Too Fluffy

Today was interesting. The kids usually get off of the bus between 2:45 and 2:55. At 3 I began wondering if they had a substitute driver today...they were not home yet. By 3:05, our next door neighbor called and asked if I had seen her son. I told her that the bus had not come through yet. She guessed that maybe they were keeping the kids for a bit until the thunderstorm that was threatening was over. About 3:10 or a tad before, another neighbor drives us and drops off the boy next door.

He walks over to the house and talks to me in the yard. The bus was in an accident and I needed to go get the kids.

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Did I hear that right or did I immediately connect two words that shouldn't have been connected? Surely the bus was just stuck behind some accident and not actually IN the accident. I called our neighbor to let her know her boy was home and then went to wake up Z and pack the kids in the van for a drive to find MG and E and the bus. After a little bit of driving around and asking a police officer where the kids were, I finally pulled up in front of Subway (the sandwich place, not a real subway) only to see the principal and one of her assistants holding MG back from running out to the car! :) As soon as I got out, MG and E came running, both with scared little faces, but E bucked right up after he saw his older sister was doing all the crying for him! MG was a bit scared and very thankful and extremely concerned for her bus driver and the other man who hit the bus---or who the bus hit. Not sure whose fault it was! :)

This was E: Woe, mom!!! Man!!!! Did you know the bus wrecked!!!???!!! How did YOU know about this? There was this really cool crunchy, crashy sound and the bus tipped up on its side and everyone squealed and wow, mom! No one got hurt and here we are and you should have seen it!

Here was MG: sniff, sniff. It was a really horrible sound (small sob) and the bus almost got on its side (squeak in her voice) and it was really scary!!! (sniff, hiccup, snuffle, sniff) I hope Mr. L doesn't have to buy that guy a new car!!!! (gaspy breath, gaspy breath) The other guy, (sniff)I think he is OK(hiccup, snuffle), but I think he hit us because he is a really big guy (sniffle, sniffle) and his cheeks!!! They covered his eyes---his cheeks were just too fluffy!

Everyone is OK, and I hope I can check on the bus driver tomorrow. We are praying for Mr. Fluffy as well as Mr. L. If it were me, I would have a hard time sleeping tonight, reliving things over and over. I am praying they get some rest and find some peace.