Have you ever gotten to the point, where you are so frustrated that you just start laughing? You kind of get to the point where you are soooo at wit's end that you don't care anymore?

Well, Jaden has been riding the bus with no problems for a couple of weeks now. I pick him up at the bus stop everyday. He'd been begging me to let him walk home from the bus stop by himself. I was nervous about it, but today was the big day. I told him that I would not come to pick him up at the bus stop, he could walk home.

So, I sat home, nervously waiting for him. He showed up at home just when I'd expected him. He was all proud that he was a big boy. I asked him if he had any trouble, if he looked both ways when crossing the street, etc... All that normal paranoid mommy stuff. "Nope! No problems, mom! I stayed on the sidewalk and was very careful."

So, we're sitting there chatting a few hours later, and Jaden nonchalantly goes "The bus driver doesn't go to Ustach (the name of the bus stop) anymore. She dropped us off somewhere else."

I said "So, where? Right outside of Ustach?"

"No."

"At the park next to Ustach?"

"No."

"Jaden, please tell me she at least dropped you off on the same street as Ustach."

"No, but it's ok. I was able to find my way home."

I just calmly looked at him and said "Ok. Isn't that nice. Glad to hear that you made it home."

We went for a drive right now so that he could show me where she dropped them off. It is about 2 blocks further away then his regular bus stop. -A little further then I'd have allowed him to walk alone (I was already pushing my limit). He's on holiday now. I guess I'll deal with that issue when school resumes.