In the process

[newmama]

Darn- I reflected about the gym but realized that it isn't good for S. Realistically, I need one of the nights that exH has S to catch up on work stuff or errands. So if I were to use the daycare for S, it would mean I picked him up from daycare and took him to daycare AGAIN (at the gym) for another hour? Nope.
Argh. Not the right time to take this on.

Finished up with report cards and that was rather time consuming but had a pretty good day at school. I really notice that when we take TIME and do less activities, it goes better for my students. There is so much pressure to teach a ton of different skills and push push push the kids to work quickly, LEARN IT! NOW! And stop playing around! YOU ARE FIRST GRADERS AND YOU WILL HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A THIRD GRADER!!! Sometimes I just need to remember the major goal-- teach them to read, write, learn to add and subtract, and be independent. Believe me, that is a fulllll day!

I checked out another daycare with exH today. On the upside, it is really structured (almost too much! I do want S to be able to have time to just play!) but DAMN the room was super tiny where he would be all day! Smaller than the current sitch. So both of us really liked the other daycare from a couple of weeks ago. Also, exH mentioned something about crunching numbers to determine how much I would pay for it. His payment has been daycare+ extra money...it has been more than legally required by about $200. We'll see what his proposal is.

Ugh, am having an Rheumatoid Arthitis flare up! WHen it rains, it pours! When I went to request a medication refill, I was forced to schedule an appointment first. So next Tuesday, looks like I'm going to the doctor and taking the day to do so (when the appointment falls in the middle of the day, a full day sub is required). But hopefully that will help me catch up with my chores.

This weekend I have my friend's Christmas party to go to (I will also stay the night) and am currently still recovering from all of the laundry I couldn't do because I was so sick! Hopefully I can somehow get it all done, plus the weekly chores...