I remember that Anna slept poorly for a good two weeks before she started preschool. Thinking back, I’m wondering why I remember this as an unusual circumstance, because she was always sleeping poorly for some reason or another. Anyway, Anna has difficulty with change, and the switch from preschool to ESS (extended student services) has been no different in this regard.

ESS is essentially a before- and after-school program in which young folk keep an eye on younger folk. I’m not sure how old the ESS people are–I’m getting increasingly bad at guessing people’s ages, especially those of Generation iPod. Anyway, during the summer, ESS kids go on a couple field trips each week; parks, movies, the beach, etc. You’d think this would be cool enough to entice Anna to go, and in fact she was excited at the prospect during the couple weeks after preschool and before returning from vacation. Nevertheless, dropping off Anna at ESS has been very rough each day, and I’m hoping it gets better soon. I’ve never been into soap operas, and I don’t intend to start now.

Hopefully Anna will adjust soon and make friends with her fellow students.