Hitting the Big Time

No problem, this school thing is going to be a breeze. New friends, Loaded diaper bag, even the big yellow bus. Livin the good life! Half days, a snap, after all been there done that. The only hitch with this scene and there is always a hitch, no mom.
So I give the bus driver my well rehearsed speech about this and that, walk off the bus and start to wail. I look at my watch and decide that I have enough time to grab my coffee and drive the rest of the girls to school and get to Lincoln Elm. as the bus arrives. Not that I don't trust the bus driver with relaying my message to the teacher but my mind dances around all those little thoughts of what if'.
To my surprise the bus has all ready dropped off Steph and the school doors are locked. I hesitate to tell you what happened next. In my search for a door that was open I decided to peek in a few windows.I thought I knew which classroom was Steph's but I was wrong. Out comes the principal just as I was on my second window. One good thing is that I am not the first mom to try this. He walks me back to my car and promises me that he will check on Steph and will have her teacher call.
After three years of having her hanging from my hip I can't seem to function properly.
Steph arrives back home and is sleeping like an angel while I look like I have run the marathon. So much for her first day of school!
After about a week of sending her off in a tizzy things begin to settle down. I decide to tackle deciphering her IEP. That is another story for later. IEP's are the bane of every special needs child's life. Some goals are just plain useless while others are down right impossible to complete. Half way through the second page I decide I need help BUT where and to whom do I turn. Taking a chance on the nice principle I met while wandering the grounds I placed my call. His secretary sets up an appointment for me and suggests I include the teacher.
The meeting didn't go as I hoped it would. Let's just say back in the 80's parent advocates were not invented yet.
Now that I have introduced you to what I was up against, plan on reading about IEP's next.
HUGS