*gulp*

What have I done?!?!?! WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!? I volunteered for something weeks ago - I think it was the end of September to be exact and the date is upon me tomorrow and I'm regretting my decision IMMENSELY. Of course, if I had made any other decision it would effect another person so I guess I had no choice.

What is this awful task you ask?!

I signed up for a field trip

with the whole first grade - oh yeah - FIRST GRADE

to go to the Tennessee Aquarium.

That's an hour and a half drive from here.

*blinks* yeah I said 1.5 hours! 90 mins - 5400 seconds - ONE WAY

We have to be at the school in the gym by 6:15 AM (YES A.M.!!)

We will load up on chartered buses - THANKFULLY - so the kids will get to watch a movie on the way there and back. I picked up Wall-E for the ride home and they get Nemo on the way there.

We should get home at about 4-4:30.

Thankfully our class has PLENTY of chaperons since the aquarium is always busy. We should each get only 3 or 4 kids to watch over and we''ll all meet up later. But sheeesh - the whole bus thing is going to be NUTS. Itchy couldn't have gone if I didn't simply because of the food allergy situation. Monitoring a new environment and keeping him safe comes with more burden and not one I'm comfortable with putting in the eyes of someone that doesn't deal with it on a daily basis. The school would have provided a nurse to go with him (well I would have forced them to) but I still feel more comfortable helping out myself.

So ya think taking a bottle of tequila is a bad thing??? Yeah - you're right - 6:15 might be a bit early for that - how about Valium??? I could always clean the bottle on the way home.

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Oh and by the way, for those that were wondering - the Cowboy tooth fairy saga, I said "it must have been because you had already 'gone to bed' and she didn't get the message you had lost one".

He had a horseback riding lesson later that day and his instructor came and gave him a hug. He IMMEDIATELY told her he lost a tooth - showed her the lovely gaping gum hole and she said "AWESOME!! How much did the tooth fairy bring you?!" Yeah when he said "The tooth fairy didn't come last night" all eyes were on me....I'd say there were 6 people in the room. Yeah - DEEELISH! That's a warm and fuzzy "Mom of the Year" feeling for ya. All I could do was cover my face and shake my head. Thankfully he explained that he had already been in bed and that's why she couldn't come - but DANG! It's one thing if *I* confess the error of that slacker fairy - but for him to rat her out....OUCH!