The way to school is always Exciting and Fun. That's because she's not going to see her father until evening, joy of joys - even High School is better than that.
(And it's not all bad, she actually likes it there, and by now she's sort of the outcast everyone's mostly content to ignore, which is an improvement.)
So she makes her way to school with a spring in her step and a smile on her face, knowing that everything's gonna be just fine today.