15 October 2010

15 October 2010: DAY 288 (WEEK 42)

i have a very interesting story today -- we missed the school bus!!
so this is what happened: the pick-up/drop off point is not too far from our house, it is just around a corner (2 minute walk i think). as we turned the corner, we saw the bus already there! ( it was early!!... we weren't late..it was early!). so we waved to the bus but i think it didn't see us..! since we know that it goes around the village and then stops again at the other street not too far...we ran to that point. we saw the other kids still there waiting..so we knew we were safe. but would you believe the bus didn't pass by that point?!! there were 3 other students waiting there...plus rafael and isabelle so 5 students! the mom of the other kid called the school and was informed that the bus was already there and was not coming back..grrrrrr! we had to walk to school. so i took all the kids to school..we were almost running to get to school! we made it on time. the bell rang when we entered the school gate. and when all the kids where inside, i talked to the principal about the incident. omgoodness...how can they forget a pick-up point?!! and kids were waiting!!
anyway, so i was keeping my fingers crossed that the kids would get home fine. i went to the drop off point at the usual time...and good thing the bus came. i saw the principal assisting the kids as they got off the bus... then instructing the driver where to go. i really appreciate what the principal did.

ok...here's what happened to the rest of my day....

friday is garbage day. and every friday i wake up extra early to take the garbage out. some of my neighbors do it the night before but i prefer to do it early in the morning even it means waking up extra early. only in the morning do i remove the lock of our green bin (the green bin where we put food waste). racoons are very notorious here and they mess up the green bin when they get the chance.
and here you see the garden waste we have collected!


and here is our backyard filled with leaves again!!! and everytime the wind blows i see the shower of leaves! it is a beautiful sight!...but it means more leaves to clean.


and this is the tree in front of our house. it is so beautiful it looks like it is glowing especially when the sun is shining bright.


and here is a closer look of their bright golden yellow leaves....

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Amazing Autumncolors! have a nice weekend!

bentonflocke said...

loves the bright golden leaves! Beautiful autumn colours!
It´s a wonderful time at the moment to the see coloured leaves
Miss you