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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I'd kept a paper journal for years, so I thought I'd try this out and see how it works. I must say, I'm rather liking it!! Here's some background stuff. I'm in my 40's, doing the single mom thing with a 10 yo son. My son has ADHD, ODD and was also diagnosed with high functioning autism. He can be a challenge, but he can also be pure joy. This is my safe place. I come here to vent my frustrations, celebrate my victories, share a recipe or two and make new friends. I like it here. I hope you do too. Thanks for stopping by, Curls |
| surgery went well. no pain so far. nerve block working well. going to bed now for sleep peace and hugs to all curls |
| No matter how much time and effort I put into planning my time off for medical leave and taking care of Joseph, there's always one last minute crisis. Note to readers: If you don't want to read yet another rant about a jackass of an exhusband, please exit this blog now. For those with the fortitude to continue, here goes: Today I sent a courtesy reminder to The Donkey As you know, my surgery is tomorrow. I have advised the school that starting tomorrow and continuing through all of next week, Joe will NOT ride the bus home and will need to go to parent pickup for you to receive him there. He responds with: First off...there is no way that I can pick him up at parent pickup by the required time. As you know we are already in Football season here and the fact that I will be Super Dad till Dec., taking care of both Joseph and (other child) till then. I can still pick him up at your house when I get off of work...I see no reason not to pick him up at your house as he's alone now anyway till I get there. At least you'll "kinda be there" !! I got this at 4pm today. Nothing like the last minute!!! So, I email him back. (I can't call him because the dipwad doesn't have a phone.) I sent you an email 7/27/07 informing you that I needed you to keep Joe with you during my first week of recovery. Your response was "Yeah, no problem at all." Now, at the last minute, you tell me it's a problem??? If I hadn't sent this courtesy reminder, Joe would have been left at the school tomorrow, abandoned!!!! Super dad, my ass!!! I don't know and don't give a damn if you are in football, basketball or goat mating season, no excuse is acceptable. Please make sure he gets to school on time in the mornings next week. Hopefully, you're not going to tell me that you can't do that either. I'm so furious, I can't hardly see straight. I didn't want Joe to see me during the worst part of the surgery recovery. A 10 year old doesn't need to see his momma like that. If, for whatever reason, he can't take Joe to school in the mornings, I'll ask my summer daycare lady if Joe can just stay with her for the week. At least I have a Plan B. I'm still so upset about this. I just didn't need this stress. I need some love, people. Somebody hug me! |
| Not much happening here. Joe started school Monday, and things are going well so far. I'm getting loose ends tied up at work for my 2 weeks of medical leave. I'm also finishing up some last minute things at the house that will make life easier for me once I'm reduced to the use of only one arm. I am so looking forward to having this surgery. I'm so tired of being in pain all the time. My face has aged quite a bit the last few months and I know it's because of having to endure this. Yes, it will suck bigtime at first, getting past that first bout of post operative pain, but after that, I'm looking forward to the real healing to begin. That's about it from my neck of the woods. Thanks for stopping by, Curls |
| Well, as hopeful as I was with my last entry, once again the zodiac let me down. It's hard for me to believe that there are some people who will actually live their lives based upon some bulls*** horoscope prediction. Unbelievable. Sure, I read them, but don't put a whole lot of credence in them. Today has been a busy day. This is my last weekend before my 17th (ugh) surgery. So far, I've drained and cleaned my 55 gal fish tank, vacuumed the car, armorall'd it, done some housekeeping, refilled the hummingbird and wild bird feeders and tried to remember to sit down and relax a little too. I even managed to visit a few other ports and rate and review a few items. I had to call my phone company because my landline wasn't working. Turns out a module was burnt out at the box outside, so a tech had to come out and replace it. He said that he usually sees that after a lightening strike, but to the best of my knowledge, there has been no such strike. If there had been, this computer would have been the first thing to go, since it came over on the fricken ARK!!!! So, I'm contemplating a nap at this point. I still need to do laundry, ironing, vacuuming, and some more cooking. I like to make a big casserole and put it into small containers and freeze it for later so I don't have to cook then. I won't be able to cook for a while, so I'd feel better having a well stocked freezer with "heat and eats". I'm thinking tomorrow I may take Joe to the library downtown. He enjoys it there, and so do I. That's about it for now. I think I hear my pillow calling....lemme go answer it. Thanks for stopping by, Curls |
| Just for grins, I checked my horoscope today on Yahoo.... It's going to be a super day for you, so get ready to smile and enjoy yourself. You deserve some easygoing energy, and the universe is sending a whole lot of it your way! You'll be getting some extremely positive attention from others, and some of it will have a decidedly romantic angle. Are you ready to move into a new relationship? Think about that question today -- the answer might not come easily, which is a good sign. Your heart is something you shouldn't give away carelessly. All I can say is, "Universe, bring it on!!!" |
| Well, Joe earned another hour on the mower tonite. Seems he has trouble understanding the difference between DEMANDING something and REQUESTING something. This has been an ongoing struggle for a while now, but hopefully with more mower time, he'll figure it out. This is a very important lesson for him to learn. Part of this is complicated by his Aspergers. For example, if he wants a drink, he wants a drink so in his mind, "gimme a drink" is enough to get the message across. He doesn't understand why "May I have a drink please" is necessary. It frustrates him to be told to make his request by starting with "May" and ending with "please". He thinks that all those other words are unnecessary when all he wants is a "fricken drink". sigh. I've tried to tell him that he will get so much more by asking with courtesy and respect. Hopefully, one day, someday, he'll understand. Until then, I'm gonna have a nicely cut lawn!! Thanks for coming by, Curls |
| Wow, what a weekend! I'm tired, but it's a good tired. It started Friday afternoon when I got a call from my daycare lady. Joe was having a "moment". His moment happened in public, and he defied and disrespected her in a public place, which embarrassed her greatly. Since she is not his mother, she was not able to give him the immediate discipline that he desperately needed. She called me, and I left work immediately, went home and put the lawnmower and gas can in the SUV, and picked up Joe. I have a good friend who has two bulging disks in her neck and isn't able to do much. Her lawn was way overgrown and since I had a kid with an attitude, I thought it would be good to let him sweat his attitude out. He was arguing with the daycare lady's daughter, C., who was egging him on, so she needed some sweat time as well and her older sister, W, wanted to come along as well, I guess to just get out of the house. This made my daycare lady happy, because it would give her some quiet time. So the four of us went to my friend B's house, and while one of them was pushing the mower, the other two were in her pool. I worked those kids pretty hard until dark Friday night. Saturday morning, I picked up C, and took her and Joe back to B's house to finish her lawn. I worked those kids hard again for about 3 hours. B has a riding mower, but the wheel was flat. She had a neighbor come down and fix the wheel, so I got on the rider and finished up the lawn while the kids played in the pool. We got done around 3pm. I pulled the kids from the pool and took C home. Back at my house, I unloaded the mower and took a shower then a well deserved nap! Today, it's been household chores day. I've done laundry, make a chicken stirfry with brown rice, and a beef pot pie. I put the food in small containers to be able to take for lunch during the week. I also watched part of the nascar race and took another nap. Man! it felt great! My arm isn't hurting that badly right now so it was good to get a bit of a break from the pain and get some good rest. For that, I am very thankful. I am concerned about what the sun exposure did to my son, though. I had his laundry folded on the kitchen table and he saw it and said, "Cool, clothes! I'll go put them away right now!" and he DID! I almost strained my neck doing a double take. Was that MY son??? Whoever he was, can he please come back more often? Hmmm.....maybe he had a vitamin D deficiency.....all I know is that pushing that lawnmower sure made him more polite and respectful. I'm liking that!! All in all, it's been a great weekend. I helped out a friend in need, and adjusted my son's attitude in the process, and gave my childcare lady a much deserved break. Yes, I'm happy!  |
Call to action, my fellow bloggers! If you haven't been to the blog of hoosiermomma2   , her son is in the hospital and needs our good thoughts and prayers. It is so hard on a mother's heart to have a child in the hospital and feel so helpless and so dependent on the guidance of the medical professionals. Up to now, the "guidance" (if you can call it that) they have been given has been as useless as tits on a boar hog. Let's all join our hearts together and pray that they will get some clear answers and a cure to make this child's suffering stop. Think about this....how often do we all come on here and bitch and gripe and moan about all the stuff that has gone wrong for us? How many have rallied around us when we've had crummy days and have misplaced our courage? It's time to give some back. Send her some love, will ya? I thank you deeply. Curls |
| I met a new friend online here and wanted to publicly thank williampadgett for the awardicon and merit badge he so graciously presented me with. He is a talented writer, so I encourage all of you to stop by his port and enjoy his writing. Today was a beautiful day! Yesterday Joe went to the springs with some friends, and somewhere along the way he dropped his manners and had a "moment" and disrespected the mom of the other children that was there. UT-OH!!! NOT a good thing. After returning home, and hearing about it, I sent him to his room, which resulted in even more attitude and disrespect. Well, I can fix that! If he has all that energy to have an attitude, he can certainly push a lawnmower. So he did until it was dark. Then he went to bed directly after his shower with no tv or toys. This morning, the tv restriction was still in full force. He continued working on the lawn this morning, and I informed him that if he could show good respect and manners, that I could be convinced to give him tv priviledges back. Around 1pm or so, I told him that it was getting too hot outside, and that he could relax inside and watch tv and play inside until after 6 when he could go back out on the lawnmower after the heat of the day has eased up. I told him numerous times how proud of him I was of how the yard looked and that I was impressed with his work. I want him to learn to take pride in the work that he does, even if it is disciplinary. I even mentioned later on about maybe hiring him to do the yard. I asked him how much he felt mowing the lawn was worth, and told him to think about what he felt was reasonable. My motivation for doing this is to try to introduce to him the art of negotiation. He knows the work that's involved and the time it takes. It will be interesting to see what figure he comes up with. As of now, his attitude is much improved and I think he's now been dutifully reminded that being disrespectful to adults will not work in his favor. I hope all is doing well with those who read this. Thanks for coming by, Curls |
| Hey Ya'll I just read some blogs, and there's some folks that could use some encouragement in our WDC community. First hoosiermomma2 is dealing with yet again another bout of fever and illness in one of her children.♥Flower♥ is dealing with one of the worst fears for women. If you have the time, give their blogs a visit and share some love with them. Thanks for coming by, Curls |
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