today the bus came at the new time, nearly an hour earlier than before. i guess our days of sleeping in until eight are over. *sigh* the bus comes at 8:24 in the morning, which really isn't that bad. hiro comes home an hour earlier than before, too, and on half days that's before noon (last year it was 12:45 which is waaaay late, especially where lunch is concerned!)

however, 11:50 is too early to get oneself to costco and back. *sigh* i had to call the school and ask them to take hiro back to the school and i would pick him up there. how embarrassing!! poor hiro....