buses

I really like public transportation. here. I get really stressed driving. Not the least of my worries is that there are no parking spaces and of course the whole driving on the "wrong side of the road", the car is stinky (I could keep going)... We have a bus stop at the bottom of our street. If we are running a bit late the bus is great. We even force our children to take the bus. Sometimes just the kids alone. This past week was mid-term break for the kids, but not for me. So we signed the kids up for camp- they had to take the bus to the camp and home. It is about 2-3 miles from our flat. They thought the bus was torture and didn't want to wear their tennis clothes on the bus- so embarrassed etc. ( I honestly can't believe that they are mine sometimes- all that vanity has to come from Rich) It reminded me of when I was young and would have given a whole lot to be able to ride the city bus. I once snuck with my best friend to town- we got a ride from her neighbor and then took the bus home. As we were waiting for the bus in town, some acquaintance of my mom's saw us and called and told my mom. I was 12ish. Anyways I got in a ton of trouble- for taking the bus. It still makes me mad. Cammie and I would bike for miles and miles and for hours and hours on country roads. We had no way of calling, and my mom didn't seem to mind us being gone, but when it came to the bus incident I was put on "restriction" for weeks. And now I make my kids ride the city bus. I sure showed her!

And this summer, when I have nothing to do, I am going to finally start my book. The title will be "Living With Lice: A mother's account of city life in Glasgow".