Kiddo's first day at school! Ack!
It was Destructoboy's first day of school today! He was so excited about going, he refused breakfast and even chocolate milk! Then he kept pointing to his backpack to get me to put it on, but we were about 15-20 minutes ahead of having to go to wait for the bus. I tried to prolong it, but he just put the bag on himself and kept inching towards the door, occasionally coming back to gesture me to come or even get behind me to push me towards it. I finally acquiesced, about 10 minutes before I intended to leave. *chuckles* So..we waited there for the bus for about 15 minutes. The driver is very nice and had Gabe buckled in nicely. So far I have had no phone calls, so I imagine the day is without incident.
I went into the office with Hubby, (had to deliver some chocolate chip cookies to some silly little art director), and then left to my own devices for about...oh...6 hours.. I filled it with a trip to Starbucks to complete my yuppy impersonation, and a trip to Target to disabuse myself of my yuppy impersonation. That and after about 3 cups of coffee (1 while waiting for the bus, one at home and then the one from starbucks), I had to access facilities.
So..I am home with a clock, some batteries, a birthday card for my mom, some exercise vids for myself (pilates for toning and back strengthening, and tai chi for overall well being), a Christmas gift for Gabe (that's 2 so far for him! 3 people bought for, yay!), and a few more assorted items that I cannot recall, but will when I go to hide the gift.
It didn't stop me from the occasional heart stopping moment of going "Where'd Destructoboy go?", then realizing he was at school and it is alright, I don't have to be attached to my child every waking moment of the day and it is just the natural mother instinct kicking in. Weird, weird feeling...well..except to any parent that has spent the majority of the days with their child and then suddenly don't have one in the house for a few hours.
Now to get some chores done, and pick him up from the bus in a little over an hour!
I went into the office with Hubby, (had to deliver some chocolate chip cookies to some silly little art director), and then left to my own devices for about...oh...6 hours.. I filled it with a trip to Starbucks to complete my yuppy impersonation, and a trip to Target to disabuse myself of my yuppy impersonation. That and after about 3 cups of coffee (1 while waiting for the bus, one at home and then the one from starbucks), I had to access facilities.
So..I am home with a clock, some batteries, a birthday card for my mom, some exercise vids for myself (pilates for toning and back strengthening, and tai chi for overall well being), a Christmas gift for Gabe (that's 2 so far for him! 3 people bought for, yay!), and a few more assorted items that I cannot recall, but will when I go to hide the gift.
It didn't stop me from the occasional heart stopping moment of going "Where'd Destructoboy go?", then realizing he was at school and it is alright, I don't have to be attached to my child every waking moment of the day and it is just the natural mother instinct kicking in. Weird, weird feeling...well..except to any parent that has spent the majority of the days with their child and then suddenly don't have one in the house for a few hours.
Now to get some chores done, and pick him up from the bus in a little over an hour!
posted by Astarte | 4:56 p.m.
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