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Oh Karen...
| Thu, 04-26-2007 - 7:33pm |
I got your little package today in the mail... and I am looking forward to my reading, especially with THE lunch being tomorrow.... (think of me and how many shades of red I may turn tomorrow afternoon)... and with Joey's comments today to LOL at, and with the stress I had at work today, well... I'm looking forward to the reading...
I did not see a couple of pages though and was hoping you could scan those and email them to me... pages 402 and 403 are missing... would you mind? :)
Thanks again for thinking of both Joey and I... I was surprised with the extra pages you included... had I told you when the other's birthday was?
*hugs*
Julie

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Oh Karen (to repeat myself), I'm so sorry to hear of Mr.Match's loss--please accept my sympathies... I'm so sorry. I know this isn't easy, but I'm not ~that~ far away, so let me know if there is anything I can do... OK? :)
Does he behave differently on weekends when he has more Mommy-time? Not so much--I see similar types of behavior to what the teacher describes on a regular basis... It seems to be a struggle lately and there are no right answers it seems. Sometimes when we go away on vacation I'll notice a difference then... when its Mommy time all the time for several days, which is what he claims to want... to be with me all the time... never leave my side... which is nice, BUT...
I guess why I've gotten where I am on the behavior thing is that I hear so many people say that you shouldn't reward bad behavior... which I agree with. And I did punish him for his behavior at school tonight, including the temper tantrum there at the end (which is really what caused me to send him to bed after dinner tonight)--I had no plans on continuing the punishment that he received earlier that day at school this evening, but I couldn't not do it with the ISS coming tomorrow... I do have to say that the fact that he fell right to sleep this evening did make me feel better about my decision... if nothing else he's getting a good nights rest for a (hopefully) better day tomorrow...
All in all I feel like we're getting back to that crazy time, where we're full of less than positive days instead of good to great ones... This is probably something I need to bring up with his psych when we meet with him on Monday. I don't know... given today, I feel like I need the psych...
I've got to hit the sack, but I'll be looking for your email....
*hugs*
Julie
Well, you know my stance on carryover consequences.
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
Yeah, I do know how you feel about carryover--but I guess since this incident occurred so close to the end of school, that I needed to do something--it was totally unacceptable and there are days that, despite the child psych and all, that I feel as if his behavior is in a downward spiral again and unless I get tough, its just gonna keep going downhill. He knows the rules and yet does not follow them and knows exactly what to say that will get him out of trouble... It almost feels like I'm being manipulated because he does seem to have it all planned out, as if it is a script that he has read and is just getting ready to perform...
I don't know if any of that makes sense... I'm still half asleep and am looking forward (ha!) to a nice long day at work that will finish with a 5:30 to 6:30 meeting, because it was the only time available on all of our schedules, with my teacher conference and ball game time off, etc... but man, it will be a long day...
Joey just got up... he was wondering why I got up before he did--um, I do most weekdays sweetheart... but he does seem to be in a better mood and being awake only 5 minutes has all ready asked about the ball game tomorrow... Here's hoping we all have a better day and that yours (and Mr. Match's) goes as smoothly as possible today...
Julie
I got your email and then was so busy that I didn't get a chance to respond, so I thought I would post an update, at least on us here... I have been thinking of you and yours, including Mr.Match...
We all had a better day today--Joey did good in ISS and made me a Mother's Day picture, which was very nice. He told me that it was interesting to be in the first grade class and that they do hard math in there like a thousand plus a thousand... and they got that one wrong mommy... He also mentioned a trip to the computer lab, but he could only sit and watch the others work and science class. I do think it was a good experience for him, even though it came from bad behavior.
I had a better day at work myself. Things do keep seeming to get better. My new boss and I were supposed to meet to discuss things, but instead got busy discussing other things... work ended with a meeting at the local bar with my new boss and B. It was nice to get out as an adult, even if it was just an offsite work meeting so to speak. Its odd because it was the first time I was out at a bar that did not involve a business trip in a long while and as the two of us were waiting for B, since we hit the bar early, we were approached by some guy who tried to strike up a conversation, wanted to play 20 questions and we gave him two questions... Said odd guy seemed concerned that B may be the jealous boyfriend type, when I mentioned to my boss that he was on the way... This other guy really seemed to give me the creeps, though, so I was plenty happy when B showed up. I honestly thought to myself, Thank God You're Here, but didn't say it as I'm sure it would have come out rude to the guy, who we attempted to tell that we were having a business meeting, or to B...
Oh and speaking of B, during yesterday's teacher's conference, I saw the so-called Father's Day present that Joey made for him... it is really cute. They took clear contact paper and cut it into bug shapes (there were caterpillars and butterflies and bees, etc) and then stuck tissue paper in different shapes to them... so Joey's is a clear bee with black and yellow stripes... I honestly don't know if ~I'll~ be able to part with it... it is really too cute...
*hugs*
Julie
The bee sounds really cute... and I'm glad that work keeps looking more positive, too.
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
Hey there...
I'm glad that you went to the visitation and that the look said it all... :) I hope that the rest of the services went as well as they could today too... it was a glorious day down here--truly seemed as if someone was smiling down on us today.
Our day was fabulous! :) The tickets were amazing and Joey loved the game... he went in saying that he was rooting for the Padres, since his favorite player, Marcus Giles (and his brother Brian) play for them now... so he wore Marcus' old Braves shirt and I got him a Padres hat at the game... Sometime in the middle of the game, he decided that he wanted whichever team was up to do a great job and whoever won, won... so then he just started cheering for everyone, which is cool, because ultimately, we want everyone to play a good game. By the end he was plenty glad the Braves had won, but I truly think he would have also been tickled had the Padres won. At the end he stayed and watched the Braves give high 5's and clear the field.
As we were leaving the stands he got sad and said that he needed to go down and tell Marcus goodbye. I told him that they had all ready gone into the locker room and that they wouldn't let him do that... an usher heard us and told us a secret... walk out the gate directly behind us, turn to the right and that's where the visitor's team busses are. She suggested we get down there and wait, cause you never know. I figured for Joey, it was worth a shot.
When we got down there, there were two other adult guys waiting and Joey mentioned wanting to see Marcus... Marcus made it clear during his time here that he loves children and really will do anything for his younger fans that he can... one of the two guys looked at Joey and said to me that he hated to burst his bubble, but Marcus walked right by them earlier that day. I told him that that was all right, Marcus was Joey's favorite and had stopped to give Joey an autograph before, so we'd take our chances. Of course, that's when I realized we had nothing for Marcus to sign... so one of the guys offered Joey one of the balls he had collected while watching the Braves take batting practice... so then it was just a matter of waiting. We watched several players get on the bus w/o even looking in our direction and the security guy there started telling Joey that if he wanted to see a player, he needed to yell and get his attention.
Joey's voice is plenty loud and carries, but with the busses on and such, they couldn't really hear Joey. It was w/i five minutes of their scheduled time to leave and my hopes were dwindling... that's when I hear a couple of girls behind us start screaming Marcus' name... I figure we've got to be loud for him to hear, so I start yelling as does Joey. Marcus comes over in our direction and waves, even putting up a finger, as in just a minute, but it was getting close to time for them to leave, so I couldn't tell if he was gonna come over or not. He did yell a Hey Buddy towards Joey, so at the least, Joey was thrilled with that... then he walked back to where we couldn't really see him and I was trying to keep Joey pumped up about talking with Marcus...
So, I turn around and there's Marcus... he signed three autographs total, and Joey's was the first. Joey is thrilled and showed him that he was wearing his Marcus shirt with a SD hat, to which Marcus replied, Sweet! This is the second time that Marcus has signed a ball for Joey--the first was in Spring Training a couple of years ago, when Marcus actually came away from batting practice to sign one for him and then now. It truly felt like on of those Mastercard, priceless commercials... $125 for the tickets... $50 in food and souvenirs... Joey getting a few precious seconds with his FAVORITE baseball player along with his autograph... PRICELESS! :)
And although most of the players had ignored us while they were boarding, they did all wave to Joey as their bus pulled out. Joey also got to see the Braves team bus drive by and take them to the airport as well today, so he thought that was cool too...
Once we got back to the car, where the old stadium once sat, the parking lot had really cleared out... so the bases and infield of the old stadium, which they've done in brick and metal in the middle of the asphalt lot, were very visible so Joey took his time "batting" and running the bases at the old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium...
I honestly can't think of anything that would have made today better on our end... it was a great day and I'm really glad that I decided to do this, despite his rough start to the week...
Julie
PS... Can you tell that I'm a Cancer based on the chattiness of my posts? LOL
:-)
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
Well, today has been one
COOL!
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
Yep... new name, close to zero posts... :)
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