Vivian and her friend, Laikyn have become our School Bus Cheerleaders. Their class is usually outside for recess when we pull away with the AM kids. The girls run to the edge of the playground to wave as we drive past. Today the playground was empty. I missed seeing them.
It's hot and humid out today, but I'll take it to keep the rain we've had the past few nights. The skies have been clear but the ground is damp every morning. It's makes a big difference in the amount of dust we have on the dirt roads, and how pleasant the view is as we drive past revived fields.
The highway construction has begun working on the segment that will connect the new highway to the existing road north of Sterling. Traffic is currently being routed to a temporary road just west of the construction. The speed limit through that section is 30 around the slight bend onto the new road, then a painfully slow 40 mph for a mile or so, then 30 again as the road bends back to the existing road just north of the Alden blacktop. Yesterday we passed an officer who had pulled someone over in that area. If I didn't have cruise control that could easily be me.
Yesterday, Alayna's mom was inside an didn't hear us pull up, or hear Kaci knocking at the door. We finally called her and she waved at us from inside. Today, she was outside waiting for us.
In fact, all of our morning kids were super efficient. We got through the AM route with 10 minutes to spare. Kaci and I parked at the intersection just north of Kallie Gillespie's house and chatted for a little bit before starting the PM.
The Lil' Cubs kids have been out on the playground lately and come running to line up at the gate as the bus approaches. Today we noticed several without backpacks and Jeremiah was missing his cane. The gal who was watching them today said it had been a crazy morning. We waited while Kaci followed her in to retrieve the missing items.
Ayven had the cutest hairstyle today: Two braids coming up from the back of her head then tied into her ponytail.
We've got quite the crew in the afternoons but more then half of them get on at Lil' Cubs so it goes by quickly.
That plastic console cover that's just to the right of my legs while driving is loose and keeps shifting while driving. I finally took a closer look and realized it was missing the two screws that hold it in place. I sent Jim and Amy a picture of that as well as a few other minor repairs I've noticed the past week. I sat on the bus so long looking at that and filling out my daily paperwork that the alarm went off. I don't know why I have such a hard time remembering that on this bus.
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