School

Everyone got out the door on time yesterday! There were some slight problems getting home though. I decided to go get Seth and Obsi first thinking Alex could hang out after school with his friends, also thinking Valders and Cabrini both got done at 3:00. Valders doesn't get done until 3:15....oops. Seth came out of school just fine shortly after the bell rang. Obsi, well, we waited and waited until kids coming out of school slowed way down. This is at 3:30. So, I give Seth my cell phone knowing Alex will call, while I go hunt down Obsi. First hurdle was finding the Middle School office from the wrong end of the building. After lots of help, I arrived and asked everyone in the office if they saw Obsi. They had seen him with Nati but he was no where after that. They thought he may have went home with Nati so they called the bus company. Nati doesn't ride the bus. They announced over the loudspeaker for Obsi to please come to the middle school office. 10 minutes later, the district office called that they had him in their office. By this time, it is 3:45. Poor Alex! Someone walked Obsi to the office and Obsi said he was waiting where the middle schoolers get picked up because I didn't tell him where I was picking him up. I dropped him off on the other side of the building but never told him I would pick him up in that same spot. We got to Alex's school at 4:05. Alex was not a happy boy but he handled it well.

Obsi said school was good. And that it was a long day with so many teachers. He was tired!

Unfortunately, soccer practice was at 5:00. It was like pulling teeth to get Obsi to get ready for soccer. Then we left without shin guards and had to back-up down the driveway to get those. We were 5 minutes late for soccer.

Tamirat is taking the bus this year. He catches it at the end of our driveway. As I was pushing him out the door, we forgot to pack his lunch. Darn!. I quickly made 2 pb sandwiches and Seth drove him to the end of our driveway. First day and not sure if the bus would be early or late. We are the very first stop.

With the whole mess of things after school, we got home at 4:15 and Tamirat should've been home but wasn't. Weird. Tamirat got home about 10 minutes later. He tried to tell me why he was so late but I just couldn't understand. But he did try to explain it all in English the best he could so that was really amazing. He just doesn't quite know the words for things yet. I had him explain to Obsi and what happened is a boy that was supposed to be on his bus didn't get on after school so they had to find him before they headed out to take all the children home. They found that he got on the wrong bus. We all laughed about it after our situation with finding Obsi.

Tamirat loves going to school. He didn't know his teachers name so I told him I wanted to know it today. We will see if he remembers it. Tamirat loves being around other children which is why he loves school so much. His English has gotten so much better than where he was last May. I hope they treat him like the other students when it comes to homework and tests. Last May, I wanted them to just let him take it all in with no expectations and no grading. Guess I better meet the teacher soon!

Seth needs to drop a class and add a different one. It will be interesting to see what he picks.

Alex started school on Monday already. He likes 7th grade much better than 6th grade. He was a trooper last year. One teacher he had never smiles. Not sure that teacher even likes kids. He got through it! This year is looking much better.