Mom’s make mistakes. Moms lose their temper and forget things. They sometimes get priorities mixed up and have to reboot. But it’s okay – they apologize, love fiercely, and do their best moving forward. I’m not failing at that. And my guess is neither are you.
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So I missed Mila’s bus (home from school) 😞 . It was the worst feeling for like 20 minutes #momguilt.
Her school system has this app called “Here Comes The Bus”, which is supposed to give you real time updates of where the bus is. It is similar in the map format to a ride sharing app. I had been using it for about 3 months and until this incident I have not had a problem with it. Well this time I did. I was watching the app and I went out to the stop at what I thought was an appropriate time. I didn’t see any of the other parents so I thought either I was early or the bus was late and dropped them off at the stop across the street (which the bus driver has done before).
About 4-5 minutes went by and one of the other moms drove by and told me the bus driver was coming back around. I’m thinking cool, she’s just running late, another 5 minutes go by and now the app is frozen. Something ain’t right, the bus should have been there by now. So I call the school and ask if the bus came back, the receptionist told me Mila just arrived at the school and the front office closes in 15 minutes, and asked if I was on the way. No, I’m not on the way, I’m standing at the bus stop! But I didn’t say that. I said “yes, I’m getting in the car now.”
At this point I am in panic move fast mode. I live 9 minutes away without traffic, I have Max in the stroller and I run back to the house. I run up the stairs to get his bottle, a bib and his car seat. Hurry to get him strapped in and zoom off to the school. Luckily there was no traffic, I pull up to the school and as soon as I park the front office calls me. I’m a little flustered so I probably had a rude tone and said, “yea, I’m parking now.” I go inside and Mila is sitting in the office, she smiles when she seems me and I feel a little bit better. I asked her how she was feeling and she said she was bored.
So it ended up being okay. She wasn’t hysterically crying or mad at me. I made a mistake, I apologized and she understood that everything was okay. Afterwards we went to Walmart and she asked for a bath bomb and animal crackers I said yes, because I still felt guilty. Kanye shrug. 😌
