It's been awhile.....
Well, I've intended to get an entry into my journal for ages....and of course each day gets by and I don't get it done. This one won't be a long entry, but at least it's an attempt to get myself going in this direction again!
It has been an incredibly busy fall. I ended up taking on Treasurer duties for my son's Boy Scout Troop in addition to the Treasurer duties of my other son's Cub Scout Pack.....what an IDIOT I am...lol...I figured two isn't much harder than one...silly me! Little did I know I was going to inherit a mess. Oh well, it'll get there in the end! We've been to three concerts - Paul Weller, U2 and Rolling Stones....all were awesome and it was wonderful to get out without kids and just listen to music! I've celebrated my 2nd anniversary with my wonderful hubby. He's looking for a new job. Work is still behind from my mom having been so ill, so still working and average of 6 days a week. The baby will be walking soon. He's getting to be a handful around here, so daycare is not too far away........ugh!
My eldest has had a lot of trouble acclimating to middle school. Be it hormones or whatever, he has suddenly become quite defiant about homework etc. I did learn a valuable lesson about power struggles and things have improved slightly. I feel for him. He's so fearful of not being thought of as "cool" and somewhere along the way has decided that "brainiacs aren't cool." For the first time, we may have to deal with poor grades. I'm encouraging him and trying to let him make his own mistakes with a watchful eye upon him, but it's hard. I've had two conferences with teachers in the last week and a half and god knows how many calls and e-mails over the last two months. He's got two weeks to pull it together. It would have never occured to me to do what he's doing and it worries me. But I know the more I push, the more defiant he becomes, so we're really trying to find a medium ground to work from.
My middle son, as always, is performing well at school, tho he'd like to be doing better. He's always driven, always moving, always talking and is, as his teacher put it, very much and Alpha Dog. I don't know if that's not part of the issue with his older brother. Zach is bigger than life. Benj is quieter and always trying to be a good older brother. But I think he's rebelling at this...not wanting to be the "big" brother to Zach anymore.
My father may be very ill. We await test results. There is a shadow on his lymph nodes and his liver is enlarged from all the meds he takes for his knee problems. Sigh...I found out last Thursday. We'll know more after 12/13 and we head there for a visit on 12/16. My father is a bigger than life type of person as well and it will devastate my sons if he is really ill. Say a prayer or two, please.
My ex-brother-in-law passed away. He was only 46. Goes to show what years of drug and alcohol abuse does for you. He died alone....he was found long after he'd passed. I feel bad for my ex-inlaws....
So, the holidays are starting with a bang...lol...but my head is high and my spirits are good....it's my favorite time of the year and Thanksgiving was a wonderful day with my family. I've got three gorgeous children and a wonderful husband and very special friends. I really am most blessed and I know it. Hope you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.......
Sleep with angels, my friend!
It has been an incredibly busy fall. I ended up taking on Treasurer duties for my son's Boy Scout Troop in addition to the Treasurer duties of my other son's Cub Scout Pack.....what an IDIOT I am...lol...I figured two isn't much harder than one...silly me! Little did I know I was going to inherit a mess. Oh well, it'll get there in the end! We've been to three concerts - Paul Weller, U2 and Rolling Stones....all were awesome and it was wonderful to get out without kids and just listen to music! I've celebrated my 2nd anniversary with my wonderful hubby. He's looking for a new job. Work is still behind from my mom having been so ill, so still working and average of 6 days a week. The baby will be walking soon. He's getting to be a handful around here, so daycare is not too far away........ugh!
My eldest has had a lot of trouble acclimating to middle school. Be it hormones or whatever, he has suddenly become quite defiant about homework etc. I did learn a valuable lesson about power struggles and things have improved slightly. I feel for him. He's so fearful of not being thought of as "cool" and somewhere along the way has decided that "brainiacs aren't cool." For the first time, we may have to deal with poor grades. I'm encouraging him and trying to let him make his own mistakes with a watchful eye upon him, but it's hard. I've had two conferences with teachers in the last week and a half and god knows how many calls and e-mails over the last two months. He's got two weeks to pull it together. It would have never occured to me to do what he's doing and it worries me. But I know the more I push, the more defiant he becomes, so we're really trying to find a medium ground to work from.
My middle son, as always, is performing well at school, tho he'd like to be doing better. He's always driven, always moving, always talking and is, as his teacher put it, very much and Alpha Dog. I don't know if that's not part of the issue with his older brother. Zach is bigger than life. Benj is quieter and always trying to be a good older brother. But I think he's rebelling at this...not wanting to be the "big" brother to Zach anymore.
My father may be very ill. We await test results. There is a shadow on his lymph nodes and his liver is enlarged from all the meds he takes for his knee problems. Sigh...I found out last Thursday. We'll know more after 12/13 and we head there for a visit on 12/16. My father is a bigger than life type of person as well and it will devastate my sons if he is really ill. Say a prayer or two, please.
My ex-brother-in-law passed away. He was only 46. Goes to show what years of drug and alcohol abuse does for you. He died alone....he was found long after he'd passed. I feel bad for my ex-inlaws....
So, the holidays are starting with a bang...lol...but my head is high and my spirits are good....it's my favorite time of the year and Thanksgiving was a wonderful day with my family. I've got three gorgeous children and a wonderful husband and very special friends. I really am most blessed and I know it. Hope you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.......
Sleep with angels, my friend!