When Annie was in kindergarten, the bus brought her right to our driveway since she only went a half day.  One day I came home from work to learn that the bus zoomed right by the house without stopping, ultimately giving Annie’s Grandma, a heart attack.  Luckily the bus just circled the block and brought her right to our driveway like it was supposed to.

The same thing happened to Les the other day.  When the bus came up the street, his Katie wasn’t on it,

Just about that time Melissa said she saw the bus coming back up the street. Katie was on it. The bus driver said he had finished his route and was heading back when he saw Katie’s head pop up in his rearview mirror.

Melissa asked Katie, “Why didn’t you get off the bus on our street?” Her answer? Her friend Abby was reading her a story and she wanted to find out how it ended. “You still should have gotten off the bus!” “But I wanted to see where the bus went.”

I understand your heart clutched in your chest, Les.  I really do!

Photo by katerha via flickr creative commons.