I will track my list of things to do on 43things.com. I will link to my list on 43things.com here when I'm done with it.
Proper grammer is not one of my gifts. I hear myself and I know that I am not speaking properly, it bugs me, sure it does ... but it just doesn't come natural to me. When to use real and really, bad and badly, sick and sickly, ensure and assure, access and excess, how to construct a non-passive sentence (always get hit on that one with Word's grammatical checker). UGH. Those of you that have read my blog KNOW I'm completely sucky with grammer. I've read the rules ... I even edit my blogs (mostly). I know my writing makes English teachers cringe, heck I cringe sometimes.
I wish I had a little gnome in my pocket that would assist me, correct the horribleness coming out of my mouth. I would want to punch that little gnome right in his fat face most of the time, but he could be helpful (even with a few broken teeth and a big fat broken nose).
I was a bit mean to my cousin yesterday and I doubt that she will talk to me again. I wasn't as mean as I would have liked, but I was mean. I don't think I regret the things I wrote but I shouldn't have wrote them in email. In person I may be able to say the things that I've had bottled up for 10 years. I think she is doing the wrong thing for the wrong reasons and will probably get hurt. Heck, she is probably hurting right now. I just don't have many kind words to say that would take away the hurt. I don't want to avoid her, I want to have an all out heavy discussion with her as to why she made the decisions she made, and what does she hope to accomplish but I don't think I will get honesty from her side; maybe it will be as honest as she believes it to be, but she knows (she HAS to know) that what she believes to be true and what is actually true are two different things.
My plans to go to the beach included my cousin, now I must decide if I can still go. I really didn't want to spend money on a hotel for me and my girls but I want to be wanted to stay at her house - and I don't think that is the case (especially now).
I have so much to do before school starts, we so need new sneakers for gym and I need to organize our school outfits from the rest of our summer clothes. I need to find out what will happen with my WildChild now that I have a legitimate 'gifted' evaluation. I need to do something, if I do nothing, I think that 1st grade will be very similar to our Kindergarten year. She was penalized daily for her behavior, she was isolated from the rest of her classmates, she was singled out as the 'bad' kid in class, she fought with her fellow classmates and was generally unliked. She hated school. I thought she was bored; very bored and was trying to say in her very determined, very aggressive way, 'I do not want to do these mindless worksheets, they bore me to TEARS!' Yes, she is stubborn, independant, difficult BUT if she was understood and appreciated for being all of those things, she may have been a bit more compliant. I think a different approach is necessary but I don't know how to affect(?) change at her current school.
Additional vaccines are needed for school and I don't want my girls to get them. I never liked vaccinations, I don't trust them and I don't think my girls need another chicken pox vaccination - for I think they acquired chicken pox this summer (even though they were already vaccinated at one year of age). The more I learn about vaccinations the more I dislike them. I need to gain the strength of mind and the perservence to say NO.
So those are only a few of the things bouncing around in my head, there are many others ... like work-related stuff but thats all icky cucky yucky stuff anyway.
I so need a vacation from myself.
P.S. The Shangri La Diet is not much of a diet as it is a philosophy on how our body uses flavor to regulate itself; with a trick or two on how to manipulate the bodies 'furnace' to get to the weight of choice and KEEP IT THERE. The science behind it makes sense to me (this may not be true for you) and it's working for me. This forum is extremely informative, AFTER you read the book.
P.P.S. I was looking for a visual for 'mind boggling' and I couldn't find what I was looking for but this is what I did find:
A GAME TITLED SHOCKING ROULETTE
I so feel your pain with the grammar. As a teacher you would think that I would try harder. However, as a mommy writing a blog I do not have time. Oh well, what can you do.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the vaccines. I am gearing up to discuss things with our doctor again when my boys go at the end of the month. Last time she was on maternity leave and I got into a tiff with the PA that pressured me into something I did not want. My then one year old had a horrible reaction. I am trying to push off his MMR for as long as possible because of his bad reactions and problems with fevers.
Good luck getting everything done before school.