The bus driver stopped to talk to my husband and let him know Geoffie doesn't like riding the bus. It's too much for him and he cried. Not one word to hubby about the fight between two students, the screaming kids and the return trip to the school that put him home close to 5:30. Some people have such nerve.
Geoffie and I talked last night and he will continue to ride the bus for another week at the least. I told him we could pick him up from school, but when you change things instead of ride them out, there is a trade off of one set of problems for another. Those fighting kids would not be on the bus today - I could promise him that. The driver will learn the route, the time will become more set and he'll be home earlier as she learns it. If daddy picks him up, daddy doesn't bring him right home. A new problem. Daddy wants to get dinner, or a snack, or run to get cat food or milk, it will take longer to get home and if daddy does that for him, I will not let him complain about the new set up. We weren't planning on the extra gas - there would be a new situation to deal with.
He understands and he will wait and see what happens. Steve on the other hand was ready to go get him TODAY.
I was thinking about how often we run from one situation just to face another - which is worse for us? Or does the idea of worse even apply? If we wait, the situation will play itself out - it may be wiser to wait, because when we put our wants in the mix, we can cloud what's happening and the set of circumstances goes from being about time and chance and life, to being something we decided to change. There is a big difference in the two. One is not necessisarily Karmic, and one could very well be.
This was just a thought I had this morning.
I wonder if he will appreciate me when he grows up or take his problems elsewhere. lol poor baby. He has a mama who watches but says wait. I'll step in - but not until he has a chance to manage whatever is happening. Personally, the bus driver is lucky she talked to Steve and not me - she'd of never got off blaming Geoffie's tears on the bus ride because I know better. I'll go to her boss over fighting - that bus will have an aide before my son is chased off of it due to someone else fighting... GROWL. A crying child should be her biggest problem.
I can't tell you how good I feel to have all this indoor/outdoor work done. We have the videos/dvds in a real place. The huge antique mirror is hung. The shelf is up in my kitchen. Geoffie's door is replaced and the laundry area is closed off. All the wall shelves in the closet are attached to studs. The ceiling in the living room is ready to paint. The beds are framed in, the cold frames are amazing and weighted, the faucet is no longer under the deck. The electrical sockets are available in my living room - we hung our colored paper globes in the kitchen... I feel like I'm home. I know that sounds like a silly thing to say, but it feels so good in here. Oh yeah, I have orders not to let the cats get any fatter because they have the biggest pet door they can have in the back of my cabinet! lol
Steve's planning siding and sofit and facia - the fireplace area and one spot upstairs where the ceiling leaked last rainstorm. Then we will be done.
Geoffie had a wonderful first day of school except for ... my changing his bus stop made him ride it 20 minutes longer than had I left it alone! Poor baby. Leave it to mama. He's decided he wants to take band (not orchestra) and will try the saxaphone or a clarinet. Interesting choices from my child. lol
I am so tired from everything we've done the last few days. My knees and ankles don't want to bend. Tomorrow I'm ordering dirt! I also have a 7 day work week beginning tomorrow. Well - what can I say????
Well things are coming right along - the kittens spent all day in the general population. I have Kitchen shelving. Geoffie has a new bedroom door. Steve's closet is cleared out for his shelves to be reattached...
I have decided to repost a few things - if you don't care to read them, that's fine. I think sometimes as we walk our paths we loose our way. Friends leave, things happen, our balance is shaken. We forget why we walk and where we are going. Today I am revisiting that because I have time to do it. Maybe it will help someone - maybe it will remind me of something I need to share with my kids... it's always a bit of both I think.
So don't shoot me, and please don't misunderstand. Sometimes we have to revisit the basics. Love and hugs to all.
The shelves are up in the hall stairway area. I don't know if you remember last year when I first started talking about these shelves for VHS/DVD/CD/Cassettes - yesterday they were a kitty gym! lol Stevehandiman will be back today to build the kitchen shelf which will be around the dining area along the ceiling line. He's changing out Geoffie's bedroom door, adding the louvered doors to the laundry area, patching the hole in the livingroom ceiling and the chinks in the hall walls. The cold frames are almost done and the raided beds are ready for dirt - he's framing in a flower/herb area in the front yard, fixed the 2 outside fawcets. He'll be reattaching the shelves that fell down from when they weren't attached to studs in the laundry area and Steve's room.
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That leaves work on the mantle/fireplace area and cutting holes in the bookshelves in the living room so we can access the electrical plugs behind them - and installing a bigger pet door for the cat run (they've gotten too fat to use the small door! lol )
Steve finally put the cardio stepper together yesterday just to find they had not included the stabelizing brackets. By the time he sighed and cussed and carried on I wanted to throw IT and HIM out the door. So now it will sit in a corner until I can get them to send the rest of the parts. Growl.
Yesterday morning it was discovered the laptop has died. It made it to 5 yrs being the loved pastime of a little boy - I guess that is pretty good. He was just devastated to not have it. My desktop unit is on it's last leg and I couldn't let it be the replacement for him - so Steve and I discussed it and dug into savings and decided to buy a new laptop for Geoffrey - until I got to Sam's Club and they had a beautiful desktop unit for a really good price. Geoffie and I were up late setting it up. It has Vista on it. I imagine the kinks are worked out by now.
Of course I didn't sleep well with everything displaced - what a mess. I'll plan an afternoon nap! I'm going to make coffee and get busy in my work room. Geoffie will be taking over the computer soon! lol He's got it this weekend to reinstall Zoo Tycoon. He lost his saved games unless he was saving to a memory card which I don't think he was using on the laptop...
Oh, we are letting the kittens out of the bedroom today - I think if we have them spayed next month it should help them get homes. They are gorgeous.
Have fun, be productive - think of fat cats playing in computer boxes - love you all. ~Amber
I was able to get the bus stop changed to our driveway. I just nicely asked for them to look at it and when the deptment of TRansportation spoke to the busdriver, he agreed with me on the safety issues and it became a done deal. Especially since we are the only family assigned to it! Geoffrey will also have his assigned seat which he likes.
I called project cat snip and was able to make arrangements for the spays for all 4 females for the 18th of August. $70 each. That will leave the kittens and the 2 feral males left to go. I will be donating 3 spay georgia certificates that are totally wothless to me to them. I told the lady they can expire in her care as well as mine.
I'm not sure how it happened, but we have 4 cold frames. LOL I guess Stevehandiman thought we wanted one per old french door. There are 4 raised beds too. I looked outside and it just struck me as comical to see so many. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with them all! lol Any tips? It's my first time...
G's homeroom teacher's specialty is social studies. His favorite subject. She was so nice - 40ish. She asked if Geoffrey had any questions and he asked what the rules are. Bless his heart. I sent her an email today introducing him to her and asking her to please contact me immediately if anything comes up. She thanked me for helping her set the year on a positive spin for him. Monday is the big day.
It's 8:30 and I've been online for hours looking for a dress for Vanessa's wedding. I just can't buy a 300$ dress as much as I'd like to - I did buy a brown knit sleeveless sheath I dress up and layer - I think that will work. This way I won't worry about ruining it in the sand. She told me I have to make a speech at her reception in November. I said "oh you mean one of those every mom identifies with that embarrass their kids to death?" She emailed back and said "not too embarrassing please." I told her I love her, she'll have to trust me - evil laugh is inserted here... hahahaha!!!
I guess this is all for today. I'm ready to go to bed early. It's just shy of dark.
