I have a son who thinks that he can get one little bump at school and I will come running to pick him up every time. Last week he fell at recess and I had to take him for x-rays. Today he calls and says someone tackled him, but his teachers and the office staff all say there is nothing wrong with him. He is flat driving me crazy with this. He says nothing is wrong at school, but doesn’t want to stay. I guess I am going to have to sit him down and have a serious talk with him about “crying wolf”, because it is not a good ting for him to be doing.
Not sure how to handle this
Apparently the girls next door are being really nasty to my kids. I have forbidden them to come over and told my kids to just stay away from them. Unfortunately, I can’t discuss this with their parents because there really nasty people too. Any overtures will be escalated into a fight that could end up involving the police. I feel sorry for those girls because they come from a really messed up family, but I am tired of the drama. To top that off, ever since they changed the kids bus driver there has been nothing but problems.
I guess I am going to have to talk to the bus driver myself, although she has to know that I have been trying to get her moved off of this bus. I am pretty sure it will be a pointless conversation. I will try this afternoon though. After that, I will go make a formal complaint at the school board. If they do not do something, then I will call the media and get them involved. I have had enough of this. I don’t see what the difficulty is, in making sure these girls stay away from my kids on the bus.
Missed the bus
I didn’t sleep very well last night and consequently, the kids missed the bus this morning. I got one of them up, and went back to sleep. Big mistake. I usually doze after the first ones get up, because one has to shower in the morning. He prefers it that way. The youngest doesn’t have to be up for another forty five minutes so I have a little time to kill. With very little sleep last night, I didn’t get back up in time and had to take the kids to school. That was fun….not.
First when I went outside, I slid in the mud and knee planted in the middle of a stepping stone. That hurt and still does. I am hoping that it doesn’t swell up. Then because it is raining, I had to drive in the rain which I hate. I got one to school on time the others, were slightly late. I don’t understand why the schools have to be so far apart. It’s really irritating. Tomorrow, I will make sure I am not too late getting them up for school. I hate it when they miss the bus. Note to self; go to bed earlier tonight and get some sleep.
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When I bought this house, I wanted it to be close to the kids schools. However, I didn’t realize that they would be the first ones on the bus and the last ones off of it. They are on the bus for at least an hour every day and have to get up really early to catch it. I have had constant problems with the new bus driver too. She is inattentive to the kids and what they talk about. The other driver had much more control over the kids and could manage to get here on time without calling out sick constantly either. This has gotten ridiculous to the point that I had to call the transportation department and make a complaint about her. I told the director that he needed to put the old bus driver back on this bus and right away.
Late start today
I went back to bed after getting the kids off to school this morning and slept until eleven thirty. I cannot believe I slept so long. I wasn’t feeling that well though and I guess my body needed the rest. Now my day is half gone and I have a ton of stuff to get done before the kids get home. I am pretty sure that I won’t finish all of it, as I still feel a little off. I can only hope that whatever laid me out this morning, doesn’t affect the kids and doesn’t get any worse. Wish me luck.
Poor lil guy
My little guy had an accident at school today. I had to take him a change of clothes. He was so embarrassed to have had an accident at school. He is in middle school now and I am sure that makes a big difference to him. Well, I hope the rest of his day goes much better then the first half has. I am sure that it will.
The joys of school
I love it when the kids are back in school and the house is so quiet during the day. Blessed peace with only whatever music I decide to play. I can get so much more done when the kids are at school. On today’s cleaning menu is total fall cleaning. This includes the windows, walls and door frames to remove all finger, hand and face prints. Yes I said face prints…On the windows…all of them. lol
Work work work
Finally work is picking up. I am so happy about that. This summer has been so slow for work that I have been pinching pennies because of it. I was hoping that work would pick up as school started and I was right. School is just about to start and all of a sudden work has begun to flow better. Just in time too, because I have school supplies to buy for the kids.
The school
I went and re checked the enclosed bulletin board at the school to double check the supply lists. My nine year old is going into middle school and they have outdoor enclosed bulletin boards at the school for the parents to check for announcements. I can always count on being able to get the necessary information from them no matter if the school is open or not. I wasn’t the only one there either. There were a lot of mothers checking for their kids as well.
My youngest son starts kindergarten this year and is going to need a lot of stuff as well. The glass bulletin board at his school was just being updated as I arrived. Thankfully I got their late or I wouldn’t have had the information that I needed. As it is, this lot will cost a pretty penny this year. They want kinder mats for the kids to take naps on. I sincerely doubt they will get my little guy to take a nap. He doesn’t really take them anymore.
School supplies
I just got the new school supply lists for my kids and I cannot believe all of the stuff they are asking for this year. Add to that the fact that they also need new school clothes and shoes as well. I foresee a lot of money I don’t really have going out over the next few weeks. Hopefully I can get a lot of it on tax free week, but I doubt it. My money never comes in until afterwards. It really kind of stinks that it always works out like that. Oh well, I will persevere as always and get everything done in time. There is not really much choice in the matter.