In the process

[awest1217]

Glad you had fun. It is always nice to have those days where everything is just fun.

[lostandconfused6]

NM-
Your son sounds adorable! Aren't they wonderful for lifting spirits?? I don't know where I would be without my son right now. Nothing else can put a smile on my face the way that he can!

[newmama]

Darn- I reflected about the gym but realized that it isn't good for S. Realistically, I need one of the nights that exH has S to catch up on work stuff or errands. So if I were to use the daycare for S, it would mean I picked him up from daycare and took him to daycare AGAIN (at the gym) for another hour? Nope.
Argh. Not the right time to take this on.

Finished up with report cards and that was rather time consuming but had a pretty good day at school. I really notice that when we take TIME and do less activities, it goes better for my students. There is so much pressure to teach a ton of different skills and push push push the kids to work quickly, LEARN IT! NOW! And stop playing around! YOU ARE FIRST GRADERS AND YOU WILL HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A THIRD GRADER!!! Sometimes I just need to remember the major goal-- teach them to read, write, learn to add and subtract, and be independent. Believe me, that is a fulllll day!

I checked out another daycare with exH today. On the upside, it is really structured (almost too much! I do want S to be able to have time to just play!) but DAMN the room was super tiny where he would be all day! Smaller than the current sitch. So both of us really liked the other daycare from a couple of weeks ago. Also, exH mentioned something about crunching numbers to determine how much I would pay for it. His payment has been daycare+ extra money...it has been more than legally required by about $200. We'll see what his proposal is.

Ugh, am having an Rheumatoid Arthitis flare up! WHen it rains, it pours! When I went to request a medication refill, I was forced to schedule an appointment first. So next Tuesday, looks like I'm going to the doctor and taking the day to do so (when the appointment falls in the middle of the day, a full day sub is required). But hopefully that will help me catch up with my chores.

This weekend I have my friend's Christmas party to go to (I will also stay the night) and am currently still recovering from all of the laundry I couldn't do because I was so sick! Hopefully I can somehow get it all done, plus the weekly chores...

[Mystik]

My goodness you're one busy gal. Make sure you are taking some time for yourself, too.

Hopefully your exH's proposal falls in line with what he is currently paying and you don't lose any of the child support.

[courageous wife]

Hope you are able to get a handle on the RA before next Tuesday!
Please do take it easy and take care of yourself!

Good luck with the daycare search! I am so glad I don't have to do that anymore!

[flowmom]

Get well soon newmama...do you know what the triggers are?

You're pretty motivated...perhaps you could do workouts at home? Kettlebells, DVDs, etc. It takes a lot of self-discipline but you can totally get fit that way.

If I was putting my child in full-time daycare, I would look for a small family-oriented Waldorf-style situation where they emphasize daily outdoor nature time. I would ask around at the local Waldorf school to get contacts. I love their approach to early childhood education (not in the grades though) and their emphasis on the whole child and healthy daily rhythms. That may not be your cup of tea but I just thought I'd share!

take care of yourself hun!

[gatsby11]

OMG, I have the same problem with workouts! I was planning on joining the Y, but I'm like, "So... I pick her up from the daycare just to bring her to another one? [censored] for her and me!" So I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm already going to therapy when WH has her one night... maybe I can fit in the gym on his other night.

It's so interesting hearing a 1st grade perspective-- I've got 'em up here at 6/7/8 grade...


see ya!

[bright_new_day]

And I have trhem as HS seniors....ready to head off into the world....not sure there is much left for me to teach them.... they definitely think they know it all!

[awest1217]

They think they know it all as sophomores.

[bright_new_day]

You're right, I have sophomes next term, and taught them last year as well....They may be worse than the seniors becausee they are starting to get driverr's licenses nd stuff and think they are adult, but are so NOT!!!