my public v. private identity crisis

up until this year, my kids have attended public schools. my husband and i also attended public schools growing up. but when we moved recently, not knowing what area of town we would live in, we opted to enroll them in private schools - mac at a montessori school and amelia at what i refer to as "the academy." i don't know what my expectations were, but i am surprised at how different these two schools are. they are, in fact, polar opposites. amelia's school is everything one might expect from an "academy," right down to its old headmaster who says academy in such a way that it rhymes with dichotomy. the car pool line is packed with escalades and navigators and parent meetings are a virtual fashion show where you would be hard-pressed to find a woman there with flat shoes or unaugmented breasts. mac's montessori school, on the other hand, has a parking lot full of hatch-backs - and i don't mean crossovers, i mean actual hatch-backs - from the 70s. i haven't attended the first parent meeting yet, but i am fully expecting to be passed a bong while we all sing kumbayah. when dropping the kids off, i feel like i need to change clothes between schools. i haven't made many friends yet but surely there are some other hybrids like me out there. i mean, i recycle, but i get botox. i wear birkenstocks with designer jeans. i can't afford the environmentally-friendly vehicle i want, so i am driving a jeep, that's paid for (but regularly stalls in the car pool line). maybe i am over-thinking it, but i think life was easier in public school.