Registration

Tonight, I am taking Lotus for registration at school.  Kindergarten.  For me it was a big step, because I was at home with mom until then.  Lotus has been going to daycare, and is excited to be going to kindergarten.  I think she'll do really well. 

For me, though, it'll be an adventure.  Daycare, to me, is sort of like glorified babysitting.  I know they teach her things there, and she gets a lot of socialization skills.  But kindergarten is the first step on the road that will eventually lead my daughter to college, possibly in some other state, and then on to her own life in the bigger, wider, wonderful world.  It's a long road, I know.  But she's my first kid, so it's new for me, and, well, there are emotions involved. 

I remember crying a lot my first day of kindergarten, because I didn't want to leave mommy.  It had only been 6 months or so since my little sister had come in to the house, so I was still adjusting to the whole "not the most important thing anymore" syndrome that all first children have to go through.  I went to preschool, but it was a co-op and Mom was there.  And it wasn't for nearly as long as I was expected to be at kindergarten.  Hours and hours!  By the end of the first day, I was happy as a clam of course.  And taking Lotus to registration will be a good thing for her, so she can learn about where the school is, in relation to our house, and where all the stuff like bathrooms are.  I'm sure she'll be fine.

It's me I'm worried about.