Our bus
Today is one of those days where I will spent most of my afternoon in the van. (aside: Why do they call it homeschooling when we are never home?) Addison has physio again, and I have errands. We have one big ol’ vehicle so at lunch when Ron comes home, we will all pile back in the van, drop him off at work, drive across town the back way, drop Addison off at the hospital, then cross the *other* bridge and do errands at that end of town.
Sometimes I have to think up things to do, because it’s too far to drive all the way home, sit there for 15 minutes then drive all the way back. But it’s not so bad, discounting the traffic, the snow, the lights timed to change red just when I get there and the idiot drivers.
But on the initial leaving, when we first manoeuver our way into the late-lunch traffic, we stop at Tim Horton’s where the order is the same. A large double-double, a medium hot chocolate, and two timbits. The big kids never want anything. We have to park the van because the driver side window is stuck closed, needing to be fixed. It was worse this summer when it was stuck open, so we fixed it enough to get it closed for the winter.
The kids and I wait in the van, listening to the radio’s retro tunes and poking fun at it. Emma sits in her carseat, waving her legs and asking questions:
“What’s that man doing? When is Daddy coming back? Where are we going?”
“Why do you ask so many questions?” I asked her one day, when the questions did not stop, all the way throught the wait at TH, the exiting from the parking lot, around the loop to get on the bridge, and half-way across to the other side.
She laughed at me. “What’s a question?”
So that’s what I’m doing later, running around town. Food to the food bank, books to the library, empty pop bottles to the recycling depot (Is it warm out? I hope so.), second hand books to John’s. All the little things that wait by the back door and spill out over the kitchen, all stuffed in the back of the van waiting for a day just like today.
Two stories for later:
John’s Used Books
and we’re all going to Carol’s place for supper tonight.
One Response to “Our bus”
I am home today for Drs apts and other things (wrapping, baking, cleaning) ~ anyway in response to your question it is NOT WARM! It’s noon and it’s finally up to 10 degrees here!