Someone asked if he did because I had posted a picture of him in the dunk tank at his company picnic a week ago. Not only did he get dunked... I got to dunk him once. I didn't have time to actually stand around and throw baseballs. I was busy painting faces. So, I walked over and hit the button and got it out of my system.
Hannah has to stay after for dance until 4 today. She is supposed to have a recital, of sorts, on Thursday.
Yesterday was just a rough day. I got back 4 teacher evaluations to pass back to the psychologist. The remarks were devastating to me. Most said she is fidgety, makes noises at inappropriate times, is up and on the go constantly, distracting to classmates. Some said that she does not fit in with her peers, some said she is childish and immature, that she is overly sensitive. Many said she has difficulty learning. There were other things, but that is the bulk of it. One teacher said she lacks leadership ability and is easily led by other children.
I really hate this part of parenting. I just hurt for her. I think she is okay, but she is just struggling so much that something has to be going on. Even if it's just the pain of moving. I don't know what to do to help her. It reinforces the decision that I made to not take the assistant director position. I need to be there for her. BUT, how? What can I do for her? I really feel helpless.
We interviewed two people today for the assistant director position here. Should be interesting to see how it all comes down. I know who will be offered the job. I think it was unintentionally implied that one of the highest qualifications held for contending for this position was the fact that the candidate was the same age as my brother. Youthfulness and making that paramount came up several times in conversation. Younger, able to connect on that level. I'm old. I'm not being hateful. I am ending that conversation here.
hee hee, something else that came up in the interview was in explaining resume dynamics to the committee. I was talking about holding it out and looking at it, seeing what jumps out at you, because typically an person will skim it in a 10 second time frame. That only 10% get any sort of response at all. Someone said, "you're good". I just smiled and said, "I know, it's what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 10 years."
My paper came back to be plagiarism free from Turn It In. Good day for me. I just need to finish it and chalk it up to being done. I need to get access to PowerPoint. We have it on our laptop and older PC at home, but not the one that I currently use that is hooked up to my snazzy printer. I need to put together PowerPoint style handouts for my classmates regarding my research.
I'm blessing the day my research class will be over.
I'm working on getting my financial aid reinstated. Pray that it all goes over well and that I can continue to get a Stafford loan. This upcoming school year will be a big financial blow - approximately 36 credit hours to finish up by May 2007. We can't afford to pay that out of pocket easily.
On Saturday night, I actually sat and scrapbooked for the first time since we moved in. I completed a double page spread of pumpkin carving, a single page of Halloween. I am happy with the results. I got to sit in my "studio" and create. Hannah had her little friend "L" (who is almost 7, male) over for dinner. The next day she went with him and "M" to the downtown children's library with "L"s mom and grandmother. Keith and I just hung out and I did a double page Thanksgiving LO. I accidentally wiped off the program to run the scanner when I was cleaning off my computer to eliminate registration problems during CKU, so I took pictures of the LO's and will post them later. Pictures aren't as good as scans, but you can make it out for the most part. Lots of journaling.
I really like digital photos from an organizational sense. I just have printed what I'm ready to work on. I sent in an order for pumpkin patch pictures from when Sharlene was here, and Hannah's whole snake bite ordeal. I'm trying to work on things since our move here. The actual photos of the move I'm thinking of taking to CKU for during crop time. I thought that would be an easier genre to pack supplies for than anything else.
Well, let me head off. I'm just rattling on and on.
2 comments:
Question about Hannah's little problem. Does she eat alot of sweets & soda's with sugar & caffienne. I know of a couple of kids that had this same behavior and when they moved into a new household without all the caffiene their behavior changed little by little over time. Their grades even improved. I know all kids do not react the same. Some kids it dosn't even affect. If she does eat alot of sweets & soda maybe you could possibly cut back a little at a time.I know how hard it is when you are used to it, to just quit. Just wondering!
Hannah doesn't drink much soda, and if she does, it's Sprite. So, that has sugar, but not caffeine. She has days where she will have more sugar than others. I try to watch that she doesn't eat a lot of junk.
I have been wondering if she has some sort of food allergy though that is causing this. I know some people can't tolerate wheat, apples, nuts... just a bunch of different things. It's hard to determine.
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