Kindergarten part II
So there was a part I to this Kindergarten saga so I had to follow-up with a part II.
I kind of laugh every time I think of the topic and what I’m about to talk about.
When our daughter was born and my husband went back to work he left me. That’s how I looked at it. Abandoned. Just left me to fend for myself and navigate this terrifying world of having a new baby! From what I can remember one of the things I dreaded and stressed about the most was the first time I would have to get my baby into the carrier and OMG actually put it in the car on my own. I dragged my feet on that for as long as I could. I was in a Mommy group and we all talked about the horrifying experience we all had to try to get the guts to do; getting the baby into the car ourselves.
Now from memory I remember besides the anxiety attack before, during and after was that it was fine. Not only was it fine, it was as if I had accomplished the impossible. I did it. Damn it, I conquered the car seat! YAH I DID!
Now fast forward to Kindergarten. Wait, of course there were in between worries. I mean these kids do not come with manuals. So there were “horrifying” firsts for so many things and here I am alive to tell the tales 😉
Ok back to Kindergarten. Again, this involved more Mom groups. Online chats, in person chats, lots of anxiety and worries. WHAT would we pack for lunches? What would we pack their lunches in? What time should I get up in the morning to make the lunch? What do we pack their snacks in? Would they eat their lunches? (I’ve always been on the side of, if she doesn’t eat her lunch she’ll figure out the hard way that hunger isn’t fun). HOT lunches. OMG the hot lunches. When I went to elementary school my parents’ biggest worry was a hot dog day lunch. Plain or mustard. Plain milk or chocolate. They had it easy AND hot dog day was maybe once every month? I think. It was easy. Sports Day we had the luxury of McDonalds and again, a plain hamburger or a cheeseburger. My parents didn’t know what stress was about. We have hot lunches a lot. Ordering snacks too. This whole food issue for Kindergarten had me up at night!
Guess what? It all worked out. It’s amazing but once the stress clears the answers are right there in front of you. It’s quite something. I am sure there will be more things to worry and over think about. For now, I have conquered the lunch. YAH I DID!
So what got me thinking about this topic was the other day I got up and I wasn’t in a hurry, I took my time and wasn’t worried or rushed to make the lunch. As I was making it I had a little chuckle to myself of what a FREAK I was about it and how I stressed over all of it. It brought me back to the new baby stage of stressing myself out about the carrier (and other things). I thought, I should really write about this.
It got me thinking to how Kindergarten was the new birth of a new chapter in all of our lives here.
Kindergarten part II … don’t get me started on abduction scenarios and how about the search for the perfect rain gear 😉
Tiffani
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