i am so not ready for this...

michael will start kindergarten this august. i went to an 'area development meeting' tonight. they're opening up a whole new shopping plaza right across the street from the school, opening a new road which will link to the interstate access road, eliminating much of the drop off/pick up parking...you name it.

so they ask for our questions (which we had to write on a sticky note and put on a board--what the f?) then don't answer them anyway. another waste of taxpayer money on about 500 sticky notes.

the new roads, while they won't be complete before school starts but will begin opening shortly after school starts, will not have a signal light right away...why the heck not? so i ask. 'they have to meet certain criteria before they'll put one in. but it's a school zone, so it shouldn't be that big of a deal to meet those criteria.' ok. the criteria is called a kid getting hit by a car and we all know how that goes...hindsight is 20/20 but foresight is plain old common sense...hello?!!!??? and why won't the stop-light be installed right away?

then the parking. they expect me to park across the street, unload a stroller, and walk a 4 month old and a kindergartner across a four way intersection next to a shopping plaza four times a day. oh Lordie...and don't even get me started on the school supplies. michael's name will be plastered and marked on every inch of everything i buy. oh, man...so not ready.