DDA Chapter 11

[bethbuchall]

Hi guys! I feel like I am out of it physically and mentally lately. I also got the "Worst Dad of the Year" award yesterday.

This sinus thing is just not going away. Even with the round of antibiotics I got, it is still in full force. My whole face hurts. Any tooth that I have had any work on in my life is zinging with pain. I am having a hard time concentrating on anything!
This heat and humidity aren't helping either! Work has been miserable with temperatures reaching close to 140 degrees in the plant. The vents that used to bring in fresh air were closed a couple of months ago because they found a few mold spores near them. So it has been really crappy lately.

Since Monday was a holiday and no school, I got very little sleep. Leighanna is used to her new schedule and promptly woke me up at nine. I had about 2 hours sleep in a 48 hour time period. Yesterday after dropping Leighanna off at school I promptly fell asleep and forgot to set the alarm. Of course I didn't have the phone nearby and I overslept, leaving Leighanna at school all by herself.
The school did get in touch with my wife who desperately tried to wake me via the phone. But I just slept through it. She ended up posting a sign on her door at work and ran home to wake me up. I quickly got dressed and ran to the school. I was only about a half hour late, but I still felt like such a failure.
We still beat the bus home though.
Leighanna wasn't upset, but I sure was!
I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth, but I sure do feel like it!

I haven't had a chance to catch up, but I need to respond to this. Tom, you are not the worst father of the year! Leighanna will survive, and no one at the school will even remember this. When I was pregnant with Miles, Laura was in kindergarten, and Matthew was in 2nd grade. That pregnancy left me exhausted almost all the time. One afternoon, I fell asleep without planning to, so I had no alarm set. I completely slept through dismissal (which I can usually hear from my house) and the school calling me to find out where I was. I was probably only about 20 minutes late, but it seemed like forever. I woke up, and ran as fast as I could up to the school. I am sure that I looked like a crazy woman by that time. Thank goodness the principal and secretary at the time were wonderful, understanding, caring people. About 2 weeks after that, I fell asleep before I was supposed to be up to a party in Matthew's classroom. I took my sweatshirt off before I fell asleep, and when I woke up in time to run up to the school, I threw the shirt back on quickly. I realized about half-way through the party that the sweatshirt was on inside out. I was worried for months that the school was going to have CPS investigate me. The kids are happy, healthy, and wise, and no harm was done to either of them. Matthew and Laura will still occasionally tease me about it, but I can laugh at it now.

 

[bethbuchall]

Here are our first day of school pictures. Matthew and Laura were a little grumpy about the whole idea of having to have their pictures taken, but I was able to get a couple of Miles.

Matthew and Laura are still at school, because they had cross country practice after school. Miles is home and has a friend here. He said that he had a good day, but he didn't really have much to say (other than "Can Alex come over now?" )

Laura did call me right after she left, because she forgot her schedule! She knew the order but not the room numbers, so I just had to read them off to her. She also wanted to know if I knew her locker combination from last year, because they usually keep the same locker/combination thoughout grades 9-11. I didn't have it, but they probably gave it to them in home room. They don't have home room until after first period, though, so she wanted to get into the locker earlier. They completely ripped out the senior lockers and haven't reinstalled them yet, so Matthew won't have a locker for the first 2 months of school! I hope that they get them done earlier. He did talk Laura into letting him put a few things in her locker, but the lockers are tiny, so I don't think he'll be able to put too much in there.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Beth - Nice pics! I hope everybody had a good first day back!

DS said they watched a marketing video for the DC trip today. Grrr. I was just doing a little research. A hotel room (a WHOLE hotel room, not a quarter of one) is about $145 on Travelocity. The Smithsonian and the National Zoo are FREE! A day tour of the city with some of the places the school trip covers is under $70. Airfare is $400. HOW does this add up to $1500?!? It's not like they are doing 5 star dining, and even if they were, DS wouldn't eat the food! I think I will have to tell the teacher it is WAY less expensive to patch together my OWN trip to DC. DS said the parents will have to watch the marketing video when we go to "meet the teacher" night. Great. So instead of hearing about the curriculum I get to see a commercial for a trip my child is NOT going on!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Got some shocking news yesterday.

Its seems my cousin's boss committed suicide. No details yet on why.

wow, so sad

You should have come on, we could have chatted!

I hope you find a better sleep routine with these adjustments!

I would have been here to chat too!



Well my first day is over! it was not as bad as i thought and i do feel better now that day one is over Ill be back with details and pictures later!

 

[babytrees]

I am sorry, I have read along but I've just been brain dead and busy so it's going all in one eye and out the other.

Kristine-I am sorry that your kiddo was sick and that the laptop died a not so pretty death.

Becky-Welcome Home...you were missed!!

Jen-Hope today went marvelously!!

Jennifer-were the twins keeping you up last night?? Are their stomach issues not getting better??

Deb-I am sorry about the headache...have you tried the Celestial Seasonings night tea?? it worked wonders for me..until I learned I was pregnant with Abi (not for the pregnant). I go through periods of time that I can not sleep at night...people tell me not to take naps during the day so I could sleep at night. My response was...I can't sleep at night even without a nap so would you rather deal with me on 2 hours sleep or none??

Robyn-school politics suck...and it only seems to get worse. There are times in dealing with the other parents that I feel like I'm back in HS...stuck on the sidelines trying not to be.

Elizabeth-how was Princess on the potty today?? Seems that her parents might not be ready to help on the weekends with potty training. $1500 for a three night trip made me go . I don't normally like those school trips(espescially such a short one) but I do want Cassidy to go on one...I really hope they do go to Japan because she didn't go to Austria, we made her choose.

Tom- the stories I could tell about Jim and not getting the father of the year award (they involve Cassidy going to school in a top and tights and that's all ) I am sorry you are still feeling cruddy.

Elin-I am sorry yesterday was a heck uva day.

Anne Marie- on North Carolina.

the first day of school pics were so great Tammi....you have such a handsome young man and pretty girl. I want Nicholas's teacher too...I need chocolate!!

Stephanie-I was so glad to see your post about how well your dad was doing. I read it thinking well now I know spunkiness is inherited!!

I am sorry if I forgot anybody!!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Theresa - She has been fine today. I put her in a Pull Up for nap because if she is going to pee on herself then I don't want to deal with changing her entire bed. Of course her Pull Up was dry. Problem solved.
I do think my bosses are encouraging the potty, but I don't think they are quite as insistent as I am. If she tells me she doesn't need to go I will give her a little more time, then I MAKE her go sit on the potty. She can't be trusted to alert us that she needs to go before it is too late. (Sometimes she can, but not always.)

Somebody is making a WHOPPING profit on those trips to DC. Momboss and I were kind of wondering if maybe they inflate the price so they can offer "scholarships" to the kids who can't afford to go. Our school is overwhelmingly attended by kids who could never afford $1500 for a trip.

 

[babytrees]

Beth-your kids are absolutely adorable!! How long has cross country been going??

 

[Glynis]

Because of my sleep or lack of sleep issues, I'm willing to give it up. I really hope that this helps me sleep. The only time that I get a good nights sleep is at WDW because I'm on the run for so long I just crash. My life here is no where near as hectic. Supposedly, you can also lose weight quicker if you give up soda entirely. I always drink diet, but hopefully weight loss and sleep will make up for giving it up If it doesn't help I can always pick up a soda and enjoy

My surgeon had a theory about the whole soda/weight loss thing. There is no evidence to corroborate his theory, but it's interesting. We are told to not drink carbonated beverages after gastric bypass, because the bubbles have the potential for stretching out the new opening to our stomachs, causing more food to be able to enter. His theory is that carbonation does the same thing to a regular stomach; bubbles stretch the stomach increasing it's capacity. It makes a bit of sense to me! I always open my diet coke first thing in the morning, and by lunch it's flat and I can drink it.

 

[Glynis]

Hi guys! I feel like I am out of it physically and mentally lately. I also got the "Worst Dad of the Year" award yesterday.

This sinus thing is just not going away. Even with the round of antibiotics I got, it is still in full force. My whole face hurts. Any tooth that I have had any work on in my life is zinging with pain. I am having a hard time concentrating on anything!
This heat and humidity aren't helping either! Work has been miserable with temperatures reaching close to 140 degrees in the plant. The vents that used to bring in fresh air were closed a couple of months ago because they found a few mold spores near them. So it has been really crappy lately.

Since Monday was a holiday and no school, I got very little sleep. Leighanna is used to her new schedule and promptly woke me up at nine. I had about 2 hours sleep in a 48 hour time period. Yesterday after dropping Leighanna off at school I promptly fell asleep and forgot to set the alarm. Of course I didn't have the phone nearby and I overslept, leaving Leighanna at school all by herself.
The school did get in touch with my wife who desperately tried to wake me via the phone. But I just slept through it. She ended up posting a sign on her door at work and ran home to wake me up. I quickly got dressed and ran to the school. I was only about a half hour late, but I still felt like such a failure.
We still beat the bus home though.
Leighanna wasn't upset, but I sure was!
I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth, but I sure do feel like it!

Oh, Tom! Don't beat yourself up about it! I've done almost the exact same thing, except my kids rode the bus home, tried to get in the door (which was locked) and sat on the front porch until I woke up. I felt horrible!!!

I hope you feel better soon!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Oh, my! Princess is reading a book to her doll. Something she is telling the doll sounds suspiciously like the word for a certain part of the male anatomy. I asked her what is in her book but she hasn't said that word again, so I am not sure what she was seeing and/or saying.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

So i have 3 pictures of my classroom and 1 of my bulletin display. If you want me to PM them to you, just PM me and ill send them right out! If you want me to email them to you , just PM me your email address, as they are on snapfish.com

So my day--i was PETRIFIED this morning and got there at 745, an hour before the kids got there. I got some stuff done and then got ready to meet the kids. It was hectic since it was the first day, but we met the parents, got the kids in a line and into their classrooms. I had 21 of my kids tehre today and they all sat right in their seats and waited for me! We went over rules, routines, read a story, colored a fish (which is what i used to set up my bulletin board!) toured the school, practiced walking in lines, ate snack, recognized our names--we were BUSY!

Of course, we stopped often to go over rules and disucss differnet things, but i thought it went well for the first day. I stayed from 115-about 420 and now im done for the night! so here i am!

 

[tinknme]

Deb I hope you are able to sleep well tonight!

Glynis my boys must have you fooled Trust me they test my last nerve quiet often, but I still love them!

Jennifer I love the wedding trailer video, thanks for sharing!

Tom your not the worst father, I have been late plenty of times. Please don't beat yourself up over it Hope you feel better soon!

Heidi sorry to hear about your cousins boss

Beth great back to school pictures!

Anne Marie I received the link to your pictures. I have not had time to look at them yet, I am going to now! Here is the link to the pictures we took:

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b392/jlcorbin/August 2008/?albumview=slideshow

 

[tinknme]

Jen sounds like you had a wonderful 1st day! I would love to see your pictures, but last time I was not able to view on snapfish without signing up

 

[tinknme]

Yesterday was in the 90's & humid, today is in the 60's with rain. I am freezing!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Jen sounds like you had a wonderful 1st day! I would love to see your pictures, but last time I was not able to view on snapfish without signing up

o no, let me work on getting them so that i can PM them to you guys--i just have my last name in one so dont want to put it on the boards..give me a couple of minutes!


EDITED--i think ive got it, ill try PMing you now!

 

[tinknme]

o no, let me work on getting them so that i can PM them to you guys--i just have my last name in one so dont want to put it on the boards..give me a couple of minutes!


EDITED--i think ive got it, ill try PMing you now!

Your room looks wonderful, I am so happy for you! Love the wall of fish

 

[tinknme]

Anne Marie love your pictures! I just realized our Chef Mickey pictures weren't on our photopass pictures

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Your room looks wonderful, I am so happy for you! Love the wall of fish

Thanks! its small, but i love it! the fish are my favorite!

 

[ReAnSt]

I have my x-ray on Friday and go to the doctor's on Tuesday. I sure hope my foot is healed and I do not need surgery.

So we rebooked while on the Magic for December 26, 2009 however I doubt we will sail on that cruise. I would love to sail at Christmas time. But for the same stateroom on the 7 day is about the same cost as the 15 day Panama canal cruise. This date will most likely remain a dummy date and we will probably push it to 2010.

I am not planning my 2009 vacation until October 7, 2008 as this is the day 2010 DCL cruise information will be released for special cruises. I need to know where DCL plans to go then so I know what to plan for next year. As depending where they go I will want to be on in 2010. I already know I want to go on the inaugural cruise for the new ship(s) in 2011 and/or 2012. Can you say addicted or what. I was definitely not this Magic homesick last year.

I really enjoyed Disneyland and California Adventure. I only ended up doing 3 things at DCA as we went to meet our parents and then returned to DL.

My Grandpa was in the hospital while I was on the trip, but is back home and feeling better.

Thanks for the reminder about Kingdom Keepers 2 I knew it was coming out during my trip. I requested it at the library.

Jen- Congrats! I hope your first day went well.
Tia- Good Luck with the job
Deb- Everything looks great
Stephanie-
Janet- Good luck on the renovations
Tammy glad you had a good trip
Debbie- Great afghans. Hope all is well
Anne Marie- Great pictues
Beth- Glad your trips went well
Theresa- Good luck in the job search hope things improve
Amy- Hope you and the kids are well
Jennifer- Hope you get the feeding and tummy issues figured out
Jennifer- Great activity ideas, your trip is soon
Lindsay- I hope you are having a good trip on the Wonder
Glynis- I thought of you and your family when I saw the plane crash. I hope the room changes go well.
Terry- Great pictures of the family gathering
Bernadette- Great pictures. Hope you had a great trip.
Elin- I hope that teaching is going well. Also hope there are not too many issues in the organiztion.
Channon- Hope you are feeling better. I loved the boxes. Your wedding is really soon.

I hope I did not miss anyone.

Everyone nice pictures

I am still only on page 106. So I hope to be caught up soon. I hope you had a great day.

 

[Glynis]

So i have 3 pictures of my classroom and 1 of my bulletin display. If you want me to PM them to you, just PM me and ill send them right out! If you want me to email them to you , just PM me your email address, as they are on snapfish.com

So my day--i was PETRIFIED this morning and got there at 745, an hour before the kids got there. I got some stuff done and then got ready to meet the kids. It was hectic since it was the first day, but we met the parents, got the kids in a line and into their classrooms. I had 21 of my kids tehre today and they all sat right in their seats and waited for me! We went over rules, routines, read a story, colored a fish (which is what i used to set up my bulletin board!) toured the school, practiced walking in lines, ate snack, recognized our names--we were BUSY!

Of course, we stopped often to go over rules and disucss differnet things, but i thought it went well for the first day. I stayed from 115-about 420 and now im done for the night! so here i am!

Sounds like your day was a good one! It is perfectly ok for you to be petrified on your first day. Tomorrow will be better, and the next one better than that!

I love the pictures of your room! It's just darling!!! I'm so thrilled that you are really a teacher! You worked so hard to get here, and now you have your very own classroom. There's something so special about that, isn't there?