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Scott and I are both very low on sleep after the last couple of days. Yesterday and today, we had things going on in the morning that meant that we really couldn't go back to sleep after Cordelia left and so were running on about 4 hours of sleep each night. I attempted to nap this evening, even took a half tablet of Halcion and used my c-pap, but didn't manage to fall asleep.
Scott is liking some parts of working 2nd shift quite a bit. His coworkers there treat him a bit like he has magic powers because 25 years of experience means he can figure out problems and repairs for things that would normally halt production. I think that, if it weren't for Cordelia, he'd really want to stay with this shift. Working 1st shift means working with people who all have more experience than he does and who tend to assume that he should be able to do everything faster and better than is reasonable. (Of course, if those people have all been there longer than 25 years, that likely means that they're all going to retire in close proximity to each other. Won't that be fun?)
I still have zero solid ideas for how to get Cordelia to and from her school obligations this month. Bus fare for her is $0.75 (free for me). Cab fare is about $20. Uber and/or Lyft aren't going to reduce the price enough to bring it into the affordable range. I would need the price to be less than $5 to even consider it.
We have some friends who live out near the school (not in walking distance because of the highway) who might be able to help once or twice. They could at least get her to a place where catching the bus doesn't require risk to life and limb. Cordelia feels weird about having our friends give her rides because they're in that category of embarrassing adults that also includes us.
I might be able to get Scott's parents to help once or twice, but they live an hour away and don't like being on the road between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., and Scott's father no longer knows his way around Ann Arbor. I'm not sure they're up to it. They're both over 75 now.
I had hoped that Cordelia could get at least some rides with her one friend in choir, but that's the friend who got in the car accident yesterday morning. I don't know that she'll have a car to drive or be allowed to drive with a passenger after it gets dark (or after dark at all). I seem to recall that the rules on passengers are less strict around transportation to and from official school events, but I don't know how that interacts with having had a recent accident.
Of course, there's also the chance that the bus company website is lying about lack of service to the school. The ride planner has always had some glitches in terms of not registering potential transfer connections. It has improved on some things (no longer telling me that I need to go downtown and catch the same bus route outbound in order to get to the grocery store, for example), but it's still lying to me about possible routes for getting to one of the other high schools. It says I have to walk to a place where I can catch the bus that goes there even though there's a bus that stops near me that goes to a location in the middle of the other bus's route. Seriously, they both stop at the University of Michigan's Pierpont Commons. It's not a difficult transfer.
The bus website also says I couldn't possibly have gotten a bus home from Cordelia's school back in September after meeting with her guidance counselor. That might mean the schedule's changed. That might mean the schedule is lying or has the information I need filed in such a way that I need to search for it in Greek or Sumerian or some such.
Scott is liking some parts of working 2nd shift quite a bit. His coworkers there treat him a bit like he has magic powers because 25 years of experience means he can figure out problems and repairs for things that would normally halt production. I think that, if it weren't for Cordelia, he'd really want to stay with this shift. Working 1st shift means working with people who all have more experience than he does and who tend to assume that he should be able to do everything faster and better than is reasonable. (Of course, if those people have all been there longer than 25 years, that likely means that they're all going to retire in close proximity to each other. Won't that be fun?)
I still have zero solid ideas for how to get Cordelia to and from her school obligations this month. Bus fare for her is $0.75 (free for me). Cab fare is about $20. Uber and/or Lyft aren't going to reduce the price enough to bring it into the affordable range. I would need the price to be less than $5 to even consider it.
We have some friends who live out near the school (not in walking distance because of the highway) who might be able to help once or twice. They could at least get her to a place where catching the bus doesn't require risk to life and limb. Cordelia feels weird about having our friends give her rides because they're in that category of embarrassing adults that also includes us.
I might be able to get Scott's parents to help once or twice, but they live an hour away and don't like being on the road between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., and Scott's father no longer knows his way around Ann Arbor. I'm not sure they're up to it. They're both over 75 now.
I had hoped that Cordelia could get at least some rides with her one friend in choir, but that's the friend who got in the car accident yesterday morning. I don't know that she'll have a car to drive or be allowed to drive with a passenger after it gets dark (or after dark at all). I seem to recall that the rules on passengers are less strict around transportation to and from official school events, but I don't know how that interacts with having had a recent accident.
Of course, there's also the chance that the bus company website is lying about lack of service to the school. The ride planner has always had some glitches in terms of not registering potential transfer connections. It has improved on some things (no longer telling me that I need to go downtown and catch the same bus route outbound in order to get to the grocery store, for example), but it's still lying to me about possible routes for getting to one of the other high schools. It says I have to walk to a place where I can catch the bus that goes there even though there's a bus that stops near me that goes to a location in the middle of the other bus's route. Seriously, they both stop at the University of Michigan's Pierpont Commons. It's not a difficult transfer.
The bus website also says I couldn't possibly have gotten a bus home from Cordelia's school back in September after meeting with her guidance counselor. That might mean the schedule's changed. That might mean the schedule is lying or has the information I need filed in such a way that I need to search for it in Greek or Sumerian or some such.