hot n tired

n grumpy... Lars' school bus got in an accident on the way to school this morning.

He's safe & home now. All I know is it was on route 20 in Weston, the EMTs came to the scene & checked him out, decided he was fine & didn't need to be transported to the ER, and another bus from the same company (Shuttle Bug) came & picked him up & brought him to school.

His teacher called when he finally arrived at school & said he was fine except for an abrasion on his neck where the car seat strap rubbed. They didn't take him on the class field trip, not wanting to put him back into a vehicle again so soon. He was apparently okay at school except for an angry half-hour in the late morning, perhaps after getting hot outside (For those of you "from away," it's 97 degrees here today. Our five minutes of spring have aparently elapsed already. Time flies.) I'd say he was probably pretty ticked off about being woken up & scared in the accident, missing circle time, which he loves dearly, missing the field trip & his peers, and about the whole hullabaloo in general.

I want to know more about exactly what happened so I can talk with him about his experience. I'm assuming the bus company will make contact with us this afternoon. If I were them, I certainly would call me.

5:15 update: Well, the bus company didn't call, so I called them. Can you say, "tailgating?' Can you say, "not paying close attention"? Lars' driver rear-ended a truck.

Story is truck sped up, Lars' driver sped up. Truck braked & driver "didn't catch it" & rear-ended the truck.

I spoke with one of the bus company's owners. She wasn't at the scene (assured me this is their first accident since 2004...), but reported that Lars waited in the van until the police and EMT's came, then after they cleared him to go to school, he had to wait another 45 minutes on the van for a second van to come. The police helped transfer the three kids to a different van & they went to school. She had no information about how long he cried, how the other two kids were, etc.

In order to do what’s required of me, I must ignore what I know about how vulnerable my children’s skin, bones & organs are when being hurled down the road enclosed in a metal box.

another good week

Lars has been having a good week at school. He has perhaps been a little more...himself lately. A little less all-good-all-the-time, and a little more up & down, which is Lars. Last week he had his first big neurological pain day at school, this week he had one rather weepy day & another when he wanted to be held all the time. That's my guy, after the honeymoon. He's still thrilled to go every morning & happy to tell us about it when he comes home again. Not to mention cute as a button.

He was having a lot of gagging, reflux, spitting up, and throwing up for a couple weeks, and it seems to have subsided. No idea why it came or went. Stomach bug? He totally didn't present as sick. A mystery.

I am more buried in work than I have been all year & am coming up on a weekend when Andey is working extra. If anyone knows of someone who's available parts of Sat, Sun, Mon, or Tue to hire for childcare (I'd be here but working in the house), please please let me know. I'm more than a little worried at this point. Phone is five oh eight, three oh three, oh five four five.

Hope everyone has a great long weekend.

such a head of hair

the week in photos

Rockin' & rollin' was popular this week (throwing himself as hard as possible forward & back while seated).



The tongue was also a big hit this week. I think this is the 4th time in his life that Lars has re-discovered his tongue. Each time it's amazing and wonderful. So sweet.