First Day of High School

Happy Hellos Everyone:

I hope all is well with you. So many of you got to experience the start of the 2012-2013 school year with your child(ren) last week. Well, I had to wait until this morning. Today was my son's first day of high school. He's officially a freshman. Sounds pretty simple right. That's what I thought too.  We wanted to start the year off of the right foot. So, I prep breakfast the night before; clothes are laid out; book bag is packed; and we leave for school in a timely manner. We get onto the highway and there's a major backup. Only one lane is moving, but progressively slow. So, I decided to exit the highway and travel through the city. Wrong!!! Time is passing and we traveling pretty well until I hit the curb when making a left turn and put a massive hole in my tire. Now, we're really late. Homeroom is over and the tow truck that was on the way turns into a man in a white car that arrives to change the tire. The doughnut tire is put on the car, but there's no air in the tire. I drive all of 50 yards to the service station and the tire has begun to come away from the rim. We're at the service station and learn the mechanic hasn't arrived and the guy is hopeful he's on the way. By now, we're really late. Second period has begun and I make a call. Someone picks up Kevin and takes him to school instead. I eventually made it to work. All I could do was smile through the morning's events. Tomorrow promises to be better.

Every year a make a special card for my son. I usually place the card in his backpack for him to discover at some point during the day. Take a look....

My son loves literature and I love this line from Basic Gray.

 

 Kevin asked my what the clock represented and I told him the

 clock was a reminder that the every thing you do from this point on

 counts towards the college you would like to attend.

 

 

I put a special note inside for his eyes only.

 

 

I managed to take a few back-to-school snapshots. 

 

 I got the scary teeth picture.

 

Then I got the Forrest Gump pose.

 

After that, I got the nervous freshman look.

 

 

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