D had a good day at school yesterday, liked the learning environment. Only 10 - 15 kids in each class, so no temptations to talk or get distracted. Turns out she knows a couple of the kids. Then she came home and we worked on pitting away the stuff from their bedrooms that got pulled out for painting and carpeting. I think if I work like mad on this today I just might finish it before the cleaning lady comes tomorrow.
Meanwhile, got word yesterday morning that S13 was accepted to this program - then S13 came home from school and said he'd changed his mind, he didn't want to leave his current school!
I'm bummed because I really think the education would be better for him at the new school - but understand his concerns about leaving his friends, and frankly, I would be a little relieved not to be homeschooling him. Certainly it won't work without his buy-in. Am giving him a day to firm up his decision before I inform the school that he is backing out (was all his idea from the beginning).
Meanwhile - just got back from dropping H and S13 at the airport. H really didn't want to travel alone, and since I couldn't go with him on this trip, he used some FF miles to get S13 on the flight with him. They'll have a great time snowboarding together.
Poor H has really painted himself into a corner - too much work, too many projects the past two weeks - and then add all this stuff with D14 on top of it. He just doesn't know how to prioritize either - thinks he can do everything.
Worked hard all day yesterday, had to pack for this trip last night, secure S18's bookshelf to the wall so he could put his things back, then decided at 8:00 pm, while totally exhausted, that he absolutely had to change electrical outlet in S18's room to a ground fault before he left (S18 is moved to a different part of the room and needs to plug his computer in. Mind you, S uses the computer mostly for fun, so this could have easily waited until H got back). Inevitably, there was some problem getting this done (H is usually good with this stuff, but Murphy's law does prevail), and H spent two frustrating hours on it before giving up.
I do see more clearly now the ways in which H deals with his anxiety by "doing" - and the ways he sets himself up to be pressured. Understanding it helps me not to get so drawn into it - but I haven't really figured out a good way to help him with it yet.
