Saturday

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged. But school is now in session, and it's extra busy around here. Homework is not fun now that the girls are in the upper grades of elementary school. If you are a teacher reading this, I make no apologies. It's really hard to try to do algebra at my age, when I couldn't do it when I was in the NINTH GRADE. Who said kids in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades should be doing this stuff when they can't even do multiplication and division!!! And who came up with a spelling contract?? No more writing words 5 times each, and use each word in a sentence. *sigh* I'm tired of a 4th grader and a certain 5th grader crying on me because they are having such a hard time making a game out of their spelling words!! My computer doesn't want to make a blasted cross word puzzle out of 20 to 25 spelling words!! Brianna has 2 to 3 hours of homework a night! And I'm trying to keep some kind of schedule going here. And my family expects me cook them food every night. Maybe your kids eat at MacYuck every night, or maybe you order a pizza most nights. My budget doesn't allow for that, and I have to cook. It's simple fare, but I cook it. (thank God, I can now cook! Remember when I couldn't leave the chair???)

I am so sorry. But this is really grating on my nerves. With my health issues, my age, and other 'things' going on, it's hard to keep track of homework for three kids.If I didn't have other things going on, maybe I could handle it. But right now, I just get angry! =(

It's very stressful for Ally with her school work this year. We have seen two full blown Asperger's meltdowns in two days. The one was at WalMart. During the busy time of the afternoon. And she ran screaming from me. And it seemed that everyone in the store came to watch the disabled old woman trying to run and catch the screaming kid. *sigh* When I caught her, I took her to the car, with her kicking and screaming the whole way. Brianna right on our heels. She said "Momma, she is really embarrassing me". She is really embarrassing me too!! When we got inside that car, I had a meltdown of my own. I'm still crying, ladies. This morning, Ally had another meltdown. This one was over some homework she didn't understand. First she couldn't find it, then she didn't know how to understand it. I asked her if her teacher had explained it to her in the classroom, and she said "I don't remember". I told her to put it away. Dennis and I have a meeting with the teacher tomorrow at 11:30, and I will be asking about this! The therapist gave us a list of questions to ask the teacher. I've since added some of my own. Like, why does the progress report say Ally is getting A's and B's when Ally doesn't know simple stuff....like adding, subtracting, multiplying, and division?? How does she make an A when she doesn't know how to do it?

Well, on another note, it's stopped raining here. At least for today. It's been sunny and warm today. It feels muggy with the moisture in the air, and no breeze. But the sunshine is so nice after so many dark days. 14 in a row.....