Day 1.237: Running away from home

Actually, Exile #3 was practising with her new roller-backpack while waiting for the bus. The additional backpack is a first-day special, as was the box of binders and the like that Exile #2 took in later in the day. Exile #4 also was in school today, but only for about ten minutes - she does a quarter (fourth?) day tomorrow before starting full-time on Monday.

Apparently Exile #3 was too tired to even talk to her neighborhood friend when she returned on the bus, although she managed to be more sociable later. At bedtime she listed some of her new friends in her class to me - I imagine we'll hear more about them all in the days to come.