Today is the official day for Kindergarten registration. This is when all the kindergarteners-to-be get to meet the teachers and tour the classrooms while the parents fill out paperwork and stand in line. In prior years kindergarten registration was the big event for the week that contained it. This week it is just one event among many. Sometimes I think longingly of that less busy schedule, but then I remember that I like having a life full of new and interesting things rather than looking forward to registration as the highlight of my week.
Alas, Patches will not be attending the registration with me. He has a nasty cold and is currently in bed asleep. The news that he couldn’t go, had him in tears. But he’ll really be better off not trying to deal with new things while sick. I can take him to see the Kindergarten rooms and teachers on a different day. I’m still going to go. He needs to be registered and the sooner I do it, the more likely it is that Patches will end up with the teacher that I want for him. After Gleek’s less-than-ideal kindergarten experience, I feel strongly that Patches needs a more stable teacher.
The next get-ready-for-kindergarten task will be to get Patches’ last round of immunizations. That will not make him happy at all. It doesn’t make me happy either. I hate having to get my kids immunized. I hate it so much that I’d completely suppressed the knowledge that I was not yet done dealing with this stuff. The good news is that this is the last big round of immunizations for me. After this I only have 12 year old booster shots to deal with and those are easy.
My baby starts Kindergarten this year too, but it will be Grandma taking her to meet teacher, not me. In some ways I feel so robbed. I want to be there for her, but thinks just haven’t worked out in that favor.
I shouldn’t dump on you. So feel free to delete this comment if you find it offensive.
Ona