I got a call at 9:56 a.m. today that took my breath away, scared me to death, sucked my soul, aged me 30 years, and then some. The school called me and said my oldest was not there... the Safe Arrival line. I screamed "What!???!!!!" into the phone. The woman was clearly taken aback and shocked so she stated she would check and call me right back. For me time stopped, I looked over at my other child and felt like my heart had stopped, I was holding my breath, I started to put other clothes on and gripped the cordless phone like it was the oxygen it was for the moment. When it rang again.... about 3 minutes later... I was so frozen I did not answer on the first ring... I pressed the button on the second and tried not to scream, as I frantically said "Yes????????!!!!!!!!!!" "She is here after all Mrs. D" and then the tears came... running down my face... I began gasping... I managed to ask "are you 100% certain?" "Yes, I saw her myself. My child is in that class." I thanked her and hung up. My little one asked what was wrong. I explained while crying, and while I am sorry she saw her mom so upset, she needed to know everything was fine, that the school had thought something was wrong with her sister but they were wrong and she is fine and that mummy had been scared but now I am crying cuz I know she is alright and sometimes you cry when you are happy. The principal called moments later and I gathered myself to ask for the reason behind this happening and what consequences would take place. We spoke for some time.
I am still shaken.
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I can so relate....in November I got a call at 10:30ish from the school asking if Cam was home sick. I had a moment of panic...then I looked at my husband and said "Did you deliver Cam directly to his classroom today or just outside?" He said "We were late so we stopped at the office to check in then I took him to class." Turns out whoever had checked Cam in did not do it right or whatever. Then I said to the woman on the phone "Do you realize that school has been in for more than 2 hours and if he had been snatched he could be anywhere by now??? Do you realize he could even be on any plane travelling to any destination by now??? I am appalled that it took this long for you to call." She apologized and we said goodbye, but since then my faith in the safe arrival program has been pretty badly shaken.
Glad she is ok, and you will be too, I promise.
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