Drop-off Traffic

38 minutes.

That's how long it took me to get Christopher to school and then get out of my neighborhood. Traffic was horrible this morning.

We experienced a perfect storm to create our traffic havoc:
1. Rainy, cold weather prevented 99 percent of walkers from walking. We had parents dropping off who normally don't do so.
2. Second day of school back from two weeks vacation. People were probably leaving a bit later than normal so regular schedules weren't being followed.

Those two elements combined for a frustrating morning. I dropped Christopher off at 8:20 a.m. He had 10 minutes to go to his locker and get to class. Granted, that is plenty of time for him because his locker is next door to his first period classroom. Nonetheless, it was cutting it close, considering we normally get to school around 8:05 a.m.

But the long line to get to the drop-off lane was only part one. Part two was getting out of the school parking lot and looping back to the main road. The perfect storm continued as I watched cars creep through the green lights to line up for a turn into the drop-off lane.

Thank goodness my boss is OK with my wandering in late. Our normal eight minute run from the house to school through neighborhood increase by half an hour. I'm ready for drop-off traffic to get back to pre-holiday mornings.