Where to start?

Well, I guess I'll start with where I left you. Then I'll slowly get you caught up after the whirlwind that June and July have been.

Thankfully, Adam's head teacher, the famous Mrs. Helen, returned to school with her broken foot healed on the last day of classes. I was able to make arrangements with her to care for him during the vacation. I took two weeks off in July to offset the ridiculous cost of renting a car in the NYC tristate area. Even so, it's costing me more to rent a car for two weeks than I normally pay for a month of daycare!

So, we leave the house between 7 and 7:15 a.m. drive 15-20 minutes to Mrs. Helen's house. I drop him off about 7:30-7:45, turn around and drive back and park the car in a garage near the PATH train. You cannot park on the streets in Jersey City without a permit. You cannot get a permit if you don't have a car registered to a Jersey City address. If you park without a permit, you must move the car every two hours during the hours of 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. That would seriously cut into my working day! LOL! So, its a garage for me. Then I hop on the PATH train and head to work, beginning my work day a mere 4 hours after I've arisen.

I leave the office at 4, and do the whole thing in reverse, picking him up around 5:15 and we're home and exhausted by 5:50 or so.

Its been expensive and tiring, but it really was the best thing for Adam. After a day or two of tears at the drop off and pick up, he's now saying"Bye bye Mama" before Helen even answers the door bell. School opens August 4, so we'll be back to our normal routine soon.