Well it seems like it is getting better. The Bus Strike has ended and no one is more happier than I! The hustle and bustle of taking two kids two school by 8 am is such a task. But who am I to complain when working mothers do it everyday, and still have to make it to their job by 9 am - to work a long day for eight hours. Then the real work begins after 6 pm - picking up the kids from their after school programs or sitter, taking them home, fixing supper, helping with homework, bath time and then bed. And all a mother really wants to do when she arrives home is curl up on the couch and take a nap! :)) I literally take my hat off to all the working mothers and give them a round of applause!!...
When all I have to do is go downstairs to put my son on his bus by 7 am and then walk ten blocks to take my other son to school. I am usually home by 8:30 am where I have a morning ritual and perhaps some computer time to check my thousand e-mails which pile up after a few days when I can get to them on a daily basis. Now perhaps I will not be so exhausted or have any physical pain from the arthritis in both knees, gout on the right foot, a heel problem in my left foot (which I've had for twenty years), or the anxiety of running the kids around on time. And maybe now I can commit myself to an exercise routine. With all the walking I do picking the kids up and dropping them off, I feel that is enough exercise - in which my doctor does not agree with.
I am just glad that the Bus Strike is over and all our Special Needs children can get back to "their normal" routine! As I watched the parents of physically disabled children board the public bus (MTA), one can not help to notice the despair, grief, sadness on their faces; and the ignorant stares of the passengers. Now those parents can rest easily - hopefully...
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