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Finally, BTS

I cried after the school bus drove away, as it was the first time one of my kids has sailed off away from me on a bus, but it was mostly the release of pent up anxiety. I've been so stressed out about this day, the day Matthew would start at his new school. I worried about getting both kids ready earlier than they were used to. I worried about driving Tessa to school and then getting back in time to put Matthew on his bus. I worried about how he would react to the bus ride, and stepping into a completely alien environment, all by himself. I've escorted my kids every step of the way, from daycare to the present day, and I had to watch him ride away, without me.

I guess he did fine. When I asked how his day had been, as he returned to me on the school bus, he replied, "Good." I didn't press for details, not yet. As the afternoon wore on, I found out that they had been served breakfast at "morning meeting," but since he'd already had breakfast at home, he just had some coffee cake. Lunch was great. He didn't care for any of the drinks they had, so he had his lemonade that I'd packed for him. They had a variety of snacks available.

So the majority of the details I gleaned concerned food. But that was okay.

I asked how the kids in class seemed, and he said that they seemed very nice. So that's good. They played board games all together during recess.

Tomorrow Ross and I will go to a meeting with Matthew's therapist, and we'll probably get a better idea of how things went. In any event, it wasn't awful, and that's a good start!