A New Obsession

I am now completely obsessed with looking at the time. Getting Emily to school on time seems like no small matter and then there's picking her up. I have to be there right on time at 9am. Somehow I always get there right on time at 9:03 just when her classmates coming from the bus are headed into the classroom. So, it's pretty perfect timing because she just joins them and goes inside. If I'm late though.....oh, it takes forever! I have to sign in. I have to get BOTH girls out of the car, sign in - Name, where I'm going, what time it is (um...I'm late that's really all I care to know), and I just put the sign out time as one minute later so I don't have to do that again. I also have to wear a name tag. For the whole 30 seconds I'm on the school grounds. So, moral of that story, don't be late. Now, it's just habit to look at my watch. I can't just look at my cell phone anymore. The few seconds it takes to pull the phone out makes me nervous. I still really hate wearing a watch though. And on top of that I think that most watches, not quite all, are really ugly. (Including the one I have, but I got it for timing flash cards for piano lessons and don't want to buy something I truly hate wearing.)

I quit the whole bus thing. It was way more stressful than just dropping her off myself. I now feel free to plan out playgroups and craft nights. :) Happy Day!

Preschool Update: Emily has started talking more. The conversations get better and better (We just had one of our best conversations today.) I'm pleased with her progress. She will tell me though that she doesn't want to go to preschool and then when I take her she is eager to get out of the car. So, now I just ignore the "I don't want to go to preschool". It had me concerned though. Concerned enough to spend another day in preschool a while back where everything went swimmingly once again.

Emily LOVES the new bracelets I made her during our craft night last night. And, I'm afraid that making bracelets could be my newest obsession.