And That’s….the Truth

Haha, the kids had school this morning! The weatherman was way…. off on his prediction and we never got anywhere near the amount of snow that he was calling for. Man…. was my youngest son mad. He was looking forward to a day of watching the Olympics and playing video games. Me… I was extremely pleased that the weatherman was wrong. This meant I was able to get all my computer work done and even had a bit of time to browse the Internet in search of anti wrinkle serums (old age is creeping up don’t ya know). I am very pleased the weatherman was wrong, the kids not so much.

Although I haven’t been in a formal school setting for over 14 years, I have to tell you all that I’m starting to get pretty tired of all the homework. My son (who I need to help) has homework every night and my daughter who is in grade 6 always has at least one project on the go. It is because of these projects that I’m getting tired of homework. Although I don’t have to help her too much with them (I probably would have to if they were on a diet pill that works), I have to constantly yap at her to get her to work on them. Then she gives me attitude and the fighting begins. I honestly can’t wait until the kids March break. Maybe then I’ll get a little break from the homework.

Well I thought I got my youngest son all better. Yesterday I sent him back to school (after being home for a week) and he seemed to make out just fine. Well…. he woke up this morning with a stomach ache and a fever. So this means he’s home once again. He’s only in grade 4 and is having no real problems in school so this isn’t a real big deal. But I just feel so bad for him. Oh well, maybe a quite day at home laying around will do the trick and maybe he will be okay to go back to school tomorrow.

I was really surprised this morning that the kids had to go to school. It had been snowing quite hard all night, and when they got up this morning, it was still snowing. And…. it’s supposed to snow all day. In total we are expecting to get 15 cm of the white stuff. This is why I was so surprised that the district didn’t call a snow day. But I do plan on keeping the radio on all day just in case they decide to close the schools early. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did.

My daughter so…. does not impress me. Last night she informed me that she has a project due on Monday and we have none of the stuff here to do this stupid project. So later on this afternoon I have to head out to the store (which I don’t really want to do this time of year) with two kids to buy the supplies that she needs to get this project done by tomorrow. She’s a smart kid, but sometimes can be a little absentminded. Hopefully the next time a project is due, she will let me know well in advance. Wish me luck at the stores today!

Although today is only Friday, it is the start to a long weekend for the kids. They don’t have any school today due to parent teacher conferences. So that makes for a three day weekend. And…. they are driving me crazy all ready. This fighting really, really has got to stop. It’s not even 10 in the morning and I already have one massive headache. Hopefully the rest of the weekend isn’t like this, or I’m really going to lose it. Oh well, Monday is coming right???

At my son’s school every class goes skating at least four times. Well today is the day that my son’s class goes. And…. he wants his mommy. So later on this morning (when I’m done this post actually) I will be headed out the door to spend about an hour in a very cold rink. Oh well, he only goes four times this year and this is the second trip so I only have two more to go. With an extra large coffee to drink there and another one to drink after I leave, I should be OK.

So… I’ll see you all later.

Well today the kids went back to school today after a two day break. But today was a little different than most Monday’s as today they both went back with all my money. My daughter needed money this morning for her school fee ($20) and her babysitting course fee ($35) and my son needed money for his school fee ($23) and his school pictures as well ($26). This is one thing that I absolutely hate about the first of the school year. Not only do we have to fork out a pile of money for school clothes and books, but within the first two weeks of school they are looking for extra money for this and that as well. Hopefully this will be it for a while and I’ll be able to start saving money once again.

The kids have only been in school for a week and already their is problems. The problems are with my daughter’s middle school bus stop. I’ve had to switch her already. Every morning I drop my son off at the bus stop and then sit there with my daughter until her bus comes. Well the bus stop that we were at had a lot of bad kids at it. These kids are in middle school but insist on swearing at one another, throwing food at one another and spitting on one another. They hadn’t done anything to my daughter yet, but I wasn’t leaving her down there until they did. So the first of the year and already there is problems. I hope the rest of the year doesn’t work out the same way.

Last weekend was the final weekend where I could go out and purchase the rest of the stuff that the kids needed for school. On Saturday I picked up my daughter’s class list and let me tell you all, it was a massive list! It had everything on there except for diet pills that work. Honestly by the time I was finished with her list I was $150 poorer. Now this amount doesn’t reflect her school clothes or anything for my son. It was a pretty expensive weekend and I am seriously glad that it’s over.