I'll be the first to admit that no one was more worried about my son starting a new school than I am/was.

I worry because my son is a REALLY quiet kid. He's not tough like some other boys his age, THIS IS THE YEAR THAT PEER PRESSURE STARTS and this is his first experience in an all boy school and...well...we ALL know how kids can be these days O_o.

Today, he called me with good and bad news...

The good news is he took the initiative and made a couple of "friends" -- HOORAY!!!

The bad news: His class had to be evacuated because some kid A STUDENT IN HIS CLASS at that bragged to some kids in another room that he brought a knife to school.

WHAT.IN.THE.SAM.HELL?!?!?!?!

The kids bag was checked and the knife was recovered thank god but when they attempted to talk to him about why he was carrying it in the first place, the kid took off running and left the damn school.

OH.HELL.TO.THE.NO!

I'm trying NOT to panic. Trying to reason that maybe he's one of those kids who think carrying a weapon is cool but he wasn't really gonna put it to any use but the reality is I have to wonder what the hell a 12 year old is thinking/going through in order to do something like this in the first place AND ESPECIALLY SO WHEN HE'S A STUDENT IN A SCHOOL I SEND MY CHILD.

Trust that I'll be up with the sun tomorrow to get to the bottom of what is going on here.

And to think it's just the first week of school...
I can just imagine what the rest of the year will bring.