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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 366192" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, folks. Checking in late again before heading to bed. Although I've had a physically quiet day, there are a lot of little stressors and things needing to be done which get in the way. Things nobody else can do...</p><p></p><p>Sharon/LDM, the free week sounds like a good idea. Enjoy your cooler evening with friends.</p><p></p><p>Valerie, easy child's hike sounds like a good way to take a break. difficult child's regular work routine should be a good habit for him to develop.</p><p></p><p>SFR, you sound like you have a full day ahead of you.</p><p></p><p>TM, I hope the pool party goes well. After you've had so many kids in the pool, you'll need to top it up. Extra chlorine!</p><p></p><p>Fran, good luck for difficult child's interview. Here's hoping he finds some ability to function at 9 am.</p><p></p><p>Sharon/WO, I wish I had your energy. I also wish I was able to nap so easily!</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 has had a lot of assessment tasks to do for school and needs a lot of emotional support and talking-to, to get him through it. I just had to give him another one this evening, it's already overdue and I should have asked for an extension already; it's possible the rules won't allow one. So I'm having to pressure him to finish it over the weekend, which will be tricky since I won't be here. His cousin is visiting (staying with mother in law) and he wants to spend time with her instead of schoolwork. He knows he has to do it, and he will do it, but he's hurting at me and I could really do without it. But I still can handle it with more patience than husband - if husband gets hurt at too much he finally explodes then they're both angry (noisily) with each other.</p><p></p><p>We also have to re-apply for special provisions for his state-based exams, when we'd been told it was all OK and not needed.d So again, last minute rushing. So an added complication was the Speech Pathologist arriving this afternoon to re-do some assessments on him. Now she has to write up her report and we then have to get it into the school before end of term on Friday next week.</p><p></p><p>A previous assessment task got sent back by a substitute teacher and when I looked at it (late last night - a mistake) it seemed to say that they were rejecting it as incomplete because he left out something I hadn't even realised he had to do. And if I didn't realise it (and I can generally understand written instructions better than difficult child 3) then how could he? I left a message for his teacher to call me - nobody called today. Fretting overall this means I don't sleep as well as I should. If I dumped it all onto difficult child 3 it would be time for hysterics and meltdown.</p><p></p><p>I had a three hour appointment today (very handy, just around the corner) with a client wanting some help with writing. She's coming with me to my meeting tomorrow. Before I go to my meeting, I have to learn how to use a new sound recording program on my new laptop; I'm expected to record people tomorrow and I only found out tonight. I would have known sooner, if I'd read the email I got sent a week ago. But keeping up with it all is not easy, I have been deliberately letting non-essential things slide to help difficult child 3 as much as I am allowed.</p><p></p><p>So I'm going to quickly explore the recording software, hope it's fairly standard and intuitive, and if I can work it out quickly I will sleep much better tonight than I did last night. </p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Friday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 366192, member: 1991"] G'day, folks. Checking in late again before heading to bed. Although I've had a physically quiet day, there are a lot of little stressors and things needing to be done which get in the way. Things nobody else can do... Sharon/LDM, the free week sounds like a good idea. Enjoy your cooler evening with friends. Valerie, easy child's hike sounds like a good way to take a break. difficult child's regular work routine should be a good habit for him to develop. SFR, you sound like you have a full day ahead of you. TM, I hope the pool party goes well. After you've had so many kids in the pool, you'll need to top it up. Extra chlorine! Fran, good luck for difficult child's interview. Here's hoping he finds some ability to function at 9 am. Sharon/WO, I wish I had your energy. I also wish I was able to nap so easily! difficult child 3 has had a lot of assessment tasks to do for school and needs a lot of emotional support and talking-to, to get him through it. I just had to give him another one this evening, it's already overdue and I should have asked for an extension already; it's possible the rules won't allow one. So I'm having to pressure him to finish it over the weekend, which will be tricky since I won't be here. His cousin is visiting (staying with mother in law) and he wants to spend time with her instead of schoolwork. He knows he has to do it, and he will do it, but he's hurting at me and I could really do without it. But I still can handle it with more patience than husband - if husband gets hurt at too much he finally explodes then they're both angry (noisily) with each other. We also have to re-apply for special provisions for his state-based exams, when we'd been told it was all OK and not needed.d So again, last minute rushing. So an added complication was the Speech Pathologist arriving this afternoon to re-do some assessments on him. Now she has to write up her report and we then have to get it into the school before end of term on Friday next week. A previous assessment task got sent back by a substitute teacher and when I looked at it (late last night - a mistake) it seemed to say that they were rejecting it as incomplete because he left out something I hadn't even realised he had to do. And if I didn't realise it (and I can generally understand written instructions better than difficult child 3) then how could he? I left a message for his teacher to call me - nobody called today. Fretting overall this means I don't sleep as well as I should. If I dumped it all onto difficult child 3 it would be time for hysterics and meltdown. I had a three hour appointment today (very handy, just around the corner) with a client wanting some help with writing. She's coming with me to my meeting tomorrow. Before I go to my meeting, I have to learn how to use a new sound recording program on my new laptop; I'm expected to record people tomorrow and I only found out tonight. I would have known sooner, if I'd read the email I got sent a week ago. But keeping up with it all is not easy, I have been deliberately letting non-essential things slide to help difficult child 3 as much as I am allowed. So I'm going to quickly explore the recording software, hope it's fairly standard and intuitive, and if I can work it out quickly I will sleep much better tonight than I did last night. Enjoy your Friday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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