First day of school - drop-off

[siercia]

So, this morning is Widget's first day of school.  I've been edgy and nervous about it all week, for various reasons.  She's just been excited - we went last Friday for an open house and she loved it.

This morning, she just zoomed in with her teacher, without even saying goodbye to Wiley or I.  Such a big grownup girl.

I'll be going with Imagy to pick her up at 10:30, since it's her first day.  Hopefully all is going well, and she'll tell me all about it when I get there. 

I feel all torn - proud of her, excited for her, nervous for her. 

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zoom!

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a story a friend told me last night (after I related the kid on the bus story) where she too, zoomed right off to her first day of kindergarten, and her mom said later:

"All these other kids are screaming and you just went zipping over to the door AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN LOOK BACK! There I am standing, with tears running down my face, and while I was proud that you were so independent, I wished you'd looked back just once!"

She (my friend) said, "I wonder if all my problems with my Mom can be traced back to that single point."

Re: zoom!

[siercia]

That's so it!

I'm incredibly proud of her for being so fearless and confident, but a goodbye or a wave would have been nice.

At least she was happy to see me when she came out when I went to go pick her up.