October 30 - This Friday's School Bus Antics

Halloween – Crazy Old White Haired & White Bearded Chinese Man With Walking Stick & Black Cape & Hood

I’m baaaaccckkk……. OK, not really, but sort of.

As you are aware, I quit the bus tricks heading into this school year. However, I promised myself, Doris the bus driver, and our three South School girls (Haley, Ryley, Perry) that I would do a bus trick from time to time. So, what better time to break out my bag of Tricks (as in Trick or Treat) than the Friday before Halloween?

And, yes, OK, I admit that I have used this mask and basically done this exact same bus trick before, so my streak of “no repeats” is probably officially over. However, since I am “semi-retired” from bus tricks now, I don’t think anyone would mind if I repeat a bus trick from time to time… it’s better than not doing them at all, right?

So, today, I surprised everyone on the bus with my first bus trick of the 2009-2010 school year. Dressed up as my favorite crazy old white-bearded Asian man with a hooded cape and a walking stick, I walked out in front of the bus as it approached, forcing it and oncoming traffic coming from the other direction down Main Street to come to a complete halt. I didn’t care if I was holding up traffic… besides, all those honks from all those cars were honks of encouragement and acknowledgement of my bus trick, right? After taking a good minute or so to cross the street, all hunched over and physically challenged in my old age, I turned and made old man gestures at the bus with my cane, as Haley and Ryley and Perry smiled and yelled out “Happy Birthday” to me along with all the other kids on the bus.

It’s good to be back!