Today was field trip day to the science center. Believe it or not, I signed up to be a chaperone. I have never been on a school field trip and I knew it would be fun (for the boys of course). It is a nice day for a field trip!
Tee stayed home with my sitter. My sitter is in her mid 20's and very responsible. I asked her if she wanted to take Tee to his My Gym class this morning. It would break up the morning a little because she would be here all day with him. She gladly agreed.
I left around 8:30 this morning and all was good. At around 11am I was digging in my bag for my camera I decided to check my phone. I noticed I missed 2 calls, which is no big deal because I have this one number that has been calling me for the last few weeks. Then I saw it was my home number and I had a voice mail. I immediately panicked. My sitter never calls me. I listened to the message (hard to hear all of it because it was so loud) and she immediately said that Tee was ok but she wasn't. I can't tell you how nervous I was for a brief minute. Then she said she had to go to the emergency room. I felt sad for her and helpless. Here I am stuck with a bunch of first graders with no ability to leave to get my child and help my sitter. My husband came home to stay with Tee until a neighbor could get there to let him get back to work. My sitter had a friend come get her and take her to the er. I still don't know what happened.
The field trip was quite the experience. I had 4 boys assigned to me, 2 of them belonged to me. Sounds easy right? Wrong! I had one boy who would not stop wondering off. I would specifically tell them to wait at a certain spot and off they went. To top it off the center was jam packed with people. So it would be very easy to lose a child. I am happy to report that all of "my" kids made it back to the bus safe and sound.
What a day......I think I am ready for a very cold adult beverage!
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