Bus Confusion?!

Not being able to drive yet, I ride the bus. Being new to school I had no clue what bus to ride. I asked the office the first day of school to make sure I was even on the bus route. After asking I was told the bus i road was 359 and my bus stop was a street i didn't recall knowing, but i was trusting the school would know exactly know the distance it was from that street to my house. Or was trusting the school would research where my house was at to the street. But when i got on the bus and we drove to our first stop, I realized it was the address written on the piece of paper given to me by the school. I had no clue where we were, so obviously I didn't get off. Why would I get off at a place I don't know how to get home from? So i didn't get off the bus, but as we drove up the street to the highway, I realized where we were but it was way to far for me to even walk home. Even if i did walk home I'd have to walk on the highway and it'd take me forever. So hoping she turned towards my street down the road, she turned the opposite way. I knew then I'd probably have to wait until the end of the bus route before she could take me. So after telling her my situation, she told me that either way I had to walk. At the end of her high school route we returned to my bus stop, but as I showed her my street from the bus stop given to me she told me that i couldn't walk from there and that I should be on a different bus. But she said she couldn't drop me off exactly yet because she had a middle school route. So waiting another hour to get off the bus and sitting with noisy middle schoolers, she finally dropped me off at the driveway of me house. She told me that she'd ask the school about my bus situation. But once she dropped me it started raining cats and dogs. My gravel driveway is quite long and my shoes were white. Running towards my house, I knocked on the door and walked in soaked. It was 4:30 when i got home. After telling my parents what had happened they told me to go talk to the school. But on Tuesday I was quite busy trying to get my classes on the right schedule and I always have trouble opening my locker so it took awhile each class period. That day I got a ride from one of my friends, so I was thankful for that. On Wednesday, I was called into the office to fix my bus situation. The vice principal made me fill out a bus form asking for my address and etc. She told me to go ahead and ride the bus I was riding and they'd drop me off at my street, not my driveway. So I got on the bus thinking she'd drop me off but she didn't! She told me she couldn't let me off at my street because it wasn't her route. Which is understandable but you would think the vice principal would have told the bus driver. So sadly I had to walk on the highway. I had asked my sister to pick me up but sadly she was at work and my mom doesn't get home until 4:30. I thought my dad was already at work and so i didn't ask him. But as i was walking on the highway I saw a truck that looked similar to my dad's. It flashed it's lights at me and I was so happy because i knew then it was dad. He looked at me with confusion and asked why I hadn't asked him to pick me up but I seriously thought he left to work today. He told me he was picking up my little sister from her school so luckily he was off and he was coming in my direction. But today is four days later and today I got picked up by my aunt at school because I have no clue if I'm riding the right bus or not. But i hope by tomorrow they get my bus route fixed soon. It's been almost a week, you would think they fixed the situation already. But maybe the Admin is just so busy since it's still the first week of school. Hopefully I can plan a way to get home everyday.

New to Newton-Conover High School

School just started on Monday and I admit I was really anxious. I wasn't sure what to expect from a new school. I only had three friends from Newton-Conover that I already knew. Hoping that I would have classes with them, I walked into my 2nd and 4th period seeing one of them and lunch with the other two. I'm so thankful that I have them to help me around Newton-Conover. I'm also glad I had them to help show me to my classes and where almost everything is. But, so far I've only made one new friend. But making friends takes awhile sometimes so I am in no rush. 

Newton-Conover is pretty different from my old school, Hickory High. Over here at Newton-Conover you're not aloud to carry your book bag, lunches are 25 minutes, dress code isn't as strict and school starts 5 mins later. At Hickory you can use your book bag, I never used my locker at Hickory but at Newton I do. Lunches are a 30 mins and they have only two lunches. Hickory also has a strict dress code policy, which I don't like. You have to wear a solid colored collared shirt, black, navy, or khaki pants, it's not very cute at all. School also starts at 7:35AM and ends at 2:25PM.  So far this week has seemed as if it's already the middle of the semester. It's going by really slow, but only this year and next year of school left and I'll graduate. Overall, the academic is completely the same, so far. Not any easier or more difficult than Hickory.