Riding the Bus

Priya has been begging me to let her ride the bus for a while now because "Parent Pickup is so boring". So, finally I got the courage to let her try it. I'll admit, it was more scary for me than it was for her. What if she didn't get on the bus? What if she gets off at the wrong stop? What if I am a little late picking her up... and she has no adult to watch over her? Anyway, today is the day that I slipped a note to her teacher in the daily folder indicating that her dismissal routine has changed. I am expecting her bus at the local elementary school at 3:46pm. I get there early just to be sure. I see several buses and more are filing in as I wait, but I don't see Bus #41. Still waiting and waiting... and these buses are about to be filled up with elementary students on their way home, so I decide to ask one of the drivers about Bus #41. His reply, "Hmm... I don't think Bus #41 comes here. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it doesn't". So, I'm about ready to freak out now even though I had called the transportation department the week before to verify all the bus route information. The driver suggests that I check with a teacher. She confirms, "I don't think Bus #41 comes here". "Yikes" I'm thinking... then behind her on the road I see Bus #41 coming down the street. The driver and the teacher were right, the bus doesn't pull into the school, but it stops instead on the other side of the street to drop off kids transported from other schools. In the midst of all the confusion and worry, I forget to take a picture of Priya getting off the bus. Oh well, there'll be another day for this... at least she made it safely home.