LOST (hope over bag)

Still no information on the lost bag.  Thank you everyone for all the kind wishes about it.  I am so upset that it is lost and that as time passes the chances of recovery diminish.  But I've put fraud alerts on our social security numbers, cancelled credit cards and done other stuff like that (akin to stocking up on milk and diapers when the weatherman says snow is on the way).

I took Jack to the new daycare today and I've gotta say that I was not very impressed.  At his old place new kids got a lot of extra attention from the teachers until they felt comfortable.  Not so here.  And they said he had a cough, which is true.  But he only really starts coughing a lot after he's been crying really hard.  But they said he didn't cry much.  They did say he didn't eat his lunch and he didn't nap -- very unlike him. 

Also, when we arrived the teacher told my mother all about the schedule for the toddlers in the room.  (I was across the room with Jack.)  But when I asked her about the schedule she didn't give me any information at all.  Very annoying. I had to ask her, "When is snack time, when is nap time, when is lunch time." 

Also, I'm worried because they put Jack in the room with the 2-3 year olds and he is 20 months old.  He just came from the infant room (3 months to 18 months) at his old daycare, so this is quite a difference.  (He was about to graduate to the toddler room, but then it seemed silly to do when we were about to move.)

The new place put him in with the older kids because they would have transitioned him in a few months anyway.  But now I'm wondering if that was such a great idea.

I know this was just the first day and I should give them more of a chance.  But I've got to say that I am underwhelmed so far when I look at things in a positive way.  And I'm a little distressed when I look at things in a glass half empty way (which I've been doing a lot the past few days given my baggage situation.)

Please please please, if you pray or do anything like that, send positive thoughts in the right direction for my bag recovery and Jack's daycare success.  I am so stressed about these things, and am grateful for any positive thoughts anyone can send.

I feel like such a complainer lately, but things have been very very hard.  Like if you turned up the difficulty level on the video game of life, this would be up to the 10.

Comments

[magpie]

Here's hoping daycare is great...the transitions are always a little tricky - even though my kid stayed in the same place, with the same kids, and she already kind of knew the teachers, for a month she complained about moving from the toddler room to the 3s. Just transition trouble. She got over it. GOOD LUCK!!!!!

[Eva]

Thinking of you and your family. Hope things improve soon!

[Mel]

I hope they find the bag soon! Transitions are so hard. I hope he eases into daycare and that the daycare begins to dazzle you. What's the opening of that Grateful Dead song? "The first days are the hardest days / don't you worry anymore." Damn, am I really quoting the Grateful Dead this morning?

[Aurelia]

Hey you, you okay there? Is everything settling in?