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The Most Important Time of the Day |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 6:30 pm |
| Tags: parenting, schoolbus, asd, aspergers, autism, autos, cars, children, driving, education, family, highways, mom chauffeur, parenting, pdd nos, roads, schooolbus |
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This would be, I often think, the time that Charlie’s schoolbus pulls up and I see his big brown eyes looking aslant out the window. (For ESY 2007, That Time has been 1:05pm, if not earlier.) For the past six years, I have arranged my work schedule according to that time; when I can, I have sought out shortcuts from work to home and bothered Jim to help me find them; I have learned which stop lights seems to last longer and at what point to switch out of the left lane on Routes 1 & 9 south so I can merge onto the ramp for highway 78; I know how many minutes it takes to walk, run, or race-walk from my office to my car; I drive home on what has been called “equal parts roller coaster and demolition derby” because it is more direct, and (all important) faster. I have never missed the bus, though there have been some hair-raising moments and I once did call the bus company about four times in ten minutes to give them an exaggerated rundown of how, due to construction [ Full article ] |
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