Amber's first day

As I predicted, Amber had a great first day at school - after a shaky start. I tried to buy her a day pass for the bus the night before and the guy at the train station was trying to go home and not listening well to me. I ended up with round trip train tickets instead. So we left the house just a few minutes late, bought a bus pass at the convenience store and then she just missed the actual bus. We waited for the next one for about ten minutes when Amber said she was supposed to be early that day. Since she only had 10 minutes to get there - I bundled her into a taxi and sent her on her way. She made it just in time.

She went through her first few classes without a schedule, but everyone was very helpful. She spent her lunch break hanging out with the Guitar Club and learned how to play Spoons (the card game - not the instrument). She has made few friends and really likes it so far.

She has 10 different classes that she attends over the course of a two week schedule. She is required to take English, Math, Science, PE, Religious Education, Citizenship, and Information and Computer Technology. Then she chose to take History, Textiles and Graphics. She has only attended a few of these so far and has a LOT of homework. Over the weekend she has to read a book, write a 1300 word essay, start another paper on the book - all for English. Then she has to come up with a brand idea for her name for Graphics and draw ideas on the flow of water for Textiles. Hopefully this seems like a lot only because she missed the first 4 days of school.

In any case, she came home with a smile on her face and we now know how all the transportation works.