Finally Over!!

After two long months of preparing, praying, and wondering, it is all finally over. Today was school registration day. I was up and at em (okay, maybe not at em, but I was up), at 7:00 and out the door by 7:35 this morning. I arrived at school registration office at 7:45. I can count at least three ways that God worked for me specifically today. The first is my number -- 11.
The registration was not scheduled to start until 9:00. I had put it all in God's hands, but still a little nervous as what if all the schools on my list are full and I have to scramble for another school that I know nothing about. As I sat down, I found the list of "closed" schools and found that only one from my list was closed to 1st grade. I thought "so far, so good, still three to go".
As time got closer the more nervous I got as I heard through converstions in the room that the majority of the parents in the first 10 parents there were looking for 1st grade and at least two of my schools were on most of their lists.
Finally, 8:45, the time came. About 10 minutes later my number was called, my required ID papers were approved, and my paperwork was issued. I hurriedly filled it out, keep in mind that unlike most of the other parents there I had to fill out paperwork for two children. I also had to find the same school for two kids in the same grade.
As I made my way through the registration tables, everything was great until I got to the last table before the meeting with the specialist who would issue the school. A small snag was found in my paperwork. I did not have the right form of ID and it was missed back at the first step. Thankfully and Providentially, she let me through anyway after I persuaded her that I called in February and was only informed of two forms of ID, not specific ID (the sign in the office confirmed what I told her). That is the second way that God worked.
The third way is the most miraculous in my mind (though they are all miraculous works). I waited for my name to be called for my school assignment. Finally the big moment and I went back to the desk for my meeting with my assigned specialist. She looked at my requests and said that my first choice was full (it had filled up at person #5). So that is two of my choices full. That was the best school in the city that everyone wanted and I just had it on my list as I figured that I could ask and the least they could do is say "no".
She looked at my second choice and said "I think that one is full too." My spirits sunk as I thought, "now what #4 is only on the list as a fall back school.". The specialist said, "well, let's see what we have at school #2" as she poked at her computer. "We do have two seats available in school #2," she said, much to my elated joy. I replied, "I will take them." So either God opened up those two seats for my kids, or she had gotten them confused with another school. Either way, I saw him intervene on my behalf, clearly. Praise the Lord for his mighty power and Providential work even in the little things like where I school my kids.
This is also the school that my kids liked after our school tours and one of their friends will be in Kindergarten at the same school, so they would have a familiar face. God is so good. Now it is over with and there is so much peace in my mind and heart.
In a future post I will describe the reasons why I like this school and the more I read, the more I like it.