Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Meltdown's #1 and 2
Tough day. Started at 5:30 trying to get some leftover work done from last week/yesterday that should have been done the week before when I realized the document I was reviewing was so poorly prepared I didn't even know where to start. Aaargh! Thought I'd wash the drippings of frustration off in the shower...
Darling daughter still sleeping, and contrary to every other morning of her life (when she bounces into the room to get ME up at 6 am) she claimed to be 'too sleepy to go to school' and refused to come out from under the covers. I begged, pleaded and resorted to meltdown #2 to pry her loose. Hard-hearted child just looked at me like I'd lost my sanity (which was close to the truth) and continued the battle. When I finally collected myself and expained that if she really was too sleepy to go to school and the grade one teacher really was too cruel to cope with, then she definitely was too sleepy to have her friends over after school, she changed her tune. It helped that I threw in that staying home would involve Mom working at home, no TV, no computer and entertaining yourself for the day, it sealed the deal. Up. Dressed. Fed. Brushed and washed. Dog walked. Out the door by 8:00. Success....
until we got to school with no lunch....
Darling daughter still sleeping, and contrary to every other morning of her life (when she bounces into the room to get ME up at 6 am) she claimed to be 'too sleepy to go to school' and refused to come out from under the covers. I begged, pleaded and resorted to meltdown #2 to pry her loose. Hard-hearted child just looked at me like I'd lost my sanity (which was close to the truth) and continued the battle. When I finally collected myself and expained that if she really was too sleepy to go to school and the grade one teacher really was too cruel to cope with, then she definitely was too sleepy to have her friends over after school, she changed her tune. It helped that I threw in that staying home would involve Mom working at home, no TV, no computer and entertaining yourself for the day, it sealed the deal. Up. Dressed. Fed. Brushed and washed. Dog walked. Out the door by 8:00. Success....
until we got to school with no lunch....
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Glorious day...
Sunshiny, windy day. Great coffee with a friend. Sushi lunch and an hour and a half adventure with my daughter at Scout Island (including a deer hiding in the bushes about 6 feet from us). A visit with my folks (dad's nursing a broken collarbone and can use all the encouragement he can get) and grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner.
Spent the evening sticking name tags onto every single crayon, pencil, felt marker, pencil crayon, etc. in Amelia's bag of tricks for school tomorrow. I don't remember having to cart such a huge supply bag and I think we just wrote our name on a box of crayons...
Amelia's been really great today, helping out, doing her 'chores' and mostly cooperating (for those of you who haven't met her, she's loving, loveable, and what most parenting experts would call 'challenging' - as in a minimum of 1000 hypothetical questions a day, and general interrogation when asked to do pretty much anything). Luckily she's also enthusiastic about new adventure (she loves sushi, as an example) and is very cuddly, loving, artistic, athletic, and generally fabulous while attempting to figure out how to be 16.
First day of school tomorrow...
Spent the evening sticking name tags onto every single crayon, pencil, felt marker, pencil crayon, etc. in Amelia's bag of tricks for school tomorrow. I don't remember having to cart such a huge supply bag and I think we just wrote our name on a box of crayons...
Amelia's been really great today, helping out, doing her 'chores' and mostly cooperating (for those of you who haven't met her, she's loving, loveable, and what most parenting experts would call 'challenging' - as in a minimum of 1000 hypothetical questions a day, and general interrogation when asked to do pretty much anything). Luckily she's also enthusiastic about new adventure (she loves sushi, as an example) and is very cuddly, loving, artistic, athletic, and generally fabulous while attempting to figure out how to be 16.
First day of school tomorrow...
Monday, September 7, 2009
It's come
A fitting day to make change. After a long hot summer we woke to pouring rain, cool air, and afternoon clouds blown about in the wind. Fall.
I made rhubarb muffins, lentil soup and fresh bread in preparation for the week ahead. We ate half the soup and bread for lunch. I even found time to take out my camera and play a bit.
A walk in the cool fall wind at Scout Island marsh before G left. Amelia and I kept busy, but she still had trouble falling asleep. She's anxious about this change too. Even the dog is pacing and barking wildly at the faintest sound.
It's only the first night - we'll get better at this.
I made rhubarb muffins, lentil soup and fresh bread in preparation for the week ahead. We ate half the soup and bread for lunch. I even found time to take out my camera and play a bit.
A walk in the cool fall wind at Scout Island marsh before G left. Amelia and I kept busy, but she still had trouble falling asleep. She's anxious about this change too. Even the dog is pacing and barking wildly at the faintest sound.
It's only the first night - we'll get better at this.
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