The Latest.
Well, it has been a busy last few weeks, although I can honestly say...that is normal. Some things going on of late...I started back at Eat N Park last Thursday - I will be working Mondays and Thursdays. Last night, (Mon) was exhausting. Not only do cooks cook, but we clean the kitchen and stock it, do dishes, wash floors, pull lists, (which means taking freezer stuff- pulling it out and putting it in the walk in fridge) and on Mondays cooks help put the stuff away that is brought in on a truck...like dressings, paper products, oils, syrups, etc...and let me tell you, some of that stuff is heavy! My back was killing me and I was sweating like a freak. I am so tired today, I thank God I don't have work Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so I can re-coop. At least now I know what Mondays have in store as far as that goes.
Last week we had parent teacher conferences at Infinity, and they did not go so hot. I fully was prepared for them to tell me Heidi was struggling in Math, cause it is her weak subject...but when they told me she was failing reading and "theme" I was floored. The way they presented it to me was all wrong. I sat there in shock and every time she would show me a bad paper Heidi did, she would look at me for some type of expression...I am not sure what more she wanted from me...maybe to smack Heidi with a backhand slap when I saw how bad she was doing. Meanwhile Heidi is sitting there like a timid scared mouse in the grasp of sharp feline teeth. Soon the special education teacher lady comes and joins in, which I know is a bad sign, and she tells Heidi, "why don't you go check on Oliver and Guen" which Heidi and I both is a lie for her to get rid of her, so she can talk bad about her...so I knew Heidi was out in the hall scared out of her skin. Both teachers pretty much cornered me and tell me that Heidi is failing 5th grade, she is not getting along well in the school, she is the oddball quiet kid, not forming friendships, and that their type of "abstract learning" is not Heidi's type of learning. Blah blah fucking blah. So I was like ok. And I left. *By they way, they could have told me weeks ago when they saw she was struggling, why the frick did they wait so long to tell me this?
As for Guens teacher, she was sweet and kind...I felt more comfy and confident, thinking to myself and knowing for a fact, Guen is doing just fine. Then here comes that damn special education teacher once again, telling me that even though Guen is doing "fine" that she is still only a kindergarten level and that they feel she should do 1st grade next year. So that was upsetting as well. I maintained my dignity as well as I could, then I walked out determined to get the girls out of there. Yeah, they all were and have been pushing me to take my girls out of their gifted kids school. It is for gifted smart kids, afterall, and seems mine are just normal. What-the-fuck ever.
So I pretty much decided that we are gonna give Steelton a try...and if it doesn't work, we are back to homeschooling. That is the plan. I filled out oodles of paperwork yesterday for it. Oliver is scared shitless, and the girls are anxious to start. We shall see.
Friday night Michael took the kids and Aaron and I had a much needed date. We went to see Sweeney Todd at our favorite theater...West Shore. We got there early, so we bought our tickets, then walked down the street and decided to grab a slice of pizza to go, before the movie. We ate it walking in the crisp night air, that was thick with promise. It was a great moment. The movie was good...and then we went to Mom's to grab the braided rug she gave us. Home then, to crawl in our toasty squishy bed...after great 1 on 1 time, we slept like children on Xmas eve.
Saturday morning we shared a grapefruit, and decided to hit some thrift shops to check out couches and chairs, and also a vintage shop or two, which included Atomic Warehouse. We also walked through the Broad Street Market where Aaron never was. It was invigorating and youthful to be sporatic without the kids. We didn't find any furniture, but I did buy an Elvis record for Guen and I. I dig it. It is live at Madison Garden, 1979. Very groovy. We picked up the kids at M's, then went to Lios' for our favorite pizza treats. After that, to Gramma's to take her Xmas decorations down. Followed by Giant for water and milk, home to change, then we went to Your Daily Grind coffeehouse to watch Alex and Ralph perform. For the evening they were "AKA" Kick The Fridge" lol. It was relaxing and nice, the kids behaved stellarly.
We came home and Heidi popped in Howl's Moving Castle, and our heavy eyelids couldn't take the welcomed nighttime and heated mattress, and we slept again, like happy kids.
Sunday as the morning light streamed in, I declared it an Ikea day. So we packed up the kids, and drove down. The kids enjoyed an hour of Smaland and Aaron and I headed straight for the furniture we picked out online, to test it. We were right on with our predictions- and we went ahead and decided on the Ektorp chair and sofa-bed and ottoman. Here is the chair, which we bought with the Byvik cover:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29839456
Here is the sofa bed:
http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-furniture/ikea-ektorp-sofa-bed/
and the ottoman:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S69828390
I loved Ikea. We had the whole experience, even down to Swedish Meatballs and Lingonberry juice for lunch. We left around 6, got in home in time for the girls to get to bed. So I can say, that was one satisfying and fun weekend.
My mom is coming to see me in March...for a short visit...I paid for a bus ticket for her, and I am looking forward to it. I would like her to meet all my friends, which are my family here...since I talk about you all the time. She is even more talkative and friendly than I am, so you will know I am her daughter.
My brother Levi is done with boot camp, and is gonna be stationed with my other brother Caleb on the same boat in Seattle. That is exciting that they can hang out and be close.
Aaron is schooling with one course this semester instead of 2. He still has awful busy weeks...he comes home and is working late into the night, and into the wee hours of morning. So weekends are all the more precious.
The living room is still naked and empty. It is slow going since we only get to work on weekends, and weekends fill up with various activities. I hope we have it done by March! We shall see. The next few weekends I have a cooking club meeting, Kegel meeting, and dinner with the ladies, so it is filling up fast.
Big news this year....Aaron and I will be celebrating out "3rd" wedding anniversary! Technically is is our 12th...Being that we married Leap Year Day of 1996. No plans as of yet. I would love to do something special, but then again, just being together is special enough, is it not? Being healthy and happy together is good enough for me. But I guess maybe a momenteous date would be in order. We shall see then, I suppose.
I need to get moving, I feel like sleeping all day, being still tired from last night. But I can sleep tonight like a normal human, so that is awesome -
Later homiez.
Last week we had parent teacher conferences at Infinity, and they did not go so hot. I fully was prepared for them to tell me Heidi was struggling in Math, cause it is her weak subject...but when they told me she was failing reading and "theme" I was floored. The way they presented it to me was all wrong. I sat there in shock and every time she would show me a bad paper Heidi did, she would look at me for some type of expression...I am not sure what more she wanted from me...maybe to smack Heidi with a backhand slap when I saw how bad she was doing. Meanwhile Heidi is sitting there like a timid scared mouse in the grasp of sharp feline teeth. Soon the special education teacher lady comes and joins in, which I know is a bad sign, and she tells Heidi, "why don't you go check on Oliver and Guen" which Heidi and I both is a lie for her to get rid of her, so she can talk bad about her...so I knew Heidi was out in the hall scared out of her skin. Both teachers pretty much cornered me and tell me that Heidi is failing 5th grade, she is not getting along well in the school, she is the oddball quiet kid, not forming friendships, and that their type of "abstract learning" is not Heidi's type of learning. Blah blah fucking blah. So I was like ok. And I left. *By they way, they could have told me weeks ago when they saw she was struggling, why the frick did they wait so long to tell me this?
As for Guens teacher, she was sweet and kind...I felt more comfy and confident, thinking to myself and knowing for a fact, Guen is doing just fine. Then here comes that damn special education teacher once again, telling me that even though Guen is doing "fine" that she is still only a kindergarten level and that they feel she should do 1st grade next year. So that was upsetting as well. I maintained my dignity as well as I could, then I walked out determined to get the girls out of there. Yeah, they all were and have been pushing me to take my girls out of their gifted kids school. It is for gifted smart kids, afterall, and seems mine are just normal. What-the-fuck ever.
So I pretty much decided that we are gonna give Steelton a try...and if it doesn't work, we are back to homeschooling. That is the plan. I filled out oodles of paperwork yesterday for it. Oliver is scared shitless, and the girls are anxious to start. We shall see.
Friday night Michael took the kids and Aaron and I had a much needed date. We went to see Sweeney Todd at our favorite theater...West Shore. We got there early, so we bought our tickets, then walked down the street and decided to grab a slice of pizza to go, before the movie. We ate it walking in the crisp night air, that was thick with promise. It was a great moment. The movie was good...and then we went to Mom's to grab the braided rug she gave us. Home then, to crawl in our toasty squishy bed...after great 1 on 1 time, we slept like children on Xmas eve.
Saturday morning we shared a grapefruit, and decided to hit some thrift shops to check out couches and chairs, and also a vintage shop or two, which included Atomic Warehouse. We also walked through the Broad Street Market where Aaron never was. It was invigorating and youthful to be sporatic without the kids. We didn't find any furniture, but I did buy an Elvis record for Guen and I. I dig it. It is live at Madison Garden, 1979. Very groovy. We picked up the kids at M's, then went to Lios' for our favorite pizza treats. After that, to Gramma's to take her Xmas decorations down. Followed by Giant for water and milk, home to change, then we went to Your Daily Grind coffeehouse to watch Alex and Ralph perform. For the evening they were "AKA" Kick The Fridge" lol. It was relaxing and nice, the kids behaved stellarly.
We came home and Heidi popped in Howl's Moving Castle, and our heavy eyelids couldn't take the welcomed nighttime and heated mattress, and we slept again, like happy kids.
Sunday as the morning light streamed in, I declared it an Ikea day. So we packed up the kids, and drove down. The kids enjoyed an hour of Smaland and Aaron and I headed straight for the furniture we picked out online, to test it. We were right on with our predictions- and we went ahead and decided on the Ektorp chair and sofa-bed and ottoman. Here is the chair, which we bought with the Byvik cover:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29839456
Here is the sofa bed:
http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-furniture/ikea-ektorp-sofa-bed/
and the ottoman:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S69828390
I loved Ikea. We had the whole experience, even down to Swedish Meatballs and Lingonberry juice for lunch. We left around 6, got in home in time for the girls to get to bed. So I can say, that was one satisfying and fun weekend.
My mom is coming to see me in March...for a short visit...I paid for a bus ticket for her, and I am looking forward to it. I would like her to meet all my friends, which are my family here...since I talk about you all the time. She is even more talkative and friendly than I am, so you will know I am her daughter.
My brother Levi is done with boot camp, and is gonna be stationed with my other brother Caleb on the same boat in Seattle. That is exciting that they can hang out and be close.
Aaron is schooling with one course this semester instead of 2. He still has awful busy weeks...he comes home and is working late into the night, and into the wee hours of morning. So weekends are all the more precious.
The living room is still naked and empty. It is slow going since we only get to work on weekends, and weekends fill up with various activities. I hope we have it done by March! We shall see. The next few weekends I have a cooking club meeting, Kegel meeting, and dinner with the ladies, so it is filling up fast.
Big news this year....Aaron and I will be celebrating out "3rd" wedding anniversary! Technically is is our 12th...Being that we married Leap Year Day of 1996. No plans as of yet. I would love to do something special, but then again, just being together is special enough, is it not? Being healthy and happy together is good enough for me. But I guess maybe a momenteous date would be in order. We shall see then, I suppose.
I need to get moving, I feel like sleeping all day, being still tired from last night. But I can sleep tonight like a normal human, so that is awesome -
Later homiez.