I am not sure where I left off in this Kindergarten saga. I know I twittered that yesterday, day 1 of Kindergarten, we picked up my daughter from school crying. She was not crying because she missed us, but because she wasn't allowed to go home on the school bus. I think she really did miss us, but she also really wanted on that bus.
Apparently she believes that the kids riding the school bus are going on field trips without her. I tried to explain that school buses are no fun and they were just taking long, hot trips home. She wasn't convinced.
Today I had the bright idea that I would walk to the school and walk home with my daughter instead of taking the car.
The school is only about a 10-15 minute walk so I thought it couldn't possibly be that bad.
I put on some yoga pants, tennis shoes, and a little tee.
As I started to walk I realized it was really hot and there was no shade whatsoever between my house and the school. My attire was entirely wrong. I wanted to take off my shirt and tie it around my head like Chevy Chase in National Lampoons Vacation (don't laugh, I just saw the movie again and it is the best). You would have thought I was walking through a freaking desert, it was that brutal. My face was red hot and I already had a sunburn.
When I picked my daughter up she was crying once again. Today she cried because she wasn't attending after school care! Ugh. It was hot and I was sweatey and I just couldn't deal with it. We made the walk home and I seriously thought I was going to die when we approached the crossing guards. It took FOREVER for them to guide us across the street. Like light after light and we were just standing there in the blazing sun.
I called my husband and he informed me the temperature was reading 102 degrees outside!
About halfway home I began to feel really sick (from the heat) and panicky (from my fear of passing out on the street with my 5 year old) and I knew that was bad news.
Somehow we made it. I was still sick even after 30 minutes of taking a cool shower and drinking water. My daughter was hot and tired, but not nearly as bad as I was.
The whole experience was awful. I will never walk to the school in the summer again.
I really feel bad for any child who has to walk home from school, it must be torture. I don't know how they do it.
I can only imagine what is in store for me on Day 3...
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