Alrighty, so I have exactly 2.348 seconds before my little (large would be more accurate) Hoover starts complaining that I’m on the computer and wants to knock over the 1,079, 342, 457th block tower this morning.
I’m not sure exactly what’s up, but ‘Siah was up from 2-3:15am last night or this morning or however you want to call that…..like happy and in that half drugged/asleep state, but talking and singing and most definately AWAKE.
He finally went back to sleep, but it took me a little bit to settle back down, and I was DREADING this morning with everything in me.
It went pretty well though, and everyone was off to school on time and didn’t forget anything and there were no tears and no melt-downs, and as far as I’m concerned…that’s a very positive morning.
Yesterday, ‘Siah was up freaky early (like 615am….that’s freaky early in my estimation) and then went down for a 2.5 hour nap that started at 9am just after the kids eft for school and if you can do the math – ended at 11:30am, AND…….I had crawled back into bed and managed to (minus a few phone call interruptions) sleep the whole time as well. So, lets just say that yesterday was a good day, and after last night, I was really hoping for a re-run, but NOPE!
Little stinker fell asleep, but didn’t want to let me go, and then woke up at 10am. Stupid Expectations…they get me every time.
I had mom and dad and Chris out for dinner last night, and they stayed until the kids were in bed, so that was SO HELPFUL.
Everyone at J’s school is raving about how wonderful he is doing, and cynical me is wondering if he’s really doing that well, or if they are all just saying it so that we keep him on the Ritalin. Not that we are planning on taking him off it right now…we are still in the trying it out stage and have no intentions of mucking around with stuff until we give it all a good shot, BUT…..
….it’s still as messy and frustrating in my head, and as much as I could just ramble on and on about everything that’s flying hrough my head – I’m not going to subject you to that….I’ll keep it until I have some clearer, more consise things to say.
Regardless, J’s doing okay, but night times are rough and he seems to be more hyper when the meds wear off…..Is this normal? or is it just our perception? I dunno.
Siah is cruising the furniture and even the walls like a monkey and is clapping and waving hi and bye and he is just happy and darling and everything that we’ve been waiting for and hoping for the past long years.
Xani is her happy bubbly self….and we adore her. She is being so helpful and seems to really be “getting” responsibility and pitching in and we are so proud of her.
Angelica is getting so big, and honestly is struggling a bit. She is so upset that we ask her to help out or pitch in with housework…she doens’t like that she has to prove that she’s responsible. She just wants us to blindly trust her, and the problem with that is that she’ making some stupid, stupid choices, and tends to react when confronted with a situation or issue. It must be so hard. I don’t know what’s going on or why she’s acting like this, but we are talking and so that’s good. I wonder what of it is hormones, and what is preeteen stuff and what is….I dunno. She’s a great kid and we love her, but she’s making some hard choices and learning (in our minds) the hard way….but she and we’ll figure it all out and it’ll end up good.
Jon’s been away for the past 2 nights, and is coming home “sometime” today. That’ll be nice. I’ve missed him.
Well, I gotta go and dig ‘Siah outta the plants….he’s discovered dirt…..:rollseyes:….and that’s just so much fun!
ahhh yes 11 is a fun age where the hormones are basically climaxing! believe me when dear Aunt Flow finally shows up you will have your daughter back…at least for 3 weeks of the month 🙂 hehe
me and some friends had a big old talk about the Ritalin debate..one of them has been told to put her son on it and she refuses…she is a TA for behaviour kids and feels he just isn’t there yet…so hard to make that call but again just how you literally exhausted your resources and are not taking this lightly is amazing and I think you are so strong!!
Hey Patti,
Thanks for sharing how things are going in your life.
I remember being Geli’s age and wanting so desperately to fit in, wanting the advantages of being an teenager when it benefited and also of being a kid when it worked in my favor. It’s a time of struggle and growth and she’ll do well. You guys are doing a great job with them.
On a side note,
How’s your hair? Mom wants to go get hers done.
Hey thanks for dinner last night. Worked out great, eh? Great meal, Nice evening, got the clean up done and time with the grandkids and they were all in bed before we left…Really enjoyed being with you all. Love Momma and Dad. See you Saturday when we get our hair done.
I didn’t realize this was a new post until this morning…. the cheeze cake and the pizza thing in the title fooled me…. I guess I was in a way hurry glancing through here… You are a wonderful mom and I think your kids are growing in wisdom and knowledge. and in favor with God and man…..yup ‘your working it’…..