I'm glad that my work week is done!
Hubby has been pitching in around the house for the last couple of weeks on the days that I work. Tonight, he did dishes, cleaned our bathroom, and did laundry! He's also been working for the last 2 nights with DD14 on her science project. He did all the math...she and I will assemble it according to his calculations tomorrow, and take pictures to send to her teacher.
She is doing a flat model of the solar system to scale. 10 cm to 1 AU. An AU is an Astronomial Unit, and represents the distance from Earth to the Moon--if I remember correctly. All distances from the sun to each planet had to be converted from AU to centimeters, and scaled down. They chose to do 10 cm to 1 AU. The farthest distance is almost 4 meters...so we can't do this on the kitchen table. We'll be taking the string, gourds to represent planets, and something for the sun, down to the park tomorrow. We need to do it on the asphalt parking lot so that it will show up in the pictures. Our yard isn't going to work.
Stepson has a pulmonary funtion test in the morning. We will finally put to rest a 14 year debate over whether he does, or does not, have asthma. The ex has always said he did, however no doctor on record has ever heard him wheeze, seen him having an attack, or any sort of breathing problems at all--except when he had pneumonia once as a complication of having tubes put in his ears. She always took him to the ER the next day...or to the doctor days later, and claimed he had an asthma attack. 100% of the time it was tied to visitation by hubby or his parents...she didn't want them to see stepson. One ER visit note says "Mother's chief complaint is that she doesn't want the child to visit with his father today. "
She had the pediatrician prescribe an inhaler twice in the last year, and told us that he was to use it every 6 hours...when the doctor had actually prescribed it for "as needed" use only. It's been psycho. Now that hubby scheduled the test--after the most recent prescription for an inhaler--she says "Oh, well...he had it when he was younger. I know that for sure. He might have outgrown it now." We shall see. It's not likely we'll know anything tomorrow. But then again, maybe so.
Pet update...Lily is wagging her tail a little, but only to one side. She is lifting it some, but not straight out as she used to. There is improvement...so we're hopeful.
Snowflake has a couple of red places on him again. He may have to go get another shot when we have the money. :( The vet said if it was a food allergy, it could take 6-8 weeks to completely clear up, and it hasn't been that long yet...so we're still waiting. Making sure he eats nothing but the special allergy free food. Now
Rugs has been biting at his back, and we have no idea why. He isn't pulling out hair-yet! He has never had any sort of allergy, this is new for him. Will give him a bath tomorrow and see if that helps. It's been too cold for the last couple of weeks to give him a bath, but tomorrow it will be near 40. Even though he's inside, he is so tiny that he gets cold very easily...and he hates the blow dryer.
The stray cat is still around. I haven't seen it, but the kids and hubby saw it over the weekend. I wish it would just go away!
I guess that's about it for today. Hope everyone is having a terrific week!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Mondays are always bad
But today hasn't been too horrible! DD14 and I had a little trouble with pre-algebra, but she did eventually get back on track and complete her work. Hubby helped her get started on her science project after he got home, and she didn't complain about it at all.
DD12 spends most of her time these days in her room. She only comes out for food, it seems...three times a day. I pulled her out and took her to the post office and pharmacy this afternoon, and then again an hour or so later to make apple fritters. I bought apples a couple of weeks ago, and told her that she could make fritters, and then we forgot. She really enjoyed doing it. She mixed them, and I fried them.
DD14 on the other hand, says that she doesn't want to be in her room--she's usually sitting at the kitchen table--because she doesn't want to be all alone. LOL They truly couldn't be more different! Quick update on her meds...the Vyvanse is working great! It's a very low dose, and she is still somewhat scattered and frustrated during school work, but her mood has remained stable. I'm thankful, and hope it continues.
Stepson had his first counseling session this morning. His mother actually showed up! She doesn't usually go to counseling, and he hasn't been there since September. Hubby said it went well. Issues were brought out, and the therapist is now up to speed. Hubby would like to continue taking him once a week, but it will be a couple of weeks until the next appointment because she's booked up.
I worked again tonight. I absolutely dread working. I don't know which is worse...when someone does speak, or when they hang up. I think I do like the answering machines, though. LOL I'm going to put myself on a schedule daily, so that I can better utilize my time and accomplish something that will help me get out of that job.
Hubby is considering going back to school. If he does, I will quit. He will be gone from 6 am until 11 pm during the week, and he'll get quite a bit of extra money for going. I won't need the $8 an hour to help with anything.
Not a lot to write about today. It's going on 2 am, and I should go to bed. Can't sleep in...school work continues whether I'm tired or not. Hope tomorrow goes as smoothly as today has!
DD12 spends most of her time these days in her room. She only comes out for food, it seems...three times a day. I pulled her out and took her to the post office and pharmacy this afternoon, and then again an hour or so later to make apple fritters. I bought apples a couple of weeks ago, and told her that she could make fritters, and then we forgot. She really enjoyed doing it. She mixed them, and I fried them.
DD14 on the other hand, says that she doesn't want to be in her room--she's usually sitting at the kitchen table--because she doesn't want to be all alone. LOL They truly couldn't be more different! Quick update on her meds...the Vyvanse is working great! It's a very low dose, and she is still somewhat scattered and frustrated during school work, but her mood has remained stable. I'm thankful, and hope it continues.
Stepson had his first counseling session this morning. His mother actually showed up! She doesn't usually go to counseling, and he hasn't been there since September. Hubby said it went well. Issues were brought out, and the therapist is now up to speed. Hubby would like to continue taking him once a week, but it will be a couple of weeks until the next appointment because she's booked up.
I worked again tonight. I absolutely dread working. I don't know which is worse...when someone does speak, or when they hang up. I think I do like the answering machines, though. LOL I'm going to put myself on a schedule daily, so that I can better utilize my time and accomplish something that will help me get out of that job.
Hubby is considering going back to school. If he does, I will quit. He will be gone from 6 am until 11 pm during the week, and he'll get quite a bit of extra money for going. I won't need the $8 an hour to help with anything.
Not a lot to write about today. It's going on 2 am, and I should go to bed. Can't sleep in...school work continues whether I'm tired or not. Hope tomorrow goes as smoothly as today has!
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