We did our best at the choir festival & I was surprised by my son's quick thinking [Autism/ADHD Parenting]

It was my son's final choir festival of middle school.

Since parents of third-year students are only allowed into the venue from the afternoon, I was debating until the day before whether I should just work in the morning, but

I realized that if I headed over after eating school lunch, I would definitely be late, and if I didn't eat school lunch, I would miss out on lunch and have to worry about my stomach growling, so I decided to take the day off from the morning.

As it turned out, taking the day off was the right decision.

My son didn't look up anything himself, and when morning came, he asked me what time he should wake up.

Hey... this is about you, isn't it...

He hadn't even prepared his things, and he was asking me where his leisure sheet was right before we were about to leave the house.

Get yourself ready!

And then he asked me to drive him because he didn't know where the bus stop was.

Wait, he rode the bus last year too...

I really wonder what he would have done if I hadn't taken the day off.

Well, it was a bit chaotic, but we made it there safely.

My son's class was the very last one among the third-year students. Students from the special support class also participate mixed in with the regular class.

Even though my son is the shortest, he was in the back row last year and his face was half-hidden, but this year he was on the edge of the front row! He was the first person to move when they left the stage! He's growing up!!

To be honest, his class's choir performance was a bit lackluster (sorry!),
and my son didn't really look like he was trying that hard to sing (sorry!),
but just standing there and singing with everyone else is doing his best, isn't it.

You really worked hard on the practice leading up to this.

After the third-year students, there was a part-leader choir, and since parents other than those of the children participating were asked to leave, we didn't find out the results for my son's class, but I'm glad he was able to participate in his final choir festival, and I'm glad I was able to see it.

And thinking it was still too early to go home, I took the train to a cafe I had been curious about and had tea by myself.

Then, I received multiple calls from an unknown mobile number.


In this day and age, there are all sorts of things going on, so I usually ignore unknown numbers and wait for a voicemail, but they didn't leave one.

However, since they kept calling, I thought, 'I have to answer this!!' and when I did, it was actually from the after-school daycare we used to use (he hasn't used it since entering junior high).

'Your son is here saying he forgot his key.'
they said.

What!!!

I was surprised that he was able to think on his feet like that!

He isn't allowed to bring a smartphone to school (students in special support classes can bring one if they follow the prescribed procedures, but we haven't done that), so he had no way to contact me.
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The junior high school and the after-school daycare he used to attend are right next to each other.
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They would have my contact information there.

So, it seems he took refuge there.

Amazing!! Nice judgment!!

But to forget his key... what a goof...

The after-school daycare closes at 5:00, but I couldn't get home until 5:30. When I asked them to tell him there's a mall nearby and he could go there until 5:30, it seems he had already left. (Wait, but is it bad for him to be wandering around the mall in his uniform? I thought, and when I called again, he had already left.)

And when I got home before 5:30, my son was waiting in front of the house (lol).

He didn't have an umbrella and was soaked, so I thought he would be furious, but he said very calmly,

'When I got home, I didn't have my key, so I cried, then I went to school, but that didn't work, so I went to the after-school daycare, then to the library, and then I was waiting in front of the house again.'

That's what he said.

So he did cry after all (lol).

I didn't really understand why he said school didn't work, but wait, he went to the library! That was also a good job!!

I'm glad I got to see some unexpected growth, and I hope he realizes that he can't forget his key and will definitely bring it from tomorrow on...

It was quite a day...