Today I had a very bad day.  I was waiting on my daughter at the school bus stop, and the bus never showed up.  My mother came down the hill, and told me that she had got a phone call from a little girl telling her to go to a friend’s house to get her.  Well, it was my daughter, and it took an hour to find her.  Turns out that she told the bus driver she wanted off the bus, so she could play with one of her friends.  Get this, THE BUS DRIVER LET HER OFF!!!  No note from me, no phone call, nothing.  Now I believe that it is school policy not to allow a student off the bus at any other stop without a note from a parent.  This bus driver was completely in the wrong by letting her off of that bus.  My daughter was eventually picked up by the highway patrol, because she was walking home.  At least she knows the way home.  I don’t know what is up with people these days.  My mother spoke with the chief of police in my town, and believe me, if it can happen, charges will be filed against that bus driver, if not the school itself.  I mean, we had half the town walking the streets looking for her. Hopefully she has learned her lesson, because anything can happen.  There are enough weirdos in this town to make Salem look like a theme park.  Frightening as it was, I do take comfort that my daughter is able to call home if she needs to, or even get home.