We are settling in nicely now to our house, and Allie is in San Antonio doing her thing with Creative Writing studies.
However… after 1 full week of her being there, I received a text from her last night.
She NEVER gets home sick, or complains about things. But, this time, she expressed some feelings of stress about the fact that they don’t get much free time to do what they want during this session.
I believe they had more free time last summer. I feel her pain, but I did reassure her that she will have a lot of down time when she’s finished in 2 more weeks.
She is worried because school will start shortly after she returns. She has had a pretty busy summer with trips and activities. More than the average, for sure.
We probably won’t be repeating this again, so she can survive the next 2 week, knowing that.
I just felt bad for her…
The other kids are doing great, however, now I have to fill out a request to keep them in their current school, as we moved outside of their school boundary. ugh… They have to go through an approval process, and it is first come first serve. I quickly went to the school today, and filled that paperwork out, so we’ll see….Plus, these kids have been at this school since kindergarten. I sure hope they can stay. We probably won’t know those results until the week before school starts. Talk about a mild stresser until then… I also included a letter indicating that they have been seeing the school counselor, Mr. Keith, and are doing much better since seeing him regularly. (fingers are crossed)
I did find a little bit of “poo” on the floor this morning, and we ALL know it’s Austin’s. OMG! I am sooo tired of this. Both boys are having multiple accidents in their pants, and it’s driving me batty. I am not sure how to handle this, without losing my cool. Last week, Austin and Adam both pooped in their bathing suit bottoms right before Austin’s swimming lesson. I had to rinse out both, and make them wear them, even though they were wet. RIDICULOUS!
I do NOT understand that at all..
Hoping it gets better… will it?
Then, there’s Autumn. Sweet, sassy Autumn…
She has had a terrible time with being mouthy to me, counselors, her grandma, and her Papa… We really got into it the other morning, while trying to get her out of bed for the day. She refused. She was being super defiant, and I lost my patience and kindness went out the window too. I told her she has GOT to learn that you have to obey and respect others. Especially adults. She does not have rights to demand how things are going to go. She is only 10. She doesn’t have authority over her life. At this point, adults and caregivers have authority over her. She must comply.
fun times over here.
All in a Day 