I should have known!

Picture this:
It's raining. Not pouring. Just a drizzle that makes you want to stay in bed all day. We are heading to the first day of preschool for the second time this morning. Yep. You understood. We left home once and now we are leaving again. As we drive down our street my mind is in a fog of what exactly I'll call my blog post today. I know that will be my first task to complete when Ags and I return home :)
I should have known that it would come naturally and without much thinking.

This is Clay's first day of preschool. Not Mom's Day Out but the real deal thing- PRE-K. I can't believe it's happening. So, we are up and ready with breakfast in our bellies and no fussing over how many more shows we should watch on Noggin. We are doing well! Out the door we go at 8:34 to get in the carpool line that begins to unload at 9- what shall we do? Our church is less than 2 miles from our house. He was so eager that I couldn't contain him in this house any longer! He was in the car before me! I decided that it would be nice to go visit my aunt who works at a bank nearby. After a quick visit at the teller window, off to school we went. I stopped to take a photo or two of Clay in his carseat, the sign that says "3K this way", and we even pulled over into a parking spot to say a prayer. We are third in line then:
"Clay, where's your backpack?"
"I don't need a backpack. I'm a big kid and don't pee in my pants."
"Son, it's the rule. You must have your backpack!!"
So, the lady behind me is honking because she thinks I'm about to back into her white Jeep. No lady. I'm getting out of this line for a reason. We left home half an hour too early and now that it's 4 minutes until unload time, we have to go back home and get my kid's backpack!!! Doesn't crap like this happen to you? You obviously have a preschooler too. And you know you are ready for a break and a teacher to handle him or her for 4 hours or else you wouldn't be so darn close to me in this carpool line!!

There was really no reason for me to get huffy and stressed. We made it back in plenty of time. Did I already mention that our driveway and that of the church is approximately 1.8 miles? And remember we left at 8:34 to be at school at 9.




So after a wild ride, Clay hops out and heads into a new chapter of his life. And, I should have known that eventhough all summer long I've been looking forward to this day, I cried like I did the first time I ever took him to Mom's Day Out. Except this time, I didn't call my husband in hysterics, I simply prayed that the Lord would calm my soul. And that He did!