I went to the school to pick up my children today and was greeted by my son’s teacher and the parent of a friend of his.  His teacher proceeded to tell me about more work that he is not completing in class.  I questioned her on a few new issues I suspect and was basically told he’s getting zeros for his work.  Then his friend’s mom comes over and tells me her son has something to tell me.  For the sake of clarity here, I’ll call him C.  C proceeds to tell me about this other child in DS’s class that has been giving my son issues all year.  My son told me he was beating on him yesterday.  C told me about how he stepped in (C is not small) to defend DS and that this kid is targeting DS and inciting other children to target him.  I asked him if he wouldn’t mind going in to the assistant principal’s office with me and sharing his story with him.  I talked with DS and he’s basically worried about this kid all the time and not focussing on his work.  I told the assistant (the principal never seems to be around when this happens) that I don’t want my son anywhere around this child at all.  He is going to talk with the principal first thing Monday and make sure this gets taken care of.  The only person thus far that seems to back me is the assistant principal.  I said I do not want my child near this child again.  I was so ready to yank DS from school this afternoon, but I so hate for him to lose out on all this special events this year.  I think it is wrong that another child can cause his these issues, wreak so much havoc, and no one does a thing about it.

Lost track of my days again.  I think it was because yesterday we took DS for an EEG and he had to be sleep deprived prior to the test.  Anytime a child is required to be sleep deprived it means Mom has to be sleep deprived too.  So basically yesterday is a blur.  The test was interesting though and my fears did not come to fruition.  I figured that DS would not be able to go to sleep there and we would have to repeat the whole process again.  But he dropped off very quickly and easily once instructed to do so.  Sure wish I could have gone with him (to sleep).  He has a Catscan  coming up Wednesday a week from now.  That one I’m NOT looking forward to at all.  I;’ve never had one but am told that it’s very loud, and a bit scary.  They told DH they could sedate him for the  test and that they would recommend that sedation be done.   They told hmi it would cost $5 more like that would be an issue.  Uhm?  $5 and  that’s supposed  to be a problem?  I guess with some it might be, but if it means my child will be more comfortable and not afriad, then the cost is not an issue with me.  My concern is more about what affect the  sedation  will have on him.  I’m guessing the person on the other end of the phone when DH was talking with them does not have a  child yet.  Anyway…that’s what I have to look forward to.

I’m getting ready for Thanksgiving time now.  I’ve been working on cleaning out some paperwork too.  So I have food all over  the kitchen and paper all over my floor.  Guess I’m off to get back to work.  I just wanted to take a little breather.  I’ll stop in to visit when I get another breather.

Ever have one of those Thursdays, when you just can’t seem to figure out what day of the week it is. I have come very close to telling several folks this morning, “Happy Monday!” I KNOW it is Thursday, but my head keeps thinking Monday. It’s Thursday and tomorrow is fun day!

I am so excited about tomorrow. I am going to the annual “Memories Expo” in Orlando. This will be my fourth visit to this convention. I always see such cool ideas and have so much fun trying new things. I’m attending the evening crop tomorrow night with a friend. I also have a couple of friends meeting up for an organizational class tomorrow afternoon. Lord knows, I need all the help organizing that I can get. I’ll drop the kids off at school tomorrow and drive directly there for an entire day of exhausting but fun, scrapping and scrap idea hunting.

We had a new IKEA store open up here yesterday. There were folks camped out in front of the store for two days before it opened, just to be one of the first to go in. I can not imagine. I did go by to take a gander at what all the commotion was about. I actually was able to park near the front of the store and get inside to take a look. It is HUMONGOUS! There are several displays and very cheep prices, but I really didn’t get all the hoopla. I also thought a lot of it looked as cheep as it cost. I did buy a floor lamp and a contraption to put on top of one of my pots to create a double boiler (I’ve always wanted one). Then stood in line for more than 40 minutes. I also ate lunch in their cafe. The swedish meatballs were pretty good as was the apple slice cake. I did quite a bit of walking just to get through the store, so probably worked off what I ate. Might be worth going back just for those two reasons. Yeah!  I workout and do my power walks at the local IKEA store.

Current Mood: Happy

I’m working on cleaning house today.  Lots to do!  The holidays are creeping up on me a bit fast this year.  Seems every year it just seems to happen faster and faster.  Not to much to report since my last post. 

I’m feeling better this week about things in general.  I guess having some sort of hope for an improvement at DS’s school is making a big dent in lifting the spirits.  I’ll see what happens when DS gets home.  I’m anxious to hear from him.  He went in with a real attitude this morning…so not so sure how his day will go.  I preach to him about his attitude and how he controls how his day goes for the most part.  My prayer is that this will one day sink in.  (Guess I need it to sink in for me too.  LOL)

Okay, I’m off to visit a bit and then finish up my tasks for the day.  Hope your Monday is terrific.

This morning I finally broke and took the issues we’re having up a step higher on the ladder. DS and I spent 3 hours last night on homework and then still ran around this morning to be sure that everything was as it should be. As a result DS was 15 minutes late for his patrol duty and in fear of losing his badge and still wasn’t sure he had it all together. He was so stressed out. (And so was I).

I went in and spoke with the Assistant Principal (The principal is out of town). I LOVE this man. He is such a gentle and encouraging spirit and has a true love for his kids. I let everything out as best I could and without being completely negative. He sat and “really” listened and agreed. I FINALLY felt I was heard. He is going to chat with the teacher about what the purpose of homework is and said he was hoping for a diadem shift. That 1.5 to 2 hours of homework every night, Monday-Friday is too much for children this age. That in Middle School they do not have that much either. He said if my son was experiencing this sort of stress, he would not be alone and he is glad that I came and spoke to him. He also is addressing the issues of bullying that are occurring in that room by requiring classroom meetings weekly instead of asking for DS to “tell” when it is happening. He told me to give him this coming week to affect at change and if it did not occur to return and speak with the principal after Thanksgiving. He also told me he would be praying for Robert and me through this. What a blessing he is. I can not tell you how much better I am feeling about it, just being able to express my concerns and feeling like we are going to make headway.

I’ve put this meeting off in the past because I was concerned about going behind the teachers back, but I feel I have given her every opportunity now to affect a change and I have been very forthright with her. I even put all of my concerns in writing. Then I really thought I was seeing some changes, and now I realize it was only because of the change over of quin that the work slowed down for a week. We can’t continue at this pace.

I can’t tell you how much better it makes me feel to have at least been heard and to feel supported. I’m hoping this will finally bring about some change and relief for my son in what he is having to deal with on a daily basis. He has been so unhappy. That is what breaks my heart. I want to see him happy and striving and enjoying learning as he has before.