G'day, people.
Sharon/WO, I hate nightmares. I hope you can get back to sleep soon. If it continues to bother you, write it down.
Linda, I'm glad you're getting a bit of respite from kt's venom. Enjoy the painting. A challenge is always a good thing.
Andy, the concept of "firearms safety" classes seems weird to me. Of course it makes sense, but in Australia you either need to use guns (say, living on the land and shooting vermin) so you teach your kids yourself, or guns just don't figure in our kids' lives at all. I remember difficult child 1's best friend used to shoot vermin on his uncle's farm, he had to have a junior shooter's licence to do this. His uncle taught him gun safety. I think if you live with guns it's a good idea to make sure everyone is educated and drilled in safety.
artana, here's hoping difficult child gets through school OK today. Sorry to hear about yesterday being not so good.
A very quick good morning from Down Under, because I'm desperately tired and short of sleep. difficult child 3 had a study day at school today (which means, for correspondence school, it's a day where we actually GO to school, which is in the city) plus we have another one tomorrow. It's a long way especially in peak hour traffic on a rainy day! We leave before sunrise and thankfully can leave the school just after lunch, but because we live in such an isolatedpocket, we get other errands done on the way home. Today we had to hurry home so difficult child 3 could get to his tennis game with his best friend, so my usual "pull over and catnap to recharge batteries" was not an option. Thankfully the rain held off so the boys COULD play tennis...
Tomorrow we'll go to the mall on the way home, I can take a little more time and catnap on the way back if I want, buy something quick and easy to prepare for dinner. The chicken casserole I made is very much to my taste and husband's. but difficult child 3 only tolerates it. Plus, although I like it, it is unfortunately swimming in more fat than I should be eating.
Last week at the study day, one of difficult child 3's classmates (female, of course) passed him a note saying, "I think I have a crush on you." I found out today that she and her boyfriend have broken up - boyfriend is also a classmate and friend of difficult child 3's. Could get awkward. The two kids are still friends despite the break-up, I'm told, but the boy was very edgy today. I don't think he's take it too well to find his ex-girlfriend chasing difficult child 3. I'm not happy about the idea either - difficult child 3 just hasn't got the social maturity to maintain a relationship like this, not with this girl. She would expect conversation, for a start!
difficult child 3 has a lot of schoolwork to get done on the weekend, I'm not looking forward to it.
One more week before the end of Term 1, for us.
oh, joy...
Enjoy your Thursday, everyone.
Marg