted him and then called my mom. She didn't pick up. I called my in laws and cried as I told them what happened. They said they would come right away. I decided to try Stephen one more time. He was only halfway through his "hello" before I transformed into the psycho version of myself! He didn't answer and our daughter's life was going to be ruined if she was late. RUINED!! I SCREAMED at him and told him to get home NOW to unlock the van! I called my in laws and told them that they didn't have to come anymore, Stephen was on his way. They asked if there was anything else they could do. I said no and then I might have told them that they should probably say their "goodbyes" to their son because I was going to kill him. And by might of, I mean I definitely said those exact words! Stephen pulled up and had the van doors opening before he even had his car to a complete stop. We each threw a kid in the car and took off. Instead of going straight back to work, Stephen came with us. He must have seen the crazy in my eyes and knew i needed back up. We were much later than I had planned but didn't need to go to the office and there were still a few kids also coming in. As we were leaving and putting Nathan in the car, Stephen was commenting about being yelled at last night and in the morning. Then he said something like at least you didn't call me a bad word today. I asked him if he checked his text messages yet!!! Oops!
