New Country, New Colds

One of the first things I wanted to do when we landed back in the U.S. was to get Little Geek Girl a physical, so she could attend school as soon as possible.  Our insurance coverage wouldn't start for a couple of weeks, but I was willing to pay out of pocket to get her in school sooner rather than later.  Last week I took her in for a physical and on Thursday she had her first day of kindergarten.  

The school is located at the top of a hill and there isn't a lot of parking, so all of the kids are strongly encouraged to ride the bus.  However, I drove her in and picked her up the first day.  She's the 24th kid in her class (compared to 14 in her Zürich kindergarten).  Kindergarten is all day and they eat lunch at school.  On the first day, LGG didn't eat much lunch and was starving when I picked her up from school.

On the second day she took the bus with the other kids.  We were a little concerned because in Zürich she never wanted to sit next to a stranger.  But, she got in line to get on the bus and in the afternoon she got off the bus.  She said she knew she was at the right stop because she recognized the sign for a nearby business.

On Sunday she was complaining about a headache and Sunday night she had a fever.  So we kept her home from school on Monday and Tuesday.  The school handbook doesn't outline specific things for keeping your kid home from school, but we figured high fever was probably a given.  It's funny, for the fifteen months that we were in Zürich, she only missed two days of school and here, she's already missed two days of school.  She had colds while we were there, but they were usually during the holidays.

On Wednesdays the kids are let out two hours earlier and she was feeling better, so she's off to school now.