An update on Chris..... He is doing really well! School is improving. Home life is improving. We have changed a few things up and that really seems to make a difference. We were also given the hope we had lost. Things had gotten so bad we had sorta given up that there was any help for him. We became very negative, and over whelmed. God brought a wonderful family back into our lives. They looked at our situation, and prayed. They encouraged us, and helped us seek help, in a different direction. This family has been wonderful and very encouraging. There is hope. Chris is a good kid, with some problems. We have changed our attitudes. We try to look at things in a positive light, and not dwell on the negative. We have a long road ahead of us, but at least we are moving forward and not backward.
Bobby is very active in Scouts. He loves camping, and being a scout. He likes school. Though I am not sure how much school likes him. His grades are very poor. I know that when we were home schooling he really struggling with doing the work. I suspect that is the same issue now. He doesn't see the need to complete the work on time. He has 3 classes that he is on and off the failing line on. We get after him, things improve for a week, then right back down. He loves the social aspect of school. He has so many friends, both at church and school. He loves his youth group. Feels comfortable to talk to his youth minister about anything. He loves this group of kids. Socially he has come a very long way in the last several years. But academically well that is another matter. He is super smart, and yet I think he is bored by the work. That is merely my opinion. We have 12 weeks of school left this year, if he doesn't pull those grades up will be taking summer school. We have talked to him, but he really doesn't seem to care. I guess that is part of being a teen.
Bekah has moved elementary schools. When we put the kids back in public school, we had to put Bek in a school that had a seat for her. We tried to get her in the school right here by the house, but wasn't able to, until last week. She is back at the this campus. She loves school, but this class is very different then the last class. There are more kids, and a ton more work. She comes home and says her brain is tired. We are having a time adjusting. Her schedule has changed a bit. The homework has dramatically increased. She brings papers home every day of work she has done. I know she will adjust and catch back up in a hurry. Like this week we missed getting her homework done. OOPS.
Sarah is home with me. She loves to play by herself, and watch the cartoon she wants to watch. She loves to snuggle and play with Mommy. She is doing really well.
I am home, yet I am never home. When I put the kids in school, I was sure my life would be so much calmer. And yet it is not. My goals had been to join a Ladies Bible Study group, go to the gym daily, and focus on me. I thought my house would always be clean, and the laundry would always be folded. The grocery shopping, the bill paying, and the errands would all be done during the day so I had the evening with the kids. Wow was a delusional! The house does stay much cleaner than it used to. Laundry folded. yea that is a big joke. The Ladies Bible Class, just never happened. I hate going to the gym. I do go to coffee group most mornings, though I tend to stay really late. Then I get home and really don't want to work on the house work. The grocery shopping well it seems I am never ready during the day when I have less children. I do pretty good part of the time, I seem to find a lot of errands that aren't necessary to run and to take up all my time. By doing that I spend money I don't need to be spending, and the things that I wanted to get done while the kids are in school, don't get done.
After school is a mess. There is one of me and four of them. Bek needs help with her homework. Chris needs attention, chores need done. Supper needs fixed. I feel tired and lazy by the end of the day.
I figured out in the last week that I am not tolerating sugar at all at the moment. It makes me very lethargic, and sleepy. So I am trying to cut the sugar out of my life. I did well a couple of days, but then all the girl scout cookies I bought were delivered. That was a problem. Roger put all of the remaining 7 boxes in his car to take to work. If they are here I will eat them. I know that I am hauling a lot of weight and really need to work on that. I had great goals, but somehow the busyness of life takes over and my health falls to a back burner. I need a schedule and menu's , and a plan. I am working on them, but like I said we have a long road ahead of us.
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