eternally chaotic

It has been raining for the past week in Atlanta.  Literally.  Mainly just on and off sprinkling followed by a short downpour followed by mugginess, wash, rinse, repeat.  Over the weekend however heavy rain came down continuously causing flooding in most of the area.  We woke up this morning to hear about school and road closures around the whole Atlanta area.  Gwinnett County schools of course were only on delay which later changed to a closure as well.  The flooding has been pretty severe closing surface streets and interstate junctions like “Spaghetti Junction” causing significant traffic problems all around town.  The news said a few schools were flooded as well but we didn’t hear about any in our area that were affected other than just being shutdown – likely due to transportation issues more so than flooding.

Looks like the kids will get to stay home and play for another day.  Isaac was concerned though that school was “closed forever”…oddly that upset him (maybe we should check his temperature).  I don’t think we will hear the same complaint from Jacob he has been at home sick for the past few days missing much of school last week and was non to excited to go back today.  Piper still gets to go to pre-school which stays open regardless and Violet is already at school when she wakes up.

School started this week and with it so did the early morning routine.  Up at 6:15 – well at least the alarm clock is awake at that time and the snooze button gets a good workout – the boys get dressed, eat and watch Quest on and off while waiting on the bus.  That is how it is supposed to go at least.

This week, again the first week of school, there has been some confusion about what exactly defines a “Bus Stop”.  According to the school transportation folks it is a place where the bus stops in the morning and in the afternoon to pickup and drop off precious packages.  It is an exact, literal spot that you should be able to walk to and point at.  Someplace where you can stand and wait for the bus to come.

Our bus driver didn’t get that memo.  (more…)