Ugh. I have an unhappy GI tract and ended up coming home at 11 to work from the sofa. And within 10 steps of the bathroom. It's probably something I ate yesterday. I suspect the home made chicken noodle soup, which is extra sad as there's quarts of it left.
I hope things are calmer this afternoon, msbelle.
Hiya smonster and amyth! I love that you have a vicar, amyth. It makes me think of tea and watercress sandwiches and murder mysteries with surprisingly little violence (except for the one requisite murder).
Shir, it just seemed a little harsh, I guess. He's not asking you to marry him or be his best friend. I'd hate for someone to write me off for something like that because of a typo I missed. Like Spidra, my hit to miss ration is less impressive as I age, and I'd hate to have it held against me.
Oh, I'm not even gonna mention it to him. And I don't really think bad of him because of that. I just don't understand it.
But 2 minutes of rage? Kindda had it.
Maybe he was on an iphone and it auto-corrected Whigs to Wings?
Maybe. I'm pretty much over it by now. I guess it's the lack of attention to something which you choose to pay attention to from the outset that's driving me insane (for a short while. I vented, and now everything's fine again).
For the record, Nantucket Nectars Orange Mango? Not enough mango to overload the incredible sweetness. Such a shame. Orange/mango shouldn't need that much added sugar. Of course, I also bought Mexican mango soda at BevMo. At least that I'm expecting to be a sugar bomb. But I can't not taste most everything with mango on the label. Just in case.
Day still moving slowly. But at least the boss showed up.
Thanks, Shir. If it's the mild food poisoning that I think it is, it should resolve itself in the next day or so.
Aw, I hope the evening is easier, msbelle. Believe me, there have been dozens of days I wished I could run away, too.
I spent three hours enrolling both the kids at their schools. Whoa paperwork, dude. But it's done!
Unfortunately the unpacking fairies did not arrive while I was gone. Do blood rituals mean nothing anymore?!
Oh no, Calli! I'm stopping at the CVS on the way home to pick up a prescription for Lulu. Would you like me to get you anything?
ita, to save you a mango-fail, these [link] fruit crusher things from Peter Rabbit do not have enough mango to balance out the banana. Poor Noah, who adores these fruit crusher things, couldn't even finish this one.
msbelle, a LOT of kids lie about their homework, or forget it or what have you. I know that this is just the tip of the iceberg for you, but it's easier to get kids in the habit of doing things when they are younger, than to wrestle with it when they are in high school and the stakes are higher.
I used to make this arrangements with kids and parents: they would have a planner (for Mac, a printed out week sheet would do, or one of those cheap checkbook looking planners) and at the end of each day, I would look over what the kid had written down for homework, and would sign it. In cursive.
You don't have to present this as a trust issue thing; you can look upon it as a skill-building thing. Like how kids learn to swim -- they push off from the edge and swim a little father each time. Eventually, they make it across the pool.
You might get stickers, like stars and put it by each day he writes his homework down, or does it without complaining 8 times, or whatever. Kids like to see tangible evidence of their accomplishments, especially when they can't make that connect that doing homework is its own reward. After a month or two of doing this, you might see if he has gotten in the habit and see if you can make an arrangement with the teacher that he be responsible that week for his homework -- tell him this -- but that you'll email or call the teacher afternoons that week to check.
I know it sounds like work, but I know, as a teacher, if I saw a kid in trouble, and their parent was willing to make the effort to work with their kid, I would always bend over backwards to help out.
Thanks, amyth. Actually, would you mind picking up a bottle of diet ginger ale, please? Canada Dry would be nice, if they have it. Or house-brand. Whatever's easiest to find. Thank you so much!
