Tuesday I missed the bus drop off at the library. The bus got to the library about the time I left the office. MAC said that she waited for me for 10 minutes and then wanted to go home so she walked it. I sat at the library until 5:40 when Hubby called to say that she had just walked through the door. I was a little frightened of her walking by herself in the dark.
Today was the second afterschool day of the week. It was also a federal holiday. The bus drops off at the library because it is someplace that the kids can go into where it is warm and wait, and where there is help available if it is needed. Unfortunately, today the library was closed but the schools were open.
I was there at 5:15 today. The bus pulled up at 5:40. Most of the kids walked right away to waiting cars and MAC got in the car and asked for a Glee CD. I was pulling out when I saw two kids still standing at the corner. I pulled up and asked them if they needed to borrow a cell phone to call a parent. They both said no. I told them I would wait with them until someone came to pick them up. I told her that I hope if ever she was in the same situation someone would wait with her, and I was even more glad that I stayed when three teenagers walked up and sat at the benches.
I spoke with MAC about what to do if she got to the library and it was closed and no one was there to pick her up. She said, "Yes mom" she was so embarrassed that I had stayed to make sure the other kids were picked up.
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