October 26, 2006
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Yikes…Now What??
Today started off as the usual fare. Get up, drink coffee, start school work, drink coffee…..
Then as par for a Wednesday — diaster struck. OK, OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration….. ALRIGHT!!! It’s totally dramatized for effect. At any rate, Squirt had a major problem with one of her classes. AGAIN. Another new teachers, who changed everything around and then had a fit when the kids didn’t pick up on it right away. She literally wrote them an email screaming at them. SHE WROTE THE ENTIRE EMAIL LIKE THIS. What are we?? 12? Nope.. not me. There was a bunch of other stuff too. I helped Squirt out and we completed her work for today. Wrote the teacher a scathing email — Alright!Alright!! It wasn’t scathing, but it was harsh! I actually did well holding my tongue. Even hubby was impressed!
The end result was………………(drumroll please)…………….
Squirt is returning to public school…..
GASP!
I’m not sure what I’m going to do. We went down to the local jr. high to talk to them, and she wanted to enroll. Said she’d been thinking about it for awhile. So we did it. She hasn’t attended an in seat school since 2nd grade (she’s in 7th now). I’m kinda freakin’ out. I’m worried about how she’ll handle the schedule, the repetitive tasks, the loud classrooms and the decidedly racist (against non-hawaiians) atmosphere. I hope she’s OK. We met the 7th grade counselor, and the At-Risk counselor is one of the chaperons from Silver_Fangz People to People trip. She saw us and showed Squirt where her office was and told her to come see her whenever she had a problem. She’s so sweet.
So I guess the big question is: What am I going to do with myself all day — ALONE?
Hmmmmm………
I guess that’s not as big a question as I thought….I can think of all kinds of things to do…..
What about you…..any suggestions?
Comments (13)
I really hope it works out for her!!!!!! RYC: Your comment made me laugh, let’s see he went out and then he had friends over, semi ex was the one locked in his room ( yay). Today he’ll be gone all day school/ rehusal for A Few good men. I am bringing Pizza up to the cast cause they’ll be working until 10:00pm or later.
the first few days I would relax and put my feet up. Then I would probably become bored and look for things to do…anything besides cleaning, doing laundry etc. Find something fun to do.
im sure she will be excited to go and it will be all new to her but im sure she will love it. house to yourself woohooo im sure the first week you will be missing her but there is tons of stuff to do you can do whatever you want. Ryc yeah i will let the dog go where she wants to go and yes the doors are locked from now on!
I hope she makes the adjustment well. Maybe it’s time for her to be around other kids. Here is my list of the things I would do if I had no kids to care for during the day:
1) go back to bed 2) go to the gym 3) take a long bath 4) go out to breakfast 5) concentrate on my business
When does she start? Alone? Hmmm… that’s rare! I would catch up on everything and all projects I wanted to do around the house… then? who knows? I’d find a part time job!
Home alone? I usually take my bubble tubby when the kids are gone, so I can have it in peace, then do my work. It’s amazing how much more productive I am when they’re not here. Enjoy!
I bet she will do fine. You on the other hand are going to have an adjustment period. So like everyone else is saying, go back to bed sleep in longer, get up get some coffee, watch some tv, eat some breakfast, take a bath. I bet you are going to be able to find plenty to do.
Give you some time for you, and all that wonderful school work. Okay I will try again, Time for you and the house work. Nope no good either, hmmmm…. How about time just for you.
Good luck to your dd
As for the free time, maybe take a nap! (I’d kill for a nap right now!)
Children are resilient creatures. If she’s been thinking about it already, you’re probably making the right move.:goodjob:
I hope your dd will like going to school and make lots of nice friends
You will fine lots of things to do. I would go to a spa’s and gym ya
I’m sure she’ll do great it may just take an adjustment period. As for you, take advantage of the time!!!
I think if you’re all at peace about the public school, then things are going to work out just fine. I also think you will fill your days with something, but like someone mentioned, for a week or two, concentrate of resting or getting things done that you never had time to do before now. Then maybe, go help out at her school-they always need help. It’s going to be interesting to see how you spend you time. I hope the locals see your daughter, not her ethnicity.