Habit

I just can’t seem to stay in the habit of posting and keeping records. I know I’m going to want to remember all this stuff when my kids are older…I don’t know what my problem is.

If Facebook had a blog, I don’t think I would come here anymore.

Can you tell I’m bored at work?

Even Better

High Nerd

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I have been in a funk for the past week or more. I don’t particularly know what my problem is. I think I’m going through a I-miss-my-old-life period. I miss not having to go to work every day. I miss having more time to hang out with the kids…well, more spread out time anyway. Packing it all into 2 days on the weekend is not enjoyable. There is always so much I wish I could be doing. Most of all, I just miss lounging around my house, working when I felt like it, not having to get dressed up. Maybe this will all go away given time. I hope so. I hope it is just a phase.

Parent/Teacher Conference

Yesterday was parent/teacher conferences…..eh. I was dreading it and dying for it all at the same time. I wanted to know if it was just me my daughter wouldn’t do anything for or if she just doesn’t know how to read at all. There is a very good possibility she will have to repeat Kindergarten. Her teacher thinks it is a developmental thing rather than a learning disability. I almost hope it is a learning disability because at least there is a way to work with that. If it is developmental all we can do is sit around and wait for things to start clicking in Bailey’s head. It makes me feel like a bad parent. I’ve always read to her. I participated with her in early Headstart and Headstart for 2 years. Why in the world won’t she get it? Why doesn’t she care?

Michael is still loved to death by his teacher. She thinks he is wonderful. I’m glad he is doing so well. I don’t think I could handle having trouble with 2 kids in school.

Random sadness has been bugging me lately. I hope it is just hormone related and will go away soon.

Uneventful

It has been really uneventful as of recent. Not that I’m going to complain. We are addicted to Totem Tribe and that seems to be ruling our lives at this point….sad, I know. Honestly, it seem the last week or so has been a blur.

Scarey True…

Sue’s Existing Situation

Readily participates in things that provide excitement or stimulation. Wants to feel exhilarated.

Sue’s Stress Sources

Resilience and tenacity are being overtaxed by the continued attempt to overcome existing difficulties. Sticks to her objectives but feels subjected to intolerable pressure. Considers it impossible to change the situation into one of cooperation and mutual trust and so desires to be free of it altogether.

Sue’s Restrained Characteristics

Willing to become emotionally involved and able to achieve satisfaction through sexual activity.Feels that things stand in her way, that circumstances are forcing her to compromise and forgo some pleasures for the time being.

Sue’s Desired Objective

Needs a change in her circumstances or in her relationships which will permit relief from stress. Seeking a solution which will open up new and better possibilities and allow hopes to be fulfilled.

Sue’s Actual Problem

The tensions induced by trying to cope with conditions which are really beyond her capabilities, or reserves of strength, have led to considerable anxiety and a sense of personal (but unadmitted) inadequacy. She reacts by seeking outside confirmation of her ability and value in order to bolster her self-esteem. Inclined to blame others so that she may shift the blame from herself. Anxiously searching for solutions and prone to compulsive inhibitions and compulsive desires.

Sue’s Actual Problem #2

Anxiety and restless dissatisfaction, either with circumstances or with unfulfilled emotional requirements, have produced stress. She feels misunderstood, disoriented, and unsettled. This drives her into a search for new conditions or relationships, in the hope that these might offer greater contentment and peace of mind.
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Inauguration Day

I’m an avid Obama supporter but I must say, I have had enough with this first black guy as President crap. Isn’t the whole point of this to prove we are past the color lines??? If we are past them then quit making such a fuss over the fact the dude is of biracial heritage. Let’s just push ahead and look at all the things he could possibly do to help our country. Let’s forget the color of his skin and listen to his words of encouragement. For that matter, can we push past the color of his party and just come together and support the fact we have new hope??? This is a time of renewal. It shouldn’t matter if he is black, white, christian, muslim, democrat or republican! He is President and he needs our support!! For the first time, I know I feel motivated that change is possible and I can tell many others feel the same way. So don’t expect him to be able to work miracles, expect him to bring us together as a nation to fix the tasks at hand. He can’t do it alone!

Learning to Read

I don’t know what to do. Bailey’s stubbornness is going to drive me insane. It gets to the point you can’t tell if she is just being stubborn or really doesn’t know something. But how can she not know it if she just told you what it was 2 minutes ago??? Last night I asked her to read me a little booklet she brought home from school about kitties. I helped her through the first 6 pages (each page basically says the same thing, only 2 words change). By the 7th page I expected her to remember the words that had been repeating through the entire book. Nope! She didn’t know them. I wanted to tear my hair out! I don’t know what to do. My patience can only last so long. I know she is smarter than she lets on but how do you get it out of her?