Today was William's first official day of Junior Kindergarten, not including the open house we attended in the summer and the meet the teacher thing we did last week. Today was a half day, to ease him into the routine I guess, not that he needs that much easing. I'm the one who needs to get used to school, to become accustomed watching him walk through those blue double doors and then walking away.
I was so excited to have some time minus one kid now I'm not sure how I feel about it. I ambitiously tried to fill those few hours he was gone. I took Jadzia to the store to buy shoes and nail polish. When we go home it was already ten. I had to pick up William at 11:15. I tried to prepare tonight's dinner (pierogi lasagna) in advance but I barely got the filling done before we had to race out the door. An explosive poop delayed our progress even more and I found myself rushing to the school (dragging my dog and daughter along). I didn't want to be the parent who is late on the very first day.
Luckily we got there with plenty of time (my watch said 11:15, but we still waited a couple minutes). William seemed in good spirits, but when asked about his day he said "I don't remember." I managed to drag out some tidbits. He played with cars, including one Hot Wheels car. He played with scooters at recess. He didn't eat his whole snack because "he was already full."
Tomorrow, and forever more, William will go to school all the way to 3:15. Maybe I'll get some writing done. Maybe Jadzia will get the mother daughter time she's been missing. Maybe we'll be so busy that we won't notice the hole that he leaves when he's gone.
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It feels strange when your baby first goes to school, but trust me, you'll come to love the free time and one on one time with your daughter.
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