We dropped off our daughter at her new middle school at 7:30 this morning. It’s not the first day of school. It’s 6th grade orientation. They’re going to take a bus upstate for the day to play some games and get to know each other before school starts next week. It’s like an off-site retreat.
My kid said good-bye and went into the cafeteria with the other girls. We waited out in the lobby with the other parents. Then a mom that we knew came in with her daughter who went into the cafeteria. The mother followed her daughter. I followed the other mom.
There were lots of other parents standing around the edges of the cafeteria where the girls sat together at the tables waiting to be told what to do next.
My kid saw me and immediately stopped talking to the girl next to her.
She glared at me.
Her eyes flashed: “Get out of here!”
Well…
That’s middle school so far.