Adventures in transitioning

My son's school bus pulled up in front of our house for the last time on Wednesday, February 10 at around 1:15 p.m.

When it pulled away, it took with it many of the services that we've depended on for over 18 years.

We have now entered into the land known as "transitioning".

Matthew, right now, is in sort of the "no-man's-land" between school and work. We're working right now with our Voc Rehab to (hopefully!) find him work. 

Part of transitioning means learning how to manage money, and as a first step in that direction, I set up an appointment for today to open a joint account with Matthew at the bank. 

While my intentions for teaching Matthew money management were good, my schedule management hit a snag. 

You see, today is a Tuesday.

Tuesdays are the days my husband goes into the office.

With our car.

Which I didn't remember until I walked into our garage to manage laundry and saw that said garage was empty. 

To quote either Astro from The Jetsons or Scooby-Doo, "ruh-rho".

It crossed my mind that maybe I should reschedule the appointment.

But then I remembered another part of transitioning that is important:  learning how to use public transportation.

So I decided that this would be the best time to introduce Matthew and me to the wonderful world of Uber. 

I had the app, I've just never used it before. But, with a few taps, I figured out what I was doing and, to make a long story short, both of us were safely transported to and from the bank by two separate Uber drivers. 

Inside the bank, we were helped by a very nice young woman who got us set up with a joint account. 

I don't expect to be able to problem-solve as easily as I did today. But it was an, shall we say, interesting introduction to the world of transitioning! 

Just my .04, adjusted for inflation.