let the battle begin

our bookclub pick this month...

(i am almost finished with it, even though we had bookclub last night!)

i like this book, but it's put me in the fighting mood.

it's all about this lady trying to get her son to his "rightful" place in life, on the throne as king of england.

let's just say, she doesn't go about this task in a kindly manner.

we've been having some issues with ella's school bus this year. 

the bus has always (since afton started kindergarten 6 years ago) picked up and dropped off at each driveway on our street. 

the first day of school this year, they dropped a bunch of kids off at the fire hydrant a few houses down. 

i thought maybe it was just a mixup for the first few days.

after the second day of this, another mom and i called the bus people to let them know what has been happening and to please be sure to drop them off at our driveways, as usual.

we don't have sidewalks on our street.

so in a few weeks when the leaves, and then snow, pile up on the side of the road they'll have to walk in the road to get home.  

the bus dept informed us that this was the standard rule that should have been enforced all these years.

so another neighbor is a police officer for our town.

he is also a parent.

he has called the bus supervisor, gotten on the bus a couple of times to talk to the driver, and even driven in his squad car with his uniform on to talk with the school district about this safety situation.

again, "sorry that's standard procedure".

feeling as if i should be queen of england, i emailed our new superintendent.  

that's right.

he had the assistant superintendent call me this morning.

apparently, this is just the way it's going to be.

our next step is to go to the school board.

really?

can't they just pick up the 5 kids at their driveways that don't have a sidewalk?

i suppose i'll have to get a petition started.

maybe afton can make some posters. (hee, hee)

i really do try to get along with others, but i might have to start a fight on this one.

the trumpet is sounding...