Parental-bits

We made it through orientation! What a ZOO. 300+ students (approx half of the class) and their families jostling around each other trying to find lockers, classrooms, etc. It was at least 85 degrees in there and extremely humid. By the end of the night the papers I was hold had fallen over limp and damp. I think my face was the color of a ripe apple as I fanned myself with the the wilted paper.

Our son was nervous and quiet as he organized his locker by his schedule -- the system will last about half a day -- and got his picture taken. He was worried about not being able to get his locker open so we made him do it a number of times so he could relax a little. Poor kid. He's already had at least one nightmare about Junior High. As tough as being an adult can sometimes be I would hate to have to go back to that fearful uncertainty of being a pre-teen.