I know that when I'm dealing with stress, I tend to isolate myself. The boy and I had a pretty decent conversation yesterday as I was driving home from work. He will be going camping with us (only because he couldn't find anywhere else to go). He did do enough work that I'm letting him go play DD with his friends and we'll pick him up on the way ( Read more... )

P's still recovering from her pneumonia, we might venture out tonight for a brief dinner with friends. This is assuming that she sleeps all day so she's got the energy. I think she's feeling a little stir crazy but she really can't overdo it, which she has a tendency of doing ( Read more... )

Yesterday and today have been busy days. The boy had school conferences last night. He didn't want to come because I threatened to take his screens away because his homework wasn't caught up. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he earned 2 A's, B and C in his classes. This is better than his middle school grades. I had to go to this right after ( Read more... )