Getting Lauren's Homework

Lauren has been sick most of the week with Swine Flu. I took her to the Doctor Tuesday morning. She is almost healed today (Friday), however, she has a lot of homework to complete.

Ring, Ring,......'.hello'......'taotao, can you go by the school & pick up my homework assignments'? 'sure' (this is @1:30) I have tile cleaning people in my house, & I have to pick Rileigh Shea up from pre-school by 2:30. I decide to leave immediately because the tile people don't want me walking around on their work. I leave the house around 1:45, get within 3 miles of her school & come to a complete stop on hiway 62 (close to 'downtown Newcastle, America') I sit there & I sit there. I decide to get off the street & find another route........what in the hell is going on here? My other route is not a good idea either............OMG!, they are having a parade or something.............yes, it is Homecoming, or something like that. So, OK, I can't reach the school, so I will just pick up Rileigh Shea early, so I do that, then back to the Middle School. By this time the parade is over, the traffic is flowing & I'm good to go. I arrive @the middle school, go inside with Rileigh in tow. 'Hi, I'm Lauren Martin's Grandmother & have come to pick up her homework'. The lady hands over several sheets of paper & says 'here you go'. Then I ask her 'are there any workbooks?' 'Oh, maybe, do you know her locker #? 'No' says I. 'Well, here is her #, take a left from here, and another left at the end of the hall & go all the way down the hall to the left, it's #3013.' So me & miss Rileigh Shea head out. After what seems like a 1/2 mile hike, we find the locker, & what a mess it is. I start digging thru books, & don't know which ones to grab, so I take most of them. Rileigh Shea is not feeling well & is cranky, my back hurts as I try to load about 80# of books in my arms & try to make it back to the car. I'm complaining about my back, & Rileigh starts to cry because 'you back hurts, taotao.' She is a very sensitive child, so I try to convince her that my back Does Not Hurt. OMG, Just get to the car! She cry's most of the way home because she is feeling sorry for me and my hurt back!.............we arrive & I ask Lauren why she has so many duplicate books............no answer that makes any sense to me, but I know one thing for sure, if she plans on returning all these books, she will have to do it 2 or 3 @a time on the school bus, or have her mother deliver them in person..............there is NO WAY she can carry them in one trip!