School bound

I just got back from running errands.

One thing I had yet to do was go to our safe deposit box at the bank and get a copy of Jude’s social security card.  Check.

The second thing I had to do was take the copy of his social security card and turn it in along with the rest of the forms to enroll/register him for kindergarten.  I had turned in some of the forms but not all, so I stopped at the district’s central office today and got everything turned in.  Paid the book fee.  Check and check.

And just like that, he’s all ready to begin school.  From a clerical standpoint, at least.

A couple of weeks ago, after the boys were asleep for the night, I went to Target by myself and bought all of Jude’s school supplies.  Jett doesn’t need anything new to start his second year of preschool and I didn’t want him to feel left out because he wouldn’t get to buy anything new so I did things the easy way… alone.

I have to tell you, for as ready as I thought I was for him to start school – in less than 3 weeks now – I did not like getting those supplies.  It was a weirdly melancholy feeling.  Going up and down those aisles, tracking down the correctly-ounced glue sticks (which I never did find), getting a clueless look when I asked where the audio cassettes were located (finally found them in packs of twelve – only need one), and going over the same section of storage bags for ten minutes and not finding a single one that held 2 gallons (found 2 1/2 gallon bags with zipper closures, which are not recommended, by the way).  Well, maybe it wasn’t easy, but it was easier than taking the boys along.

I’m excited for him.  I’m a little bit nervous for him.  I hope he likes it and gets along well.  All very normal feelings for a first-timer [parent] to experience, I’m sure.