Well it was probably one of the most unusual days of the year.
6.15 and off went the alarm clock. Has been so long and i nearly
just turned it off. Decided to get up anyway and left the
house bang on 7am. Headed up to the yard to get the bus, having been allocated my own school run at last, due to the other driver having retired to Australia. Anyway got in and started her up. Ive been allocated the
Temsa Safari 97, commonly known as 'the one with no machine'. Left and headed out to start the run at 7.30. Arrived at
Ballinteer to collect the minder and sure enough, come 8 o clock she appeared and off we went.
This year
ive been given a completely different school run, in some ways its better, a
nd in others its not but what can ye do. At least
ive been given a new bus, and I know its new and better than the old one... but I really want the
good oul white bus back!
Picked up the first lot of Kids in
Balally, carried on down the road to
Dundrum for another two, then off to
Cabinteely, A few others on the way at
Tallagh,
Jobstown as well as
Firhouse. Then its on to the small primary school in
Ballinteer.
Pulling up it was nice enough, and every one of the kids said thank you and wished me a good day! I was amazed at the manners, considering most of them have learning difficulties (from what I can gather)
Headed up to the yard then, and arsed around for a while, then headed over to
Kilternan to get rid of the last few bits of the double deck bus which was scrapped a couple of months ago.
Got back to the school at 2pm, and put me feet up till 2.30, when the faces started to appear.
As I loaded up, one of them handed me a picture she had drawn that morning of me with the bus. It was very good and i hung it on my wall the minute I got home.
Dropped them off and was back in the yard for 3.30pm, and the possibility is that I could be drafted in to cover my old school in the evenings anyway, but sure i
would'nt mind that.
Last year I was put on
Colaiste Craobh Abhainn school run, from
Kilcoole to
Newtownmountkennedy, and over the year got to know everybody on the bus and was great
crac. I miss doing it because it was so quick and handy,and the fact that ye could have a bit of
crac with them as opposed to the primary school.
Ah sure
im not
complaining, ill get used to this eventually and it should turn out
ok, ill just miss my old school run, but hey its not all that bad, apparently
ive been earmarked for it after
Christmas! ye hay...
On the way home called up to Johnnie Fox's pub and moved the old double
decker back into its parking space, I amazed everyone when She drove out onto the road and on up on the 44b route! a
pricless photo!
Well
ive settled into a nights rest now, and off I go for a bit of sleep and we'll see what tomorrow holds for the countries youngest school bus driver!
Goodnight to Everyone!
