True nightmares / school update
Yesterday I had a real nightmare come true. Sort of.
You know that dream that starts in pregnancy where your baby’s in trouble but you can’t get there? (And if not, well, I have that dream at least a few times a week.) Well I fortunately didn’t have the trouble part but I did have the trying to get there part.
My car has been having some trouble starting, which is kind of one of those non-negotiables in a car, so it was in the shop on Friday. The dealership gave me a lift to work but I had to take the bus home. I thought Carl was getting home in time to relieve V (we talked at 2:30). So I didn’t rush out right at 4 (’cause I was late getting in) and left around 4:20. My Sheppard subway transfer said 4:24.
The route that on paper is most direct is to go to the end of the Sheppard line and then take two buses after that. (That this is the most direct route says something I think.) The subway part went fine. Then I got on the first bus. It took 17 minutes for it to go three blocks! So I called Carl to let him know I would be late…
… to find out he was stuck at work. By now it was well after 5, and V. is supposed to stay ’til 5:30. So I called her and she was ok with it (thus, Noah was safe. And happy, from the background sounds.)
I got home at 6:35. Yes. 2 hrs and 15 minutes later.
Despite knowing Noah was safe, I was panicked. It was very emotional and primal and I was really almost around the bend. It was really nuts, inside my head.
Anyways, everyone was fine; I compensated V. monetarily and Carl and I will work on whatever communication problem that was. But man. Stress.
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Noah still seems to be adjusting to school, but I would not say that he is wholely himself there, at least not at the end of the day. They report that he gets upset when his teacher leaves and the aftercare staff come in. When I’ve snuck in (behind another parent) he has been playing, but not really vivaciously. So, we’ll see.
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