Chaperoning a trip to the zoo with no air conditioning system

When our daughter’s class planned a field trip to the zoo, I volunteered to chaperone.

It sounded savor a lovely option to spend time with our little girl plus get to suppose her friends.

It never occurred to myself and others that we would make the journey in a school bus. The bus was not equipped with air conditioning system. The windows openly opened an inch for safety reasons. Between the outdated shocks, hot conditions plus 60 hour drive, I arrived at the zoo with a poor migraine. Since the field trip was scheduled for the second month of June, the day was tepid plus sticky. The temperature was somewhere in the mid eighties, plus the day sun was brutal. There was no shade to be found. I figured out that the reptile house, aquarium plus the gift store were the only air conditioned spaces. My group spent the majority of our time in those locations. I provided each of the women 10 dollars to spend at the gift store plus told them to take their time browsing. I was in no hurry to leave the air conditioning system plus step back outside into the intense heat, overwhelming humidity plus horrible aromas of the zoo. At the end of the day, when I was coated in sweat, sunburned plus angry, it was time to step back onto the bus. The ride condo was even worse than the initial drive. I couldn’t wait to exit that bus, crawl into our vehicle plus blast the air conditioning system. When I finally made it home, I poured myself a gigantic glass of wine plus lowered our temperature control setting. I felt that I deserved it. I also decided to never volunteer for another school field trip.

 

Chaperoning a trip to the zoo with no air conditioning system