Sophie brightened my day!

Yesterday was just another Tuesday here at DL. I'm working on some random stuff, nothing terribly exciting (some reinsurance report corrections and a rewrite of a network app from DECnet to TCP/IP). Around 3:30 though, Sophie dropped by! Tammy was on her way to get her hair done and Sophie asked if she could hang out with me.

I settled her in at a work table and helped her do homework. Then she played with some of the toys I keep in the office (her favorite is a little wind-up robot I got as a promo from CDW). She also doodled a new picture on my whiteboard. We ate some peanut butter cookies and soon it was time to go home. This was the part she was looking forward to -- not because she wanted to leave the office, but because we were going to ride the bus. Sophie loves riding the bus.

We walked down to the corner and for once the NJ Transit #29 was on time. Sophie methodically put her money into the slot and collected her ticket, which she held like a prize. It's only a short ride to Caldwell and Sophie kept chatting the whole time. She wanted to know how the bus driver knew to pick us up, even though I had already explained about waving to the bus when it comes down the Avenue and she dutifully waved for it to stop. I told her it was because we waved to the bus, and then she asked what would happen if we didn't wave? Well, I said, did you want to walk home? NO! So, that's why we waved. Then she wanted to know if she could push the button to ring the "stop requested" bell. Yes, I said, but not until we reach our stop. Next it was, why doesn't the bus have seat belts? Sigh. She always asks the same questions every time we ride the bus. But yes, it's still cute!

When it was time, Sophie pushed the yellow line and it rang the bell. The driver pulled up to our stop and we scurried off the bus. We started walking home and my cell phone rang. Mom was on her way back. So, we waited on the corner by Vila Meats for about 3 minutes, and got a ride home.

When I was tucking her into bed later on she said "thanks for taking me on the bus today Daddy" right before she closed her eyes. Awwww.

Posted at 09:50 by Chris Wysocki   [/sophie]   Comments | Perm Link |   |   Tweet