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[la_rainette]

This morning I sent Froglet off to her new school. There are very few French secondary schools in Toronto, so it's pretty far away from our house. She now has her own key because she'll be home earlier than me in the evening (OMG!!!) and her very own brand new cellphone. (Oh man, seems like she was a baby just YESTERDAY!)

She texted me this morning: "The school bus took me to the wrong school. Don't worry, everything is fine."

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, EVERYTHING IS FINE? *hyperventilates*

A new year of insanity has begun.

Comments

[jae]

Everything is fine because she has a mum who has raised her to be independent and resourceful. :)

-J

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[jenna_thorn]

This!

The kid had an issue Friday. (Long story, all's well that end's well)
He did exactly what he was supposed to do.
I'm taking that as my own win for the day. 8-)

Re: *\o/*

[la_rainette]

That's a total win. :) I have to say, Froglet did awesomely on her first day and I am very proud of her.

[la_rainette]

THANK you! She was fine, it turned out, but really amused and she wanted to share her amusement. :)

[florahart]

She means, everything is fine; she's got it sorted now and this is just an update of an interesting event. This is what happens when you raise them to be sensible. :D

[la_rainette]

That was exzacty it. :D She was greatly amused by the situation and needed to share...

[whatistigerbalm]

She'll be fine!

[la_rainette]

She was. :) She'd pretty awesome, my Froglet.

[travels_in_time]

At least she hasn't been picked up by the police. :D

She didn't panic and was just letting you know what happened, which is awesome. Yay Froglet!

[la_rainette]

NOT YET. :D Yeah, I think she just wanted to share the amusement / excitment.

[30toseoul]

"The school bus took me to the wrong school. Don't worry, everything is fine."

I probably laughed harder than I should have, because I suddenly flashed back on 1999 when I was stationed in Bosnia and I sent my mother a similar message over AOL IM: "They shot down a MiG nearby, but don't worry, everything is fine." I'm pretty sure I used the same flippant phrasing (with almost no helpful information) that your kid did. My poor mother!

[la_rainette]

... *dies laughing* Oh man, that's hilarious -- your poor mom indeed! :D

[notions.livejournal.com]

omg what?!?

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

It's fine -- her school is plit on two campuses (campi? :D ) and her driver went to wrong one. Froglet was essentially really amused, especially because we hesitated between public transit or school bus and picjed the school bus because it would be more reliable. HAH! :D

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

At least she seems very self-possessed about it! *hugs*

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

And truly amused, I think. :D She did awesome today in general and I am really proud of her.

*hugs* you're on the work filter, btw. email to follow tomorrow when I am less blitzed.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! To think we picked the school bus over public transit because we thought it would be more reliable... :D

Froglet was vastly amused and wanted to share. :D

[stress-kitten.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry"... yeah, good luck there. Hehe... I love how confident she comes across.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I think she was truly amused: we picked the school bus over public transit because we thought it would be more reliable. YEAH RIGHT. :D

She did awesomely, in general, and I am super proud of her.

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

Augh what? O_o

X-D

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Oh, she WAS fine. :) Mostly really amused that the school bus turned out to be LESS reliable than the subway...

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Because everything IS fine! It wasn't, but then it was. ;-) I'm glad everything ended up fine.

(she is so not old enough for secondary school. *sniff*)

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

She's in grade 7; technically it's middle school, but in the Ontarian French System they decided to push grades 7 and 8 out of the elementary school system, for tactical/political reasons. It's all about holding on to your students, never mind what's actually GOOD for them...

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's how it is here. I guess now most systems do elementary-middle-high, which is K-5, 6-8, 9-12. Though where I went, it was elementary-junior high-senior high, so K-6, 7-9, 10-12. The very first elementary school I went to was a K-8, but that is very very (VERY) rare anymore.