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.....the days of my life. :)
I get busy and get lazy, so I have a tendency to forget to post around here. At least I try to make it a monthly 'thing', but even then, I tend to forget.
So, what am I doing these days? Going to work, getting haircuts (my eyebrows need some work at the moment), losing weight (47 pounds gone as of this morning), and generally living my life. My son is having some difficulties at school, though. He got suspended for 2 days, due to losing his temper and headbutting and then hitting the kid who kept hitting him in the head with a dodgeball in P.E. Why do they give kids weapons in P.E. and then targets? Yeah, a dodgeball isn't that much of a weapon, but to a 6th grader, it is. Due to his 'issues', he has poor balance and body control, which just screams "weak" and makes it easy to hit him. Add some testosterone to that mix, and you get bullies. He'd had some issues earlier the previous week (kid called him a retard and he threw his shoe at kids, hit the kid who called him a retard, and ended up getting pushed down and got hit in the ear, rupturing his ear drum - still has a hole, btw), the school changed his schedule. He's now in a different P.E. class, which is smaller and has a paraprofessional in it. Things are better.
The kid also had issues in science (he was failing, and this is a kid with an incredibly high IQ, and great test scores), so he now has a 1-on-1 aide in that class, as well as help in his history class (he has problems with reading comprehension due to his developmental disability). His resource teacher (i.e. special ed coordinator) seems to be doing her best to get him the help he needs. I'm much more satisfied with this teacher and this school. The kid is doing better than I expected him to do, emotionally, which makes me happy. Hopefully, this will fix all his problems.
Myself, things aren't going too badly. Work isn't that busy, as we're in the beginning of the new fiscal year and the research dollars aren't here yet. We're trying to keep going with fill in stuff here and there, so hopefully we'll be able to straggle along until dollars show up. The funness of being in research. Still, I like my job and I think I'm good at it.
In other news, I'm mourning a bit less for my grandmother. I saw an episode of CSI today, and there was a funeral in it. It didn't make me think about my grandmother, which is surprising. I have a penny of hers in my pocket. It's 101 years old and it has some sentimental value for me. It doesn't have much in real value ($1-5), but it is something my grandmother wanted to keep. I'm going to be seeing a guy who made my wedding ring (hand carved and cast) and see if he can make me a neat pendant out of it. My husband mentioned to him that I wanted it as a necklace, figuring the guy could just order me a generic coin 'holder' for it (I've seen several of these as necklaces), but the guy told him that I might as well have something "pretty" designed instead of something boring and generic. Gotta laugh at that. So, the coin is in my pocket and I'll be seeing the guy tonight. We'll see what ideas he has.
All this weight loss makes buying clothes fun again. I bought some cute pajama pants last night, in a size L. I felt giddy. :) Still, I have a hard time finding bras. Right now, I'm currently wearing a 34DDD. I don't get it. When I weighed this weight last time, I was a 34D. When I gained weight, I got to a 36DDD, and now am back to a 34, but the cup size didn't go down. I wouldn't mind it so bad if my boobs were perky, but they're not. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find 34DDD bras? On top of that, if you order them online, you frequently find that the bra that is shipped is a "minimizer" but you saw no reference to that fact on the website. Those are uncomfortable. If the bra isn't constructed right, my boobs try to 'crawl' out of the cup, as they aren't perky. They cannot defy gravity. If there is any way for those puppies to escape, they will. Living in a small town means that I can't just go to the mall to get a bra. I either have to drive 90 minutes out of town to find a mall, or I have to order online. *sigh*
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Congrats on the 47 lbs! How are you doing it???
6 months of Jenny Craig.
Your son's school life saddens me. I'm retiring in January from 40 years in special education. Sometimes something happens that shows we really haven't come all that far in all those years. I hope you will find a spot with caring and wonderful people that will help him find out that he really is special. My "mildly autistic" niece is now at USC med school after graduating from Stanford. Kids do grow into themselves. It may be harder on us than it is on them. (I don't really believe that.)
The school put a 1-1 aide with him in Science and she also stays with him during his History class (reads him the test, due to reading comprehension issues). The Resource teacher made the Science teacher take his late homework and forgive other assignments. We just got his 9 week report card. He went from having an F in Science to an A. He's also got an A in History (as well as Band). He got a B- in English (which I expected) but also in Math (which I didn't). I'm wondering if he's just missing communication stuff with the teachers. I think I need to call the Resource teacher and see if there is something that he's missing in class.
But, all in all, he got a 3.5, which is great, and what we expected he'd be at (just not quite in the same combination). It puts him on the "honor roll" at school, so he's excited. We told him that we expect his math scores to come up, so we'll see how it goes.
I do like his resource teacher, though.
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