less chaotic days

yesterday was uneventful for all of 20 minutes. bliss.

then. gore. tears. blood-born pathogens dripping down a little face.

student 14 was getting out of his chair to show me his morning writing (see previous post about my daily bing writing project. he tripped and fell onto the corner of his table. cracked himself between the eyes on the bridge of his nose.

of course, student-teacher and i ran and got gloves before we took care of him *wink-wink*

he went to the doc. translated for his mommy. (can you imagine being 7 years old, barely knowing your "first" language and having to translate back and forth between your mommy and a doctor)?

he came back today with two black eyes and a very bruised nose. not broken. YAY!

today was uneventful. completely.

until school ended. all my kids are bus riders except one who goes to our community after-school program in our building. herded everyone out to the buses. ushered the one kid to the gym. and went back to the classroom to collapse with student-teacher.

we were working on lessons when the phone rang.

me: hullo :)

office: did student 2 get on the bus?

this is never a good question.

me: yes?!

office: which bus?

me: number xxx (had s/t check the list to be sure). yup, bus xxx. why?

office: he didn't get off the bus.

me: is he asleep on the bus? or asleep in his room at home?

office: mom is panicking and no.

me: are you sure??

office: she says she's sure.

me: was she at the bus stop?

office: ummmm.

me: did his brother get off the bus?

office: they are both missing.

headed to the office for general panic and planning with principal and AP. apparently another kid from this bus went missing yesterday and was at a friend's house. almost 50 kids get off at the stop. general craziness probably every single day.

AP who knows the neighborhood offered to go scout around the neighborhood and go door-to-door in search of the missing boys.

i actually didn't panic. the poor little guy was so drugged out on his ADD meds that he was nearly catatonic. i was sure that he was probably conked out somewhere.

i took AP's daughter to my room to watch her whilst he went on his mission trip.

five minutes later he was back. mom called before he even started his car. boys were fine and home.

don't know where they were or what they were doing. i still have my hunches.

but knowing they were safe and sound was good enough for me.