I had plans of keeping this updated over the summer, but I didn’t. The biggest news that’s happened to me over the past few months is that I lost my job. I’m okay with it because I wasn’t happy. Hadn’t been happy for the past year. I was in the process of fighting the termination but it’s taken so long to get to the final step in the process, I don’t want to do it anymore. So I’m not. It’s not the end of my world. Ethan and I are both doing great.
Over the summer we did family counseling. He was having problems in school and those problems came home with him. Not listening, not following directions, not staying focused; it made me frustrated. I’m sure it was frustrating for him, too with all the yelling and crying and screaming we both did. Our psychiatrist helped us both. More than I realized. It wasn’t until our last few sessions that I was getting it. I make mistakes, Ethan makes mistakes, but I don’t need to flip out about them. What he told me was this: “Stay calm, cool and collected.” Sounds hokey, I know. But it works for me. It’s definitely been awhile since either of us have been completely out of hand. Our relationship is absolutely amazing.
He’s doing amazing in school. It helps that he LOVES his teacher. She’s new this year, but she’s awesome. I hope she will be Ethan’s “Mrs. Manford (my 1st gr teacher that I still remember and adore because she was so great).” His reading level is amazing. He’s more focused now than at the beginning of the year. She loves having Ethan in class. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t like reading and spelling and loves math. WHAT?!?! This can’t possibly be my child!! I have such a hard time getting him to sit down and do his spelling or his sentence or his reading. When it comes to math, little to no stalling at all!!! I just don’t understand it. I love spelling! I love reading! I hate math! Guess some people are better at things than others.
Ethan’s joined Scouts and now that I’m not working I’m able to participate with him more than what I did. I think it’s great because he’s going to learn things he can use for the rest of his life. These boys will always be a big part of who he is and it’s just great.
I started school this week. I finally went back. I'm going to Ivy Tech for nursing. The campus is only 10 minutes away on a good day. I'm going full time. I think if I hadn’t lost my job I wouldn’t have done it. There’s no way I could have done family, school and work and remained sane. Now I’m doing family and school. Yes, I know it’s going to be stressful, but not as much. So far I’m only dreading math. I’m going in with a positive attitude though. My prof seems pretty cool. ALOT better than the one I had UIndy for most of my college career. Gah, what a witch!
That’s what we’re doing these days.
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