Good Monday Morning!

Hi all how was your weekend? Mine was a mixture of extreme stress and enjoyment. I had a meeting at school re my daughter which was horrendous, and stressful, then I was up at the school all Saturday and Sunday - organising a fundraising fireworks display with refreshments stalls etc. and clearing up the next day. Tired today and now have to pick up the mess left from the meeting on Friday, but oh well, life as a parent I guess... This week I plan to try and de-stress and eat right ( step away from the left over halloween candy)

Hi Ruth, My weekend went as usual....too fast and got nothing done! We went to court for the kids last week,but nothing became of it....they were too involved in the case where my son owes back child support!! So it was a waste of time! Now we go back AGAIN the 12th of December! So the mom does not make any effort on the weekends to come and get the kids so I do as much as you can with a 20 month running around making messes all the time!! Should be good exercise,but just wears me out and i am tired all the time,I just want to sleep..... We added an extra hour to out ime over the weekend,time change,turned the clocks back an hour,didn't help me any though!! Been really doing bad on my weight this weekend! I did really good last week and got down to where I was when I got sick the one time....but then with all the stress of the kids,money,etc....My poor cat got bit and had to take him to the vet...$194.00!!!! Still am not getting any help with paying the sitters for the kids,am about to quit my job and stay home!! But....my depressing story...maybe will be good someday!!

Hi Karen You are doing great for those children - you are changing their lives. It must be difficult though for you. I can imagine how tiring they are. Your poor cat - what bit it? Yikes, $194 that's gotta hurt. Have you thought of staying home and doing home day care? Would that work for you? That way you get to save on child care costs and make some money too??

I was busy as usual. I've been working on some training tapes for work so I did that all weekend. Other than that, I had a pretty nice stressfree weekend. I am so glad that for a change I could just kick it. I hope things work out with the school and your daughter. Sounds like you had a very busy weekend and need a break. Carla

Thanks Carla You always seem to have some project or other going on - do you ever rest? You must have the energy of a super woman

Hi Ruth! What's going on with your daughter and her school? I hope everything is okay! This weekend was okay for me. We did some shopping and we also rented some of season 1 of Heroes so we can catch up and then watch this season, which we've recorded. So exciting, huh?! Ha, ha! Then on Sunday morning I got up early and I went for an 8 mile run ... yes, 8 freaking miles! Woo hoo! I really threw my shoulder out though from my excess skin boobs ... ouch! I'm really sore today. Deanna

Hi Deanna are you being serious re your shoulder or just joking? I hope you are joking...if not, make sure your doctor documents the injury to try for reconstruction - I know you got turned down didn't you. Maybe if you can show problem the insurance will reconsider. Good for you running 8 miles on your own too! That sounds like my ideal dream - gettign up on a SUnday morning and going for a run. Yes I know - the only thing stopping me is me and my laziness Millie has learning difficulties and needs multi-sensory learning strategies. Trouble is that her teacher is basically rubbish as far as we can see and has been obstructing all efforts to help Millie as she thinks she knows best. We've already had several meetings this semester and we finally had enough and made a complaint about her. That is what the meeting on Friday was about. The whole school (I work there) know's what this teaches is like, but she's been allowed to get away with it for so long. We spent 2 1/2 hours with the head teachers telling us how wonderful the teacher is and us disagreeing. We are seriously considering moving Millie to a new school but her confidence is at an all time low and she is actually on the edge of an emotional breakdown so are concerned that moving her will be detrimental too. We feel like we are between a rock and a hard place, not knowing what to do for the best. Aghhhh, the life of a parent - we are supposed to be educational professional, health care professionals, child care professionals, etc. etc. etc. Sigh, and of course as mothers we ALWAYS second guess our decisions too!! And being a perfectionist doesn't help either......... Anyway, sorry to ramble on! Hope your shoulder gets better soon

hello my luvs !!!!!!!!!!!! This weekend was kinda nice & relaxed for us , dh and I went to dinner & a movie , then went grocery shopping , which was real big change this month , ......... ya know ??? so sorry to hear about everyones troubles ........I hope they get better as the week goes on . loving u is easy cause yer beautiful.......................

Ruth It is never easy to fight the school system. I really hate it when I get a teacher that isn't able to adapt to a child that needs something different than the rest. I think that sometimes, some teachers think it isn't fair to teach a child the way that they need to be taught, they figure that it is giving special favours. I think that not adapting to a different learning style is like not giving insulin to a child who has diabetes. It wouldn't be fair to give all the kids in the class insulin as it wouldn't be good for them either, but that is the argument that I hear from many teachers, that it wouldn't be fair to teach differently because it wouldn't be fair to the other kids. I hope that you are able to work this out. I often think that getting away from toxic teaching is far better than toughing it out. Self esteem grows back if it isn't completely squashed.