So far, I have managed to not spill my Coke on myself this morning. I have had to go back upstairs to get my socks, and back in the house to get my car key.

I was aggravated with this day and my own stupidity before I got out of bed today, and my mood has not improved.

About to find out how Mac choosing consequences goes. He failed one class for the 6 weeks and another class for the whole semester. Grand.

Of course my gut response is to go scorched earth and turn off his internet, take his phone, assign schoolwork myself since none comes home, and only after all that work plus chores are done each night would he get max 1 hour of tv or computer time.

That has never worked well in the past though.

I have no idea if I hurt myself when I fell in December or if it is just from taking care of ltc, but my right leg is in so much pain, especially at the knee. Mom is here today, and I'm hoping a day of rest will help.

So far today, I have given myself permission to be late to work. I would probably be anyway, because I tried for some extra not really sleep time , but I am not even going to try and instead am going to drink my coffee in a leisurely fashion.

Good for you, Lee.

Good luck, msbelle.

I hope the rest helps, sj. My knee is bothering me today, too, and I have no idea why.

I should probably just not be around people today, everyone is getting on my nerves, but that is not a viable option, alas.

Good plan, Lee. I always feel better when I can start my day more mindfully and calmly.

That has never worked well in the past though.

Ugh Rebecca, I hear you. We have a similar problem of finding the balance between effective consequences that redirect behavior and too strict consequences that lead to behavior spiraling out of control. If you figure out the magic balance, please share.

Does the school have a mechanism that enables you to meet with him and his teachers all at once? That seems like such a useful tool, but at my daughter's school they only claim to be available for such meetings when in fact they make it nearly impossible to get one scheduled.

I didn't get up as early as I intended, probably because I'm exhausted from working 12 hour days and not getting enough sleep. Fingers crossed that today will be quieter. At least I'm working from home tomorrow, and I have decided that I'm going to Sephora and Trader Joe's during the work day, because it's not like I get overtime.

As I was falling asleep the other day, I realized that 2019, which is not that far away, will mark the 100th anniversary of my father's birth. Yeah, he got a late start on his family. It's weird, to be lapping my personal family history. Time to pull together the genealogy and publish something.

I do not think a meeting with all teachers is possible. Meeting with any is hard and I would miss at least 2 hours of work and he would either not be there or get an absence. I have limited my meeting teacher to parent teacher night, I do the rest through email. I am a far far reach from a helicopter parent, do not even know his teachers by sight.

I emailed the 2 teachers today and the one where he is failing for the full semester just emailed saying that she does not show him as failing, so perhaps there was a mistake in grade entry. Still it will not be a grade reflecting any real effort. No work being done outside of class is an issue I cannot get passed. Unless you are pulling As with that little effort. Then it would be an issue of the school being too easy for the student, which would be a different set of problems.