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Friday, December 18, 2009

The Bus Driver

Did we really light the last candles of Hannukah tonight? Is Christmas really next week? The holidays seemed to pop out of nowhere...as they do every year. Seriously have you ever had a year where you felt completely prepared and unrushed?

Our younger son (YS) finished his last day of school before break complete with a holiday party with terrible looking hair. Somehow I never got around to getting his hair cut and now and forever more all our photos will have a 3 year old Rod Stewart in them. Or perhaps they would if I had remembered to bring my camera. Mom of the Year over here. Fortunately one of the other moms took pictures for me.

We participated in a class gift for his teachers. Alright really I organized it because it was a lot easier for me to organize one and get them a gift card to get something that they will hopefully like than to try and come up with individual gifts that they would like. The room parents in my older son's class organized a class gift as well. Phew! That's all taken care of. Or is it?

I forgot about my nemisis: the bus driver. Before you assert that nemesis may be a strong word, let's review the history:
  • She was annoyed that I didn't know where OS was on the first day of school when he had been put on the wrong bus at school
  • She decided that he was no longer riding the bus home on Fridays because I picked him up for school for one Friday doctor's appointment
  • She was annoyed that I didn't know where OS was on the second occasion when he had been put on the wrong bus at school
  • She shot me dirty looks and muttered under her breath on the day that I went to school right after OS was picked up to do some volunteer work and arrived just behind the bus
  • She has been plain snarky several times
    • In all fairness, we haven't had an episode of snarkiness recently. In fact, lately she and I have gotten around remarkably well. She even asked me onto the bus last week with some questions about a new pickup who was supposed to be added to the route. Perhaps one day we will get together for coffee.

    This made me start to think about the etiquette around gifts and bus drivers. Do I need to get her anything? I posed the question my moms group and people responded with suggestions of homemade baked goods which would be great if I were planning on doing any baking. That's not likely to happen. We made ginger bread cookies last week during a snow day and that for me was like the Mt. Everst of baking. It took hours by the time the cookies were made, cut, baked, decorated and the frosting dried. It has to be a pretty special person for me to do any baking. Plus with my luck she would get diarehhea from the cookies, and it would worsen our relationship. I think we will be going with a $5 gift card to Dunkin Donuts.

    A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Don't miss the bus and don't forget the bus driver.

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