Planning --

warning sarcasm ahead...
Today~
Didn't start out how I had hoped-
(What was I thinking-- by trying to plan ahead)
- and so it went wrong early in the day.

My dear sweet hubby

is gone fishing for Sturgeon all day today.

I was in change of getting the kids to school and then taking my step-son to the courthouse. I had to get everybody there on time, and so there was no way that I could leave early to make room for bad behavior.

I honestly think that the kids know just when they can have a meltdown and cause me to be annoyed.

Smart kids I have, don't cha think?

Shane, was being slow-- which is often the case-- but when he threw a shoe at me and then kicked the door at me I had enough! I couldn't give him a time-out-- or Jessica would of been late-- and I would of been late to pick up my step-son.--- so I decided to keep Shane with me-instead of sending him to school.

I dropped Jessica off at school, then I let the school know that Shane would be at home and then I picked up the step-son and the pregnant girlfriend-- after first going to the wrong courthouse,I finally dropped the "kids"off.
Shane and I came on home and I started looking on-line for worksheets for Shane to do.
Shane's teacher called to ask what was wrong-- since she had seen me dropping off Jessica -- I explained -- and at first she agreed that Shane deserved a time-out but then she went on to ask if this was going to be a reward for bad behavior! ---
Just the other day, the teacher was saying that Shane needed one on one -- I knew that today was a day where his coach couldn't be there-- so I figured that I could give a time-out,while at home and find out if there was another reason for Shane's attitude.
I don't claim to know all the answers concerning my son.... But I thought that I was the parent?

The other day at the library I found the DVD's School House Rock-- and so I am having Shane watch them--- he already did 5 worksheets-- maybe later I will have him do more,but for now I think things are fine.

suggestions? comments?

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