Surviving the Domestic Jungle

For some reason my last blog didnt get published until just now. Its should have been dated August 21st. Anyway, today was the BIG day and I failed miserably. I was the total over neurotic stress bag that I usually am while Avery was cool as a fresh cucumber! Everything worried me! Didn’t help as we were walking up to the school this disgusting man “snot rocketed” right in front of us. GROSS!! For those of you have not been lucky enough to witness a snot rocket first hand, it is literally blowing your nose without a tissue. Just blowing it all over the ground. At 7:30 in the morning this is pretty stomach turning.  I cannot find the words to express how gross I think that is but I will drop it because that man was not the focus. I took Avery to her class and she was a brave, big girl and I said bye and that was it. Had her lip quivered I probably would have fallen apart but she was totally fine which I expected. She is very adaptable unlike me. I am a creature of habit and routine and structure. All day while she was at school I was nervous about the pick up process. I understand that elementary schools run like clockwork and they have systems in place but I was unsure of how I was supposed to fit in to it all. I went 30 minutes early thinking I could observe the other parents and there were a surprising amount of parents there already. So I sat there and sat there and then my turn came and there was a little stress but it was ok. Tomorrow will be better. Avery did wonderful and I was the mess. I kept saying “Im new to kindergarten too!” and its true. I have to learn the rules just like she does. I think this year is going to be a great year and I cant wait for Avery to read and write and learn everything in general. Everything is so new and fresh to her and she loves to learn and she loves to participate and looks forward to homework! Of course after a couple of years school will mostly lose a little of its luster but for now, we are in a very good place and looking forward to everything it holds. I have enough anxiety for the two of us so she can just sit back and enjoy!