Matthew's been in school for a month now and I have been his private taxi driver. When we arrived in July, we submitted an application for bus service with the City of Stamford but, we were informed in late August that the City never received it. As a result, we weren't on the list for bus service. This didn't make me a very happy camper since we found out about this one day before school started. We resubmitted the application and had to wait for Matthew to be input into the system. Should be easy right? Wrong. This whole process from start to finish took four weeks. Ridiculous by my standards but when you're at the mercy of the administration that dictates who gets on the bus, you kind of have to play along. I was a very good girl and I played along by calling the transportation office daily to get a status update. You knew I was a regular when all I had to do was say the last name and not even spell it. The staff knew me by voice, not by face. You get the picture of how persistent I was. My follow up calls have finally paid off. As of this morning, Matthew was officially picked up by the Stamford school bus for the daily ride to/from school. I was giddy as I waited at the bottom of the driveway with Matthew and watched the bus approach. Now that he's been squared away, I face the reality that I am nothing but an unemployed homemaker and will need to concentrate my efforts to find a job. I really despise the term "homemaker". Then again, my nick name is Susie. I guess that kind of works.
