As a Marine, I should have known the importance of rehearsals when embarking on a new mission. Unfortunately, i failed to convey that to the wife. When my daughter came home from her first day of kindergarten, she rode next to the neighbor girl on the bus. Their stop was the second stop along the route. The bus stopped, my wife and the neighbor waved to their daughters, the door opened, the girls waved back, the doors closed and the bus drove away. Needless to say there were a couple of surprised moms on the side of the road who's sole purpose in life it became to get the bus to stop. The neighbor took responsibility for my boys and my wife chased down the bus to get it to stop. Never thought that good Marine training should have been imparted to my offspring so early in life, but a quick rehearsal at the bus stop would have made the mission go much smoother. Just wish I had a video of the whole incident....
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