First Time Taking the Bus to School.....

I needed to remember this story when Marissa gets older. Yes she is a sophomore in high school and has NEVER taken the bus. I have always driven her to and from school since she attended a Charter school for years there has never been an opportunity to take the bus. So after much anxiety of getting to the bus stop in time, who to sit by, not knowing anybody on the bus she made it out the door EARLY to the bus stop. She hurries along her walk when she realizes that by leaving early for the bus it will be awkward when she gets to the stop and she standing all alone. She proceeds to slow down and stare at the ground coming up with a solution. Still staring at the ground she decides to just wait in the park. Just then she runs into a ladder sticking out of the back of a truck, at the house across the street from the park. With her head hurting she looks in the truck side mirror to see, “My eyelashes all over my face and a huge red mark on my face!!” She wanted to just go home, but she knew she was told she had to take the bus. She tried to wipe the eyelashes and tears away as her makeup smears across her face. Just then the owner of the truck comes out to find her looking in his side mirror. Now mortified she ran away without telling him what happened and decides to just go the bus stop as there is no time to stand at the park now. Nobody was at the bus stop. Jus then she sees the bus come near her and then pass her without stopping. (We later find out is because nobody uses that stop) Finally a friend from many years ago sees her and helped her find a different stop. She was to embarrassed to tell him what happened and he got on the bus and found his friends, but she at least made it to school (and the nurses office for an ice pack). Although told to take the bus to and from school that day she found a ride home.