Jean in Newcastle Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 TGIF everyone! laundry clean kitchen nice dinner at home work on cleaning some more things in the living/dining area 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readinmom Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Morning, all! Happy St. Patrick's Day :D I was up late/early working on sorting craft stuff/old school supplies... Dd and I are going to the beach for a short hike/early lunch, providing we both get up and moving before traffic sets in. Corned beef and soda bread for dinner Watch some college basketball, drink some Guinness, repeat Have a great day! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Dr. appointment Errands Lessons Pack for Ds2's campout All the stuff I didn't finish yesterday 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Me! I'm up for tackling something. It will be a nice change from BEING tackled. :PClean up the house today Laundry Fish for supper Barton / School Lite Play practice Wrap baby shower presents Eagerly await the UPS man 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Morning everyone! Happy St. Patrick's Day! •my usual housework (kitchen, bathrooms, laundry) •school •clean up horse paddock •tackle the towering pile of paperwork on my desk •make a cake •figure out hay delivery for next week •go for a walk unless it's pouring rain •dinner=poblano chile enchiladas Edited March 17, 2017 by Selkie 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Good morning! I just spent an hour writing a blog post and now my eyes have snow/computer blindness. Anyway! To do: Clean kitchen laundry Watch video on G. K. Chesterton with teens 15 yo needs to do math 12 noon Mass Lunch of some sort 15 yo to math tutor Not sure what else . . . We are thinking of going to the Children's Stations of the Cross this evening with our resident toddler. St Patrick celebrations have been postponed to tomorrow. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Good morning!Get everyone up and out.Coffee with a friend.Pick up kids from tutorial.Deposit a check.Budget and pay bills.Figure out dinner. Nachos for kids, taco salad for adults Watch basketball?! Edited March 17, 2017 by ScoutTN 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Thunderstorms later on. :) School Cleaning, cooking, personal projects Take oldest to work 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Kids are off school today. They are supposedly going to go to "work" with an auntie, but nobody seems to be motivated yet. I am hoping to review about 50 reports, write some legal documents, and send out some emails before the work day ends. I feel like I'm forgetting something else ... hope I remember it before too late. Hope to do a little reading, housework, and yoga. If I get the house to myself at all, I hope to spend a wee bit of time playing the piano. Later we will probably go out to dinner, since it's Friday. And then watch a couple shows. Need to set the kids up for horse riding tomorrow. I have a funny feeling that they have something else going on tomorrow. I have this funny feeling a lot lately. I really need to get my calendar back up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Ugh, I'm having one of those days when I'm so stressed about work that I can't work .... OK now I have to talk myself down from my tree and get it done .... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Had the case manager and the super specialist psychologist visit today. Apparently we imply and suggest lots of things about a poor child. I am the one at fault. The 4 hours of therapy time a week is in reality 1 1/2 hours this week of face to face then 1 hour following weeks talking on the phone. Said child doesn't actually get therapy work. Who knows why - he is Just a perfect little angel and if only I was in a better frame of mind I would realise that spying on me in the shower, bullying and harming every child that comes within reach, harming every single animal and insect that crosses his path and assaulting the teacher will all be fixed if I would only show him some emotion and give him a hug. I am so had it with everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I am a little late but here it goes: Car to shop to recharge AC Work on academic reading and continuing a project Walk dog Pick up CSA basket Figure out dinner options Work on reports for tomorrow's appointments Work out treatment plans ...not necessarily in this order 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Oh, Melissa :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I wish you could get a break from the horrible situation you are stuck in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 ((Melissa)) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I'm sorry, Melissa. Sounds like those people have never actually lived with a person who is not ready for a hug. :( 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Kids with RAD often are eager to give hugs all around - to anyone who is not their primary caretaker. Their worst behavior is at "home" where they feel the most emotionally vulnerable. (Not diagnosing anything - just a general observation.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I cannot do it anymore. I have been alternating between weeping and raging dispersedwith hysterical laughter for over a week. I am at the point of walking away from everything. An aqantance took me out to a cafe Thursday. I never ever go to cafes I don't even know how she got me to go. I wept the whole time. I cannot do it any more Why can nobody in real life hear me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) BooHiss to the lot of them. :grouphug: for you. ETA: What do you have to say or do to the agency that is in control? Edited March 17, 2017 by MooCow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 I cannot do it anymore. I have been alternating between weeping and raging dispersedwith hysterical laughter for over a week. I am at the point of walking away from everything. An aqantance took me out to a cafe Thursday. I never ever go to cafes I don't even know how she got me to go. I wept the whole time. I cannot do it any more Why can nobody in real life hear me They don't want to do what is necessary to really help this placement be successful. I said this before, but they can't make you do it anymore, can they? Just tell them to find another placement for this child. Period. If you did that, would they punish you by taking away the twins? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 this placement is not going to be successful no matter what help is put in. I cannot help this child, or more correctly I may be able to help this child if I sacrifice every single other person in the family including myself. They would not take away the twins, they will possibly take away their funding but that does not concern us so much. They will probably try hard to make life miserable for us in other ways. Dh is not quite at the point of throwing child back into the foster system and most probably straight into a residential unit. It is really hard, really hard. Nobody wants to take on troubled 8 year old boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Melissa, if you feel his next step is a residential unit, can you push to have him put in residential now, possibly as a temporary measure? Edited March 17, 2017 by SKL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I have asked for respite and cannot even get that. Apparently ( according to placement agency) respite will interfere with the bonding process. I could not even get respite to attend a funeral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I'm so sorry, Melissa. I want to smack so many people on your behalf right now. :( 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Well, respite could interfere with the bonding process. But that assumes that bonding is starting to happen in the first place. For children with RAD (if that is part of the equation for him) residential care can actually be the best place for them. It can actually be the place where they feel most secure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Melissa! :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Morning list done. Also done: Registered Ds for camp Filing. How I love to see a pile of paper disappear! AHG stuff Next up: dinner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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