{"id":980,"date":"2026-04-06T21:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:13:36","slug":"new-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"New Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Day 1: 
Level Up, New Chapter.
Fresh buttermilk pancakes.

New outfit:
skirt hem, shoes and hair
all Mom-vetted-and-approved.

Photo time:
Posed candids on
the house front steps;
proof of milestone.
Session ends predictably,
upon the first \"Mom stop<\/em>!!!\" 

Transport time:
Ride in to a new building.
Enter through the front doors.
Cluster around new faces.
Stare around at new sights.

Schedule time:
Await instructions 
from someone 
who looks like they
know what they're doing.

Intake time:
Take another photo.
Get a lanyard.
Meet the new class.
Get assigned a desk.
(No, can't switch with a peer.)

Back-to-school vibes;
New Kid on the Block: 
NKOTB.
Drop-off Day of summer camp.

New Girl:
Day 1,
brand-new role, 
exciting organization.

Here\u2019s to free will
and free snacks
and lunch buddies
and bold projects
and a fresh routine.
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\u201cNew Kid (on the Block),\u201d a blending of core first day memories in honor of my first day of work in my next chapter. Written April 06, poem 096 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, “Smile! First Day Pancakes,” by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,311,200,2],"tags":[441,569,502,565,567,557,501,558,559,568,9,564,560,130,561,563,562,504,554,556,588,566,570],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-generational","category-humor","category-poems","tag-april","tag-bold","tag-brave","tag-buttermilk","tag-day-1","tag-drop-off-day","tag-first-day","tag-free-snacks","tag-free-will","tag-fresh","tag-humor","tag-level-up","tag-lunch-buddies","tag-memories","tag-mom-stop","tag-mom-approved","tag-mom-vetted","tag-new-chapter","tag-new-kid","tag-new-kid-on-the-block","tag-nkotb","tag-pancakes","tag-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}