For the second time so far, I’ve had to walk away from School Girl before she went into school. This time I didn’t have much of a choice: we were waiting on a plumber to fix our sump pump (long story – our house has groundwater problems and a sump pump in the basement, which went out slightly over a month ago), so I had to leave her before their class went inside.

I’ve written before about the fact that the kids could be standing outside for as long as 10 minutes after the first bell rings. I’ve also written about School Girl having problems with not having a parent/parent surrogate (like her teacher) around until she gets to class. So you can imagine the joy I was feeling today.

We talked before we set off for school. We talked about the fact that sometimes Mommy can’t always wait, like today. We also talked about how mommies and daddies always come back – how I would be there waiting when she got out of school this morning, just like I am every day. I don’t know if it helped or not, but when we got to school:

We took the car this morning – not enough time to walk, and I wound up having the plumber waiting for me anyway. We parked at the far end of the lot, and walked to the entrance. I gave her a kiss and an extra-big hug, just like I promised I would. And when the first bell rang…just like I promised, I waved cheerfully, blew her a kiss, and mouthed the words “I love you, baby.” Then I turned around and headed out to the car.

On the bright side, I think the pump’s finally fixed. Now I know where to look to see if there’s gravel about to enter the pump (I think the perforated pizza pan will solve that problem, too).

I hope School Girl has had an okay morning.

Tags: kindergarten, Parenting, School Girl

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