Tough Decision

This last week has provided for a lot of emotional anguish. I had a tough decision to make, maybe the toughest decision I've ever had to make. On Tuesday I had the kids start at a new school. This was so hard because their old school wasn't bad. I heard that this new school had openings, but I didn't know how many and for which grades. I checked out their web site and everything looked really good. I agreed with their philosophy, they teach phonetic reading(I think this is very important. Instead of guessing, which it what my kids were encouraged to do. Let's just say my son has very good logic/reasoning skills and therefore is a very good at guessing), teach Latin, Spanish starting in 3rd grade, and there are art classes. I couldn't get the thought out of my head, so I prayed "Lord, if there are no openings at the school that will shut the door." The next day I call and they only have openings in two grades, and those would be the same grades my children are in. I then talk to all kinds of people, even two teachers who interviewed to be teachers there and didn't get the job. I didn't hear any negatives and I was looking for just one. I think the decision was harder on me than the kids. I realized that I have a lot of friends at the old school, and I was the one who struggled with the fact that they have to wear uniforms(this goes back to my private school days). Don't get me wrong there were tears shed and I was a coward. I told then on Friday at 5:30 and sent them camping for the weekend with my mother-in-law at 6:00. Konman still gets to see his old friends at his sports practices and he, our Labrador retriever, already made new friends and he can fetch well too. The Kirstenator was sad, but excited about the art classes. So yesterday, I went to great pains to make sure everything was positive, right down to their lunch(Yes, Kirstenator took ham and cheese). I was so worried yesterday that they were doing OK. I was ready for the complaining when I picked them up from school. When they got in the van I asked, "How was school?" and the Konman says,"GREAT!" I need ulcer medication, a new box of tissues, and sleeping pills to recover from this decision and the kids just want to know if they can ride their bikes when they get home.