I am so glad that this week has come to an end. It was very stressful. I did not have any free time because of work, my school work, and my kids’ school work. I had three exams and essay drafts, critiques, and reading summaries due. Both of my kids had projects that they had to do and of course I had to make sure that they were prepared for their weekly tests. Since Sunday, I have gotten up no later than 6:30 every morning even though most days I didn’t go to sleep until around 4:00am. Can you say exhausted. Hopefully I’ll go to bed at a decent time tonight. I plan on going to church for 8:00 in the morning so that I can go ahead and get the day over with and rest up for next week.

I am happy to say that my son had a good week at school so he was able to play his Playstation this weekend. His teacher said that she had to get onto him a couple of times but his behavior has definitely improved since the previous week.

My son has been getting in trouble this week because he doesn’t want to listen and do what he is told.  It’s going to be a long weekend because he is on punishment.  I boxed his Playstation 2 up, unplugged his tv, and took everything out of his room that he could possibly play with.  Some family members think that I am being too hard on him because he is only 6.  The way I see it is that he knows right from wrong and if he constantly chooses to do wrong then there should be consequences. 

It all began Monday evening.  He got in trouble because he was being stubborn and did not want to do his homework.  He woke up Tuesday morning with an attitude and I told him that he’d better get his mind right because I didn’t want to have to make a trip to his school.  As I thought more about it, I decided that I would go ahead and go to the school when I got out of class at 12:15.  I received a call from the school at 12:37 saying that he had gotten in trouble.  I didn’t even ask any questions.  I just told them that I was already on my way. 

Here are some of the things he got in trouble for:

• Disrupting class by beating on desk with pencil
• Ignoring a teacher when she told him to get back in line and be quiet 
• Talking too loud in the computer lab
• Laughing when other students get answers wrong
• Laughing at the teacher while she was trying to help him with his work which he refused to do

I was so disappointed.  My son knows that I will not put up with him being disobedient and disrespectful towards his teachers.  I made him apologize and give each of them a hug.

  He hasn’t gotten in trouble at school since then, but he has been getting in trouble at home.  He will continue to be without tv and Playstation until he gets it right.  If it’s not something that pertains to school work, then he can’t do.

Rainy Saturday

I haven’t felt like doing much of anything today. It has been raining off and on. I hope it cools off after the rain passes and stays that way. I originally didn’t plan on leaving out of the house, but I had to take my son to get a haircut since his dad didn’t take him.

As I sit here blogging, I am listening to my 9 yr old daughter and 6 yr old son argue. It is always something with them. My daughter is in my son’s room bothering him while he is playing his Playstation 2. Yet, not even an hour ago, she kicked him out of her room because he was standing over her while she was on the computer. It is always something with the two of them. Every now and then they will cooperate with each other and play fairly, but not often enough.

Why can’t siblings get along all the time? I probably wouldn’t know what to do if mine got along all the time. I guess children have to keep their parents going one way or another.

First Time Blogger

This is the first time that I have ever attempted to blog. I have often wondered why do people blog and what do they actually get out of it. Well, I guess I am about to find out.

The only reason I am starting this blog is because it is a requirement for my English class. I read a couple of blogs before I started writing this one, and I must say that I think I will actually enjoy this. I have discovered that this will be a great place to express what is going through my mind and my feelings about the things and people that I have to deal with on a daily basis. See, I am liking it already. Once your mind gets to working and you get to typing, it is hard to stop.

Well, it is time for me to go to bed because it is almost 1 am.