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| Sat, 10-28-2006 - 10:42am |
Some one asked me recently what I have been up to, going crazy. I can hardly keep up so much so that yesterday morning I discovered I had completely forgotten about a homework assignment that was due that afternoon. Fortunately I got it done but geez.
So I am just getting all the stuff out of my head and here!
1) I am crazy. Emily likes to play town basketball when it comes around here once a year. Last year the boys played biddyball (the little kid league) with her last year and wanted to play again. I signed the 3 of them up, but this year Mike has to play in an older team. A competitive team. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!! This is going to go until march! Fortunately it was only $60 so if he needs to pull out I won't feel too bad. But all 3 of them are in different leagues this year with different playing times and different practices. UGH! Like I had the time for that.
2) Mike's audio test is just really bugging me. I have talked to the diagnositc center, they don't do those evals either. The district is looking into it. How long is this going to take!
3) Mike's meds AGAIN aren't working out. They are making him overly tired, sad and irritable every darn day. Explosive, self abusive, lovely. I keep being told that his body has to adjust to them but I feel like I am poisoning the kid. Yesterday I forgot his meds and he had his best day in weeks. Of course by last night he was off his rocker so I tried giving it in the early evening. seems to be ok so far. I am just sick of this crap.
4) Cait's got nasty allergies I can't seem to kick. Seems to be to animals of all darn things. Either that or dust. Both of which we have in abundance. Claritin D takes the edge off but that is it. I haven't had time to get the homeopathics that would really help. I also have to get a mattress cover and all kinds of stuff for her bed. No time. No money. I have cleaned her room well but with no time and lots of animals it is impossible to keep up to the level I need to. My house is fairly neat but we have lots of animals, a very very old furnace, wild fires in the area, and so lots of dust.
5)There was tons more but my brain just went blank. I am going to have coffee and get ready to take the kids to thier saturday stuff.
Renee


(((HUGS))) I don't know how you do it....I go crazy trying to run Vaughn around to all of his appts and that is just one child......I know it is going to be worse once Jack is into stuff....I'm not looking forward to that......
I too have been thinking about going back to school......but where will the time come from?
I do have a suggestion for Cait's allergies......I hope it helps......my Jack is allergic to 18 different environmental allergins....the three biggest are the dog, dust and dustmites. I found a good laundry detergent to use......All Free Clear (in a white bottle) it is advertised as an allergen fighter......suppose to help with dustmites and pet dander. I wash all of our bedding in the stuff and everything Jack owns with it. Also, Claritin and Benedryl don't help Jack, we have to use Zyrtex (which of course is $50 a bottle and our insurance won't cover it).
Hang in there,
Christie
Hi Renee,
Yup, that all sounds very hard and I can relate to having a fried brain. And yet, as Christie said, I only have ONE child. And I am working fulltime, but not also in school which would require my brain to work even harder. Although my girlfriend, who is back at school as well as with kids and working, says the school part is great because she uses her brain cells in another stretching direction. But for me, just thinking about stretching brain cells any further makes my head want to explode.
I sit down thinking to vent here and am just too overwhelmed these days to even write very much, so I don't... Today we have 2 Halloween parties, one big with lots of kids and his girlfriend, one small and intimate with 3 of his best friends and their families, should be OK, but I am so tired I wish we could just stay completely home on this blustery rainy day and veg. Wouldn't be good for him, though, he really needs the stimulation and kids now that he's home all the time.
If I were in the situation about B-ball, I might see if I could get Mikie switched to younger, non-competitive team anyways, rules or no rules, special exception and all that. I KNOW Malcolm wouldn't be ready for a full competitive team, too overwhelming for him, Little league baseball was hard enough. And basketball is full of jostling, shoving moments. I wonder if Malcolm will ever be able to do a full team like that, he can handle it with a small group of pals and grownups, and then not even that way sometimes...
Anyways, I wanted to say "Hey" to you and send good thoughts and hugs your way. That audiology thing is SOOOO frustrating. Do you ever feel like you would just like to blow up buildings just to get people to pay attention? OK, not a great idea ACTUALLY, plus complicated, what do you use to blow up a building, how do you accomplish it (dead of night, black catsuit, what shoes...), where does it actually get you. etc.
Sara
fellow frustrated mom
Renee,
I have the deepest respect for you because I know how hard you work to help you're kids and so much of it is thankless and must feel like it goes unnoticed. It dosen't help when you have to fight for things you know you're kids need. Sometimes I wonder if all this constant bloody stress and aggravation having to fight for everything is worth it, but in those moments I am inspired by people like you and others on this board who after years being at this have found the strength to keep going somehow. ((((HUGS)))
Teresa
Renee- you have been so supportive to so many here when they needed to vent. You are an awesome person. I came here to do an update about my son but saw your post and felt the need to reply to you first. I also sent you an ecard so I hope you get that also.
Remember to breath and it wouldn't hurt to get your wine, candle and hot bath also! :-)
Take care!
when i found this board 9 mos ago, you were a part of its foundation. you write about the facts of how to do get things done.you also write about the emotions that go with the situations we face. i have found your writings to be from the heart. my wish is that some peace and calm enter your life. you must realize that your children benefit from all that you do. my son & i have benefitted greatly from your writings.
Awe now guys, How am I gonna stay angry and needing to vent after all that! Thank you so much, I am humbled cause I don't think I deserve it, but I thank you.
Stuff will even out. I have come to the conclusion that every odd year for us is a tough on. My kids are all 2 years apart so they are all in the even grades at the same time and the odd grades at the same time. lol. Though the even number years have thier trials it always seems the odds that stand out alot.
Thanks again folks. As you see from me piratey picture, I found ways to get it off my mind today, arrgh.
Renee
I hope you got the e card and it was encouraging for you.
I did. Thank you. I was just about to post a reply to you!
Renee
(((((((Renee)))))))))
You are one of the main reasons I kept hanging out here, you were helpful right off the bat.