Dropped the kidlet off to her first day of school in Florida. As a Jersey Girl, she needed to make sure her outfit was hip without looking like she tried to hard...
Of course no buses at this "A+ School" because everyone wants to be there and therefor will have no problem driving their little princes and princesses. So I had my first experience with "The Car Loop". The car loop comes with many rules...2 typewritten pages to be exact. Along with a map, 5 crossing guards to enter and a sheriff's officer to oversee. As we pulled up we heard someone speaking over a loudspeaker. But it was 31 degrees out (coldest day in like 7 years...go figure). I cracked the window to hear someone's car was being towed (@#$%) and the next announcement threw both the kidlet and I for a loop:
"Students and teachers, if you see someone without the appropriate winter coat, please contact the clinic for outerwear for the student"
Oh that's right...it's Florida, these poor kids don't get a new parka around Halloween every year. I felt horrible. We had tons of winter coats at our old house that we eventually donated. We only brought 1 here.
I asked the woman opening my car door (because "the child will NOT exit the vehicle until a staff member opens the vehicle door") if they need heavy hooded sweatshirts, because we literally have dozens. She said a few teachers had hit up a store this morning and bought a dozen coats and they should be ok.
I totally wouldn't have thought of that....
And the irony is not lost on me that since we've re-lo'ed (as the locals from somewhere else call it) we have had exactly 2 days with no monsoon and no frigid temps...10 days, 2 nice. Well played mother nature.
Finally, we're fairly certain our furniture and things will be here Thursday...only 10 days late. Pray everything gets here in one piece or I will be having my first contact with the Sheriff's Dept, probably getting arrested for assaulting a giant man.
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