Today being the last day of school for the school year, it was a very strange ride taking the kids home after school.  I could literally feel the emotions of the middle schoolers who were leaving middle school for the last time; the girls were very teary eyed.  They asked me to honk the horn [...]

This morning I was driving to work, and found myself behind a slower than usual school bus, driving with its four-way hazard flashing lights on.  We were on a heavily wooded narrow winding country road, and I figured that we were following a farmer on a slow moving tractor or similar piece of farming equipment.  [...]

Yesterday as soon as I got off of work from delivering the school kids to their homes I jumped into my car and went to pick my hubby up from his work, then we went to the Vienna Metro station to pick up our son “J” who is here for a one week visit before [...]

Well, today has been pretty hectic.  I drove my school bus run this morning; during the layover my missing friend showed up.  She had been out sick with an inner ear infection.  I was so glad to see her!  I told her I was worried that she was the bus driver that had the heart [...]

I have a girlfriend back in New England that loves to take cruises for her vacations.  Every year she and her hubby go on a cruise.  They have a fabulous time, and they make it sound like so much fun that I wish I didn’t get seasick!  This past cruise she went on had an [...]