I know I said I wouldn't count the number of phone calls from the school any longer but I got another one today. There is nothing quite like knowing the school's phone numbers as soon as they came up on the caller ID.
Yes another call came from the guidance counselor today. I was worried that something else had happened today and I was being called to the school to pick her up. The counselor talked about how MAC was doing and got me to check my ParentConnex account before telling me that the call was not about a behavior issue, but about the parent/teacher conference next week.
You could almost hear me let out my breath when she said that the reason she called was that she needed to change the time of my conference next week. I was very happy to change the time, she made it later so I will even be able to work a little longer. The counselor suggested that perhaps MAC might even want to join us in the conference for a little at the end of the day.
I think, for this meeting, that I am actually looking forward to having a good sit down and discussion with these teachers.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
The day started like any other Monday. Wanting to stay in bed, snuggling under the covers for a few extra minutes, the mad rush to get lunches together, and then pushing each other out the door trying to make sure we don't miss the bus.
We did make it to the bus stop and she got to school on time. I walked in to an e-mail from her Italian teacher and crazy busyness at work. Today was the last day to reconcile all purchase card transactions. Actually it needed to be done by 1pm. I had 4 employees who needed to have their credit cards reconcilled as well as mine and the FedEx card. Everything was reconcilled by 12:30 but it was also a time card day so after my 1/2 hour lunch I went right back to working on time cards.
MAC called me at 4. She was looking forward to meeting a friend of ours when she got to R's house. Unfortneately our friend KB was running a little late. I told her to do her homework. She said, "yes mom" in the tone that says, "I'll tell you what you want to hear so you leave me alone". When I got to MAC at 5 she still had not done all of her work.
By the time KB got to the house at 6 MAC had finished three of the four core class' homework. MAC has been looking forward to seeing KB for over a week now and it was wonderful seeing her hop out of the car to give KB a hug when she got there.
We took a run to a New Age store where MAC loved looking at the crystal balls, necklaces and the Poke'mon cards. Dinner was very late and she got to bed a little over 2 hours late so tomorrow morning will be interesting.
It was great listening to the two of them laugh and laugh. If you want to say something random try, "Talk to the weasel" each time I said it it sent the two of them into gales of laughter. All three of use did a little car dancing tonight!
We did make it to the bus stop and she got to school on time. I walked in to an e-mail from her Italian teacher and crazy busyness at work. Today was the last day to reconcile all purchase card transactions. Actually it needed to be done by 1pm. I had 4 employees who needed to have their credit cards reconcilled as well as mine and the FedEx card. Everything was reconcilled by 12:30 but it was also a time card day so after my 1/2 hour lunch I went right back to working on time cards.
MAC called me at 4. She was looking forward to meeting a friend of ours when she got to R's house. Unfortneately our friend KB was running a little late. I told her to do her homework. She said, "yes mom" in the tone that says, "I'll tell you what you want to hear so you leave me alone". When I got to MAC at 5 she still had not done all of her work.
By the time KB got to the house at 6 MAC had finished three of the four core class' homework. MAC has been looking forward to seeing KB for over a week now and it was wonderful seeing her hop out of the car to give KB a hug when she got there.
We took a run to a New Age store where MAC loved looking at the crystal balls, necklaces and the Poke'mon cards. Dinner was very late and she got to bed a little over 2 hours late so tomorrow morning will be interesting.
It was great listening to the two of them laugh and laugh. If you want to say something random try, "Talk to the weasel" each time I said it it sent the two of them into gales of laughter. All three of use did a little car dancing tonight!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Reading
This morning was nice and relaxing. For the first hour after I woke up.
Hubby and I woke up around 7 this morning. We just lay in bed saying that we didn’t want to move. Of course I did not want to get out of bed. As hot as it had been yesterday it was cold this morning! At 8 I said that I should get out of bed. At 8:15 I said the same thing. Hubby didn't want to go this morning and I had said sure. At 8:20 I finally got moving. Half way to church I realized that MAC was supposed to read the New Testament scripture this morning and they would have to come.
I felt bad as I had to call them and say to get dressed really quickly because MAC had to be at church. Neither one was too happy about it. They did make it though, and she had a whole 5 minutes to read and practice in the PoP narthex.
I am happy to say that the reading went well. It was a long passage and I was thrilled when she got 90% of the hard words and put expression into the reading. If nothing else I know that MAC is a natural born actress!
Hubby and I woke up around 7 this morning. We just lay in bed saying that we didn’t want to move. Of course I did not want to get out of bed. As hot as it had been yesterday it was cold this morning! At 8 I said that I should get out of bed. At 8:15 I said the same thing. Hubby didn't want to go this morning and I had said sure. At 8:20 I finally got moving. Half way to church I realized that MAC was supposed to read the New Testament scripture this morning and they would have to come.
I felt bad as I had to call them and say to get dressed really quickly because MAC had to be at church. Neither one was too happy about it. They did make it though, and she had a whole 5 minutes to read and practice in the PoP narthex.
I am happy to say that the reading went well. It was a long passage and I was thrilled when she got 90% of the hard words and put expression into the reading. If nothing else I know that MAC is a natural born actress!
Friday, September 24, 2010
And the Grocery Shopping is done
So as most of you know I am working at the MD RenFest this season. This makes it a little difficult to get the things that I usually do on the weekends done. This includes the laundry and the grocery shopping for the week.
Hubby would rather go through a full dental cleaning than go into a store of any kind. For the first 3 years of our marriage the three of us would go grocery shopping together. For the last 10 years I have been doing mostly by myself. Hubby will come to the car and help to unload once I/we get home but really doesn't want to go to the store. I have talked MAC into going with me the last few times by promising her a Caribou Cooler.
Tonight Hubby and MAC had her first group appointment. I thought it started at 4:00 but it started at 4:45 instead. So I got home dropped off my bags and then headed to the Korean market. I picked up some food there and brought it home and had dinner before I went to the organic market. I just got back from the organic market and can say, "The grocery shopping is done!"
Group went well. MAC said that it was worth staying for and that the other girls "were like her". I'm glad that she liked it and has said that she will go back next week. Yeah Friday!
Hubby would rather go through a full dental cleaning than go into a store of any kind. For the first 3 years of our marriage the three of us would go grocery shopping together. For the last 10 years I have been doing mostly by myself. Hubby will come to the car and help to unload once I/we get home but really doesn't want to go to the store. I have talked MAC into going with me the last few times by promising her a Caribou Cooler.
Tonight Hubby and MAC had her first group appointment. I thought it started at 4:00 but it started at 4:45 instead. So I got home dropped off my bags and then headed to the Korean market. I picked up some food there and brought it home and had dinner before I went to the organic market. I just got back from the organic market and can say, "The grocery shopping is done!"
Group went well. MAC said that it was worth staying for and that the other girls "were like her". I'm glad that she liked it and has said that she will go back next week. Yeah Friday!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
New Day, New Group
I am very excited about MACs new group which starts tomorrow. It will be a group of other girls who are like her and it will be a new place where she will be able to feel safe and hopefully will learn some new coping skills. I have spoken with both her "talk therapist" and with the doctor who runs the group. They are both fairly certain that this is the right place for her.
It is awkward trying to make friends at the best of times when you know how to read the "signs" other people send out. Trying to make friends when all of the signs look the same to you makes the keeping of friends almost impossible. After talking with the doctor who runs the program, she is hoping that instead of making this just a "middle school" group these girls will bond and will continue with each other as a group through high school.
I don't know if she is looking forward to the group but I hope that she will at least give it a chance. I know that when everything happened at the end of last school year I was worried about where we would end up, and I think that MSA is the best place that could have happened to us. Hubby is not so thrilled with the "prescriber" but the practice is all about the children and I appreciate that! Let's keep our fingers crossed that the new day and the new group are wonderful!
It is awkward trying to make friends at the best of times when you know how to read the "signs" other people send out. Trying to make friends when all of the signs look the same to you makes the keeping of friends almost impossible. After talking with the doctor who runs the program, she is hoping that instead of making this just a "middle school" group these girls will bond and will continue with each other as a group through high school.
I don't know if she is looking forward to the group but I hope that she will at least give it a chance. I know that when everything happened at the end of last school year I was worried about where we would end up, and I think that MSA is the best place that could have happened to us. Hubby is not so thrilled with the "prescriber" but the practice is all about the children and I appreciate that! Let's keep our fingers crossed that the new day and the new group are wonderful!
Glee 2
And last night we had some great thunderstorms come through which was wonderful because we needed the rain, but it knocked out our power, which shut down the internet. So this is the blog I was going to post last night.
This must be what it is like to feel normal. I got a phone call from MAC this afternoon as soon as she walked in the door. When I got to Mom and Dad’s house (now Rs) she had done her homework and came out to meet me at the car. We went home had a nice dinner where everyone talked a little and we ate together. I asked to look at her homework and although she gave a little backtalk, she did it without a huge fight.
She asked if we could go get some sheet music for a song she wants to sing in chorus tomorrow and because everything else was done I said that we could run to Music and Arts and take a look. On the way to the store she finished her Language arts homework (which is 20 minutes of reading) and she and I had a short discussion of what the possible outcomes could be. She said she understood.
Boy it has been a while since I have been in a Music and Arts store! The keyboards at the front are gone and there was only one rack of guitars, but the sheet music…there was TONS of it. We walked right to the aisle where the book was that she wanted: Songs and CD from Glee. We stood in line long enough for the downpour to come and then walked back to the car in puddles up to our ankles. (It was almost like the days when she wanted to go splash in puddles.)
I’ve got to say we must have looked a sight driving down the road on the way home. Of course we opened the CD and put it in the car CD player! Both of us were singing (her from the book and I from memory) Defying Gravity, Don’t Stop Believing, Bust your Windows, and Keep Me Holding, and doing the “car dance”.
We talked about one of her good friends who loves Glee and the other who doesn’t and the new group that she is going to start on Friday. I think I’m more excited about it than she is. It is a group for middle school girls who are all having issues like MAC. They will discuss strategies for dealing with bully’s, making and keeping friends, and have a safe place to be themselves. She said that she is willing to “give it a try”.
We came home and she took her pills, took her shower and went straight to bed. I am thankful that we have finally found something that the two of us can talk about and do together.
This must be what it is like to feel normal. I got a phone call from MAC this afternoon as soon as she walked in the door. When I got to Mom and Dad’s house (now Rs) she had done her homework and came out to meet me at the car. We went home had a nice dinner where everyone talked a little and we ate together. I asked to look at her homework and although she gave a little backtalk, she did it without a huge fight.
She asked if we could go get some sheet music for a song she wants to sing in chorus tomorrow and because everything else was done I said that we could run to Music and Arts and take a look. On the way to the store she finished her Language arts homework (which is 20 minutes of reading) and she and I had a short discussion of what the possible outcomes could be. She said she understood.
Boy it has been a while since I have been in a Music and Arts store! The keyboards at the front are gone and there was only one rack of guitars, but the sheet music…there was TONS of it. We walked right to the aisle where the book was that she wanted: Songs and CD from Glee. We stood in line long enough for the downpour to come and then walked back to the car in puddles up to our ankles. (It was almost like the days when she wanted to go splash in puddles.)
I’ve got to say we must have looked a sight driving down the road on the way home. Of course we opened the CD and put it in the car CD player! Both of us were singing (her from the book and I from memory) Defying Gravity, Don’t Stop Believing, Bust your Windows, and Keep Me Holding, and doing the “car dance”.
We talked about one of her good friends who loves Glee and the other who doesn’t and the new group that she is going to start on Friday. I think I’m more excited about it than she is. It is a group for middle school girls who are all having issues like MAC. They will discuss strategies for dealing with bully’s, making and keeping friends, and have a safe place to be themselves. She said that she is willing to “give it a try”.
We came home and she took her pills, took her shower and went straight to bed. I am thankful that we have finally found something that the two of us can talk about and do together.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Glee night
It was Glee night. I am happy to report that not only was she excited about watching Glee she did all her homework on time so that she could watch it!
There was a little bit of unhappiness when I told her what we were having for dinner, lasagna. She complained all the way home from the library since it was a PVA night, but when she finally had some she liked it. She even went back for seconds.
The two of us went through her school binder and cleaned out "the folder". Once again she did not get her teachers to sign her missing homework form but it appears that she has been doing her homework, hopefully she has turned it in.
I am very happy to say that even though we got a late start on Glee due to the binder issue, we did watch it together and had a great time humming the songs that we knew.
There was a little bit of unhappiness when I told her what we were having for dinner, lasagna. She complained all the way home from the library since it was a PVA night, but when she finally had some she liked it. She even went back for seconds.
The two of us went through her school binder and cleaned out "the folder". Once again she did not get her teachers to sign her missing homework form but it appears that she has been doing her homework, hopefully she has turned it in.
I am very happy to say that even though we got a late start on Glee due to the binder issue, we did watch it together and had a great time humming the songs that we knew.
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