Jenna has early morning seminary. She started this morning. Arrangements have been made for taking the students from the church to the school - though I had planned on assisting with that this morning. From the time she left the house to the time I arrived at the church was one of the quickest hours I have ever experienced in my life.
I had forgotten about her being in seminary or school traffic or buses or how much I loathe driving in school traffic. I had somehow managed to forget all of that during the summer. As soon as I pulled out of my driveway and saw a school bus, I thought "Oh, no." And then I had to fight the brightness of the sun on top of that. Good grief.
How is it possible that my baby had just barely turned eleven before our official move to Oregon and now she's a freshman in high school? It's been nearly 14 1/2 years since I had given birth to her. Wow! Time flies. The older I get, the quicker it goes. Why could it have not gone this quickly for me when I was a student? A junior high school student particularly. I am theoretically a student now. The class I am currently taking is halfway over. I barely remember it starting. Even my accounting classes have gone fairly quickly.
As I type this post, I have been given the opportunity to contribute to a car pool starting tomorrow. That means I won't have to drive! or even feel obligated to drive. There are three in the class that will be going to the high school. Small class.
Jenna's brothers and I all had the option of making seminary an elective during school. Jenna would have that option if she were attending school in Roseburg. I can't help but believe Jenna would be going for the early morning seminary regardless. She wants to take choir and drama. I think she would enjoy painting or drawing as well, but is limited to how many electives she can take. Right now she seems to want to put the perfuming arts above the liberal or graphic arts.
I hope she has a great year.
