2009-09-01

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2009-09-01 09:03 am

Humans are Weird

I was totally looking forward to the kids starting school today.  yeah part of it was a "I'm free!" reaction, but most of it was just excitement for them to make new friends and learn new stuff.  And I was feeling good about the daycare after our visit last week.  Well, I get there, and I had no problem dropping Frisco off.  yeah, he's little, but the teachers seemed nice and caring and I could tell he would be okay.  Then I went to Ellie's class and woah, it was a whole different world.  I do think the teachers care about the kids, but it was so much stricter.  Which I appreciate, but it was a big change.  I sat with Ellie for a while and then left her.  When I hugged her goodbye, she just gave me a kiss and headed off to mingl with the kids, a determined look on her face.  I, on the other hand, got all teary and choked up.  She just looked so little to be so on her own.

Then, in a totally over-the-top reaction, I went to the coffee shop where I was planning on working.  I was about to sit down in this chair sort of near some Army people (it's like 90% Army people that time of day in there) and this woman tells me "we are starting a meeting here in a few minutes" and then her male companions say "but you can still sit if you want to".  Which pissed me off because I was thinking, look, lady, you maybe a colonel and all but I left the Army and you can't boss me around now.  Except that of course I didn't.  I walked over to another table, but I was feeling all choked up again, so I just left.  She was presumptive (go have your meetings in your own office!) but not horribly rude.  And I don't usually cry about that sort of stuff.  I blame left over kid-drop-off feelings.  Either that, or I'm totally losing it.

I wrote more about the daycare, with a picture, over at the blog.  Oh, and I posted the picture at facebook, too.