Transition

Abigail started at her new daycare this week. We're both excited and apprehensive about the change. Time to see whether we had legitimate complaints or if we're completely insane. I checked with my bookie and completely insane is currently +400. Easy money.

I wasnt included in any of these discussions.

The uncertainty and regret I felt when dropping Abigail off for her last day at her original daycare surprised me. When I dropped Tank off in the morning the woman who watches her seemed sincerely sorry to see her go. "She's such a good baby! I'm going to miss my little (bosnian word I hope means beautiful girl and not daughter of jackass). Ohhh come here my good baby I miss you so much." Crap, now I feel like a jerk. Why are we moving her again?

Picking a new daycare was difficult. Its shocking that two neurotic worriers would have a difficult time picking a place to leave their first kid. I'm amazed we were ever able to leave the hospital.

We had two locations that were highly recommended by friends and both happened to have openings. Daycare 1 is on the outskirts of town, situated in an area that looks like it was farmland four years ago. Its  out there to accommodate all the folks fleeing the mean streets, the decaying urban jungle that is Des Moines.  Its a really nice facility, run by a spitfire of a woman who obviously loved the place, the kids and her staff. Its a little generic, a little sterile and very inconvenient for me. Mary would be forced to drop off and pick up every day. That's a lot to ask.

Daycare 2 is right in the middle of Des Moines. Its a parent co-op, a warm bourgie daycare more or less on the way to work for both of us. The parents are involved supporting the school. Most of the kids go on to the schools downtown where we want to send Abigail.

Both good choices, we each had a favorite. Mary favored sparkling urban sprawl daycare. I preferred warm urban daycare. In the end, the convenience of Des Moines won out. If we don't like Abigail's new digs theres a 90% chance its because we're crazy.

Crazy? I started to second guess our decision 20 minutes later. What if we don't like it? If we don't like this place I'm on the hook! There was a great place out in West Des Moines but nooooo I had to go with this one. Because of me, Abby is going to be stripping her way through beauty school. Marys daycare would have had her on the Supreme Court by the time she was 50.

Dont let me go to Rico's Uptown Beauty College!

My guilt dissipated as soon as I dropped Abby off at her new daycare. The clear superiority of the place absolved me of my neurotic garbage.

On my way out of the building I ran into someone I know from work. Ross works for the Department of Public Safety. When I think of the guy I think public safety. If its good enough for him it should be good enough for us.

Assuming we're not nuts.

Put me down crazy person