Well, here we are, Jackson’s first day of his senior year. You know, Jackson has never been late for school. We’ve never overslept, or missed the bus or anything like that. Jackson’s truck was in the shop, so he opted to ride with his friend. We came outside to wait for him and I was taking pictures. We even did a backpack shot, although this is his old backpack, so nothing to really see here.It got later and later, and he was texting his friend to see if he was coming. We offered to drive him, but the idea of arriving for his senior year with Mom and Dad wasn’t too appealing. The time had passed to be on time. It was the first day, and it’s always chaos. You have to leave extra early to be on time, and it was already extra late.

Finally, they made it. Deebo watched one of his favorites leave for the day, just like Lulu used to do.

So, for the first time, in years and years of schooling, Jackson was late. On his first day. Of his senior year… It was no big deal, so were about half of the other kids at the school. They didn’t do anything about it but send them all to class with no consequences. We just aren’t late people, we are 15 to 30 minutes early people. Although I know he appreciated the rides, he was so happy to have his truck back a couple days later. He loves his truck, but mostly I think he likes being in control of his own comings and goings.