Lulu goes to school

Today was Lulu's first full day at the Acorn Preschool. Thank God she is finally in an air-conditioned place. The weather here is terribly hot.

Now Lulu, Libby, and I will commute together. What fun! This morning's highlights included riding on an un-airconditioned bus, holding both girls on my lap, at their insistence. When I asked the driver if we could open a window, he told me they are bolted shut! HUH? Is this safe? As the bus ride approached sauna-like conditions, I noted the one poster on the bus:
"Our buses are too cool for words!
We have responded to our customers' requests for comfortable conditions.
If this bus is not cool, please call customer service, blah blah blah"

Dialing my cell phone with sweaty fingers, balancing the slippery, because also sweating girls, I called customer service, and got a busy signal.
An elderly Chinese woman kept fanning me with her fan, which helped me avoid passing out.
Libby and Lulu ran through all the Chinese folk songs they know, at top volume, enchanting the elderly fanning lady, but annoying everyone else.

We staggered off the bus, made our way to the Orange Line.

It was cool! There were seats! Immediately the girls began squabbling over identical plastic bags of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. "thisa mine!" (Lulu) "No, this one is mine!!!!" (Libby). Lulu
smacked me, and Libby kicked me repeatedly as I tried to keep them separated, as we traveled to New England Medical Center. (Please, no parenting tips. I know all the right things to do, they just don't work under these adverse conditions. )

Lulu arrived 1/2 hour late at school. I arrived 40 minutes late at work. Sigh.