Jr High

Today was my sweet boys first day of 7th grade... Jr High.

I think we were both to nervous to sleep last night and spent most of the evening tossing turning and clock watching, making the 5:30am wake up call this morning all the more painful.  On our drive to school we went over his schedule, and locker combination and then I reminded him that it was absolutely okay to ask for help if he was struggling with getting into his locker or feeling a little lost.

Anxiety plagued me as I drove away with tear stung eyes.  I said a little prayer and waited for what felt like for ever to hear about how his day went.  Directly after school he participated in his first Jr high practice and I may have participated in a little drive by just to make sure he had made it to the field okay.  I could see from the smile on his face that I had nothing to worry about.

I was at the field waiting as soon as practice got out and excitedly listened to how much fun JK had.  He really likes all of his teachers and only ended up in the wrong classroom once.  He said he figured it out within just a few minutes and was only one door away from where he should have been.  His locker gave him no problems until the end of the day and he was thrilled to have a large group of friends sharing the same lunch as him.  

Now that I can breathe a huge sigh of relief, I think it's safe to say that JK's first day of Jr. high was a huge success!