Crap. I have not blogged since last week. My life, work, school load overwhelmed me last week. I cried a little, too. 3 papers and a whole S*&%load of discussion posts pushed me to the edge. Over the week-end, I left the house to run my dog, go to Wal-mart and Costco. The rest of the time was spent on homework. My son is home with a 101 fever, my husband is asking me "when we are going to clean the house", my dog is shedding and for some reason, my back is breaking out! This really pisses me off because I wear tank tops to the gym every day. Who wants to look at nasty zits? I'm 36 years old! Really??? WTF (Why The Face, in case you were wondering)!
On another note, I made my own Seared Tuna for dinner last night and it turned out really good. It's a pain in the butt to eat healthy when the rest of my family doesn't. During Super Bowl, I made Paula Dean Mac and Cheese. Sour cream, cheddar cheese soup, 5 cups of shredded cheese, butter, whole milk; there's not much better than that. I had 4 bites of it (they were big bites). Tonight, the weasels had pizza for dinner, I had a salad with chicken breast. Moving on....
I was talking with one of my students today, he was telling me about taking 8-10 Unisom pills and driving around with one of his friends. Can you even imagine? I asked him "what makes you guys think to even do that stuff? Do you think bout the fact that it's medicine and you can die from an overdose?" "Nope". He told me about the junior high schools (one is where my son goes) and the availability of whatever drug you want. My son will be in 9th grade next year, this freaks me out. He knows kids that he thinks smoke weed, but as of yet, no one has approached him. Hopefully, we've done a good job of teaching him right from wrong. My student also said "make sure you always know what your son is doing and you know who his friends are...and his friends parents". It's what we do anyway, but it's nice to hear a teenager tell me that we're dong the right thing, especially when they are speaking from experience.
Wow! I thought my life was crazy! This semester has been rough for me too. I dont feel as organized or as motivated as I did last semester and I was taking 5 classes compared to the 4 this semester. I hope Koby feels better soon. I hate when little man is sick. I feel so helpless. Oh and your "WTF" Flippin hilarious! That is really scary about your student telling you that. The only drug I was offered in high school and junior high was pot. Im sure he will be fine. Its easier to say no than they say. At least I thought it was. Koby sounds like a smart kid who has a great relationship with you and your hubby. Im sure he will be fine. And I totally agree with your student. My parents always knew where I was, who I was with and they knew all my friends by name. My mom even had the names of my friends parents and their phone numbers. I thought she was crazy then but now that Im a parent, I appreciate her concern. I realize she did it to keep me safe and I did stay out of trouble. I should thank her for that.
ReplyDeleteKids! It scares me for when my son is that age. I guess like you said, you just have to be present and active in their lives and let them know that you care and are watching. It's the time when you have to be the parent and not friend, something that can be hard. It sounds like you have a close relationship with your son so I am sure you guys will be just fine.
ReplyDeleteWhen you spoke of a random blog I was realizing that my was probably even more random. I just put down or write about whatever pops into my head.
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