The bad gets worse.

Earlier this afternoon I got a phone call from a # I did not immediately recognize. It took a few minutes before I said, OH CRAP, that was school. Normally they call with a recorded message for school closings or early dismissals but it's too early for them to be calling about Memorial Day. So I play the message and hear the Vice Principal saying James is in her office on a discipline referral. HOLY SHIT. They only get those when they have done something extreme. Christopher was screaming and I couldn't calm him down. I tried calling James so that he could speak with the VP but he was in a meeting, so I got Christopher calmed to sniffles and called. It turns out that he threw one hell of a tantrum in class. Screams, kicks and hitting of the desk ensued. He had to flip his card. When it happened again his teacher sent him to another classroom for a time out. This is standard procedure. When she went to pick him up he had kicked 3 students from that class. OH MY GOD. That's when his teacher decided to send him to the office. She called me a little while ago to talk about it and the first thing out of her mouth was a sort of apology for sending him to the office. I am pretty sure she wasn't sorry about it since it was what she is required to do. But I think it was more of she thought I would be mad at her for doing so. This is all speculation so I could be wrong. But I told her not to feel bad at all. What I really wanted to tell her was she should have slapped him. We talked for about 30 minutes and both of us are still at a loss as to why it happened. We came up with a few theories. Now I am not denying that he acts like a 2 yr old from time to time but he has never actually hurt anyone out of frustration so that was a huge concern and an even bigger red flag that somethings going on with him.


And there's the bus. I'll let you know how this goes and if he comes out unscathed.

It's been a rough day

I got a call from the insurance company to say they approved me but....... Since my recent c-section they would be increasing the premium. Since when do c-sections increase premiums? I would have taken it better if they had said "do to your shitty credit score we must take more of your money." Will I be having another c-section? Not anytime soon, if ever, and if I so choose I will be working and have much better insurance then the crap I'm being charged an arm and a leg for. Do c-sections pose some imminent health risk, like oh say smoking, drinking or sun bathing? What the fuck? Pardon that please. All in all I gave up my 100% coverage w/ no deductible for the same price as the high deductible coverage I have now. Before any of us can be seen by a specialist (there goes my gyn) we have to pay $1500. Before any hospitalization $1500. We do get well care visits, immunizations and well woman physicals for $25 copay. WHAT THE HELL DID I DO? I gave up awesome insurance to save $150 and then they come back and slap me in the face. I knew that the quote could change. But did I think it really would? No. Seeing as we have only been hospitalized, knock on wood, for delivery and we don't get sick enough to visit the Dr for anything other then well visits once a year. I spent the afternoon sobbing and trying to keep myself from banging my head against the wall. Sure we have the money to pay for the insurance but it will now take up 100% of our savings when we expected it to take 50%. What a nice thing to happen right before summer vacation. I am going to feel like such an ass being the penny pincher who can't afford to do anything when we get to Ohio. And J's trip to Miami? Nixed. The only reason I am not canceling Ohio is because the tickets are non refundable.

In other news. I vacuumed, mopped and did some laundry. It did not make me feel better. I ate 10 rainbow chips ahoy. It did not make me feel better. I took a nap with Christopher. It did not make me feel better because he chuckled all over my fresh shirt. I know this comes with the territory but he's not the chuckling kind. *chuckling is spitting up in Bonnie Talk.*

My sister bought a new camera. The one I want. She called to tell me what a deal she got. She did not do this to be a butt. She was calling to tell me the website so I could buy one too. She did not know the stupid day I had and all I could do is quietly say "I can't afford it." I felt like a loser. My family doesn't talk about money like some folks do so my sister doesn't know that we are poor. Nor did she know the state of our bank account when we were doing well. But it still makes me feel bad that I can't afford a new camera because I have to spend the $500 in birthday money on health insurance. And now I must go because typing that made me cry.

Finally!

The bus arrived at a better time this morning. Still not on time but at least not 20 minutes late. Since Friday's Fiasco the bus has been arriving at 10 after. Today it came on the hour. She's getting closer!!! And seriously there is no traffic at that hour right here. At least not the way she's coming. Maybe she's waking up late. Or maybe her kid's bus is late so that cause her to get a late start. Whatever it is it better be fixed next year. The only reason I haven't complained to the bus department is because school is almost over and J hasn't been marked tardy. All I want is for the bus to come at the designated time. If it can't make it here by then they ought to change the time so the kids aren't standing out there for 30 minutes when it should only be 10.

Christopher is whining, gotta run.

Do you?

Think the laundry got done? Nahhh. I saved it for another day. I did do about 5 loads but am not close to finished. I did a load of dishes. Another is overflowing the sink. I picked up the living room, it still has chip crumbs all over the floor. I swept the back porch, the tornado force winds filled it with dirt. It was a day of little accomplishments.

I did make (start to finish for a change) a summer pool/beach bag. I was going to buy one but figured I should NOT spend the money when I have $100's of dollars worth of fabric lying around just begging to be put to good use. I chose a light olive colored piece with large hibiscus flowers in dark olive green and neon green. I made a HUGE bag. I didn't use a stabilizer or a liner since it's just going to be thrown around. I love it!

I was going to take the boys to the pool but it was SO hot and windy that I didn't dare take Chris. The wind was hot, which is unusual for us since we normally have a cool breeze, and it was kicking up dirt from the construction across the street. It was so uncomfortable that I turned the a/c on. I try to keep it on 78 during the day but that wasn't happening this afternoon.

What the?

I was brushing my teeth and thinking that today was trash day. I guess it was still on my brain when I went to spit because I leaned over and spat my rinse water at the trash can. I say "at" because there was no aiming involved. It didn't make it into the can but all over the floor instead. I couldn't believe it. Now I have to add mopping to my chore list, lol.