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July 21, 2003

July, 10,2003

Cheerios, paint, chocolate syrup~ going insane!

There is no nice way of saying it… Jt is driving me crazy! I have tried SO SO hard to be patient, laid back and easy going with him and I am on the verge of cracking. The child is like a 2 year old and has to be watched and or entertained every second or it ends up in total disaster! Just this morning we ended up with blue paint all over the dining room and kitchen, a shirt ruined and it was ALL over my floors, baseboards and cabinets. (I was making my bed when this happened). Moving on to the next occurrence, there were cheerios spilled all over (after the kids had already ate breakfast and I had cleaned up) and not picked up along with a puddle of milk next to the refrigerator and more on the coffee table. Of course the bowl was left with half the cereal in it, wasting away on the table. (I was attempting a shower that never happened because Alec needed to be changed and dressed) Then crazy me decided to go to the bathroom and when I came out I saw Jt had taken a HUGE glass and filled it with the last of the milk we have until I run to the store and dumped about half a bottle of chocolate syrup into the milk. I was blessed with a trail of the syrup to the sink that ants had happily found their way to.. Then there sat the glass of milk he decided he no longer wanted! Ugh~ That is all since 8:00 am. It is now 9:02. This past week has been really building up on me and I can feel myself building up to blow. Why is my 7 year old acting like this? I swear I have to follow him around all day long, it is worse then it is with Alec. Jt has also gotten really mouthy with me again! Telling me “NO!” actually yelling it at me. Yesterday, he hit me when I tried to get him to take a time out in his room. He was doing so great and it is so weird that almost like a switch he has turned into this little monster again. I tried talking to him this morning and he just gets all snotty with me and won’t look at me. Right now he is supposed to be cleaning his room and all he is doing is throwing stuff around. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t want to give in and start his meds back up again and use it as a quick fix. I promised myself that the meds are just for school. There has got to be something I can do.  (See Below for an update 7/21)

Maybe I am just having a bad day, week, month, who knows. I just hope this really blows over. I have been doing so great with keeping up a great attitude and living life so care-free it would really stink to throw that all out the window.
Joe must have sensed my stress level though and he called to tell me to arrange for a sitter tonight and we are going out. 

July 13, 2003

We had a really busy weekend and I will admit that I feel completely refreshed and ready to work with Jt some more. My Sil watched the kids on Friday night while Joe and I went out to dinner and a movie with our close friends Rick and Ann. We went to dinner at the Outback and sat out on the patio to enjoy the beautiful weather. We had a good time joking around with the waiter because they were out of prime rib. Prime rib was all I had wanted all week and ended up getting a salad instead. I asked him if he realized what this could do to a mother of 3 who does not get out of the house very often. He was a young kid and at first thought I was going to be a difficult customer, after more joking around he learned I was just kidding around… I think?
After dinner we went to see “Pirates of the Caribbean.” All I can say is AMAZING movie. I was glued to my seat the entire time and when it was over I could not believe it was 2 and half hours long. Johnny Depp did a wonderful job and I am now in lust with Orlando Bloom. Lol. We ended up not getting home until 1:30 and then didn’t go to bed until 2:30 and I wasn’t thinking because we had another busy day ahead of us.

Saturday the kids were up with the sun and I was scrambling around with only 4 hours of sleep to get things ready for Rick and Ann to come baby-sit the kids. I then had to get myself ready and I have to mention that I HATE getting dressed up when it is hot and sticky out. I was out of the shower 20 minutes and felt like I needed another shower. With many kisses on the way out I was sad to leave the kids for some reason and just wanted to lie in bed with a fan blowing on me as I took a nap. We got to the church just in time before the ceremony and sat down while we waited. As I looked around I was shocked to see several people wearing shorts and t-shirts!? I could not believe it and felt a little angry for the bride and groom. I mean c’mon, you can get dressed up for an hour out of your day people! The service was nice and the brides dress was very simple yet beautiful! After the service we met up with Joe’s work buddies and talked about getting together during the down time between the wedding and reception. We had 4 hours to waste which seemed like an awfully long time to wait. The guys decided on Houlians for appetizers and drinks so we all headed over there. We had a nice time visiting and talking for a while but you can only sit and sip on drinks for so long, so the guys decided to head over to Game works to kill some more time. The guys played pool as we (Tammy and I) watched and made small talk. We had never met before so it was a bit awkward for us at first but we made the best of it and I ended up really liking her. It was FINALLY time to head over to the reception and I was glad, because I was starving. The guys continued to goof off while Tammy and I roller our eyes and laughed at them. The meal was very good and we had a great time dancing and visiting with everyone. This was the first reception we had ever stayed until the end. It was a wonderful night, but I was happy to go home to the kids. I gave them each a kiss as they were sleeping.



July 21, 2003

There still is no news on the job front for Joe. Oddly enough our house has been more cheerful and calm then I would anticipate in this kind of predicament. I think Joe has just taken on the attitude of living life to its fullest each day and dealing with problems as they come. Last week he had an interview which turned into a situation I thought was a bit unfair. It turns out he was interviewing for a position he had just moved on from about 2 months ago. It was just weird and the possibility of getting the job is low considering there is someone already in the position. Anyway, Joe didn’t take it to heart and simply said “I will find something. “

We had another great weekend and spent a ton of time with kids to make up for being away from them so much the previous weekend. On Saturday we spent the day around the house and cleaned up the yard. In the evening Rick and Ann came over and we ran to get some KFC and headed over to the Drive In to see “Nemo” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Both movies we have seen before but the kids were SO excited to go see “Nemo” at the Drive In. :) The weather was great and we had a wonderful time. I was pleasantly surprised as to how well the kids behaved. I had some underlying fear that the kids were just going to be crazy the entire time and we would have to leave. Everyone sat for Nemo almost the entire time and there were no interruptions except for Alec yelling “Neeeemo Mommy! There’s Neeeeeeeeemo!” LOL. When Nemo was over Joe turned the back seat around and we put Alec in his car seat in the back of the van. He watched about 10 minutes of the previews before the next movie and he was out like a light. Autumn was asleep 5minutes later and Jt made it about 45minutes longer. LOL We were a bit miffed by how rude some people could be and were left speechless couple of times. The van in front of us had the dad and kid sitting and standing? on top of the van which blocked our view several times. Then when we moved a guy opened his door and laid his feet on the door. Again, blocking our view. I guess some people could care less about being respectful to other people.

A little update to the vent I went on earlier in this entry. I am still having a hard time with Jt and I think I have pin pointed the cause. Baseball season ended, and we are waiting on football season to start. This is the biggest break Jt gets between sporting activities. He goes from baseball to football and football to Hockey. He is in Hockey all winter and that runs into spring when he starts Baseball. Therefore, Jt has no way to release his energy. He plays outside with his friend a lot but this is not enough for him I guess. Now, just because I have a cause does NOT mean we have found a solution. Actually, the past week was harder then the previous one and I once again was feeling overwhelmed at times. I can defiantly see the Add/hd characteristics in FULL swing all day long. It makes me a bit sad that everything I thought we had accomplished this summer has been flushed down the drain.:( I tried to sit down and talk with Jt about it and asked him if there is anything I could do to help him and he just sat there all fidgety and would not concentrate on what we were talking about. We got absolutely no-where with the conversation and it left me feeling helpless once again. Tomorrow I am going to start sitting down with him for a half hour each day and do some one on one homework time with him to see if we can get him back on track and help with his concentration skills a little bit more.

Time to go make dinner!.

Tanya :)