Today went a bit better. Y did great in school and had his first spelling test. 3 words and he got them all right! S did not do so well. I am looking at it as win some, lose some. He does ask questions about some topics like Torah, and I know he wants to learn, but the motivation is not always there. I had the meeting with M's teachers today and it lasted nearly an hour. She is doing fine and does great in class. She has a very special connection with 2 other girls in the class and the are inseparable. It is good to hear. They want us to make a video of her at home so they can see the difference between what she is like at home and at school. It is quite different. At school she is quiet and whispers, but once she gets home she is very loud and outgoing. This will help her teachers see what her true personality is so they can strike a balance in encouraging her to talk more. Right now she whispers, but then that is coming a long way for her.
Tomorrow we have our visit with the Ministry of Education from Jerusalem and the "Ispector" that is his title, but I think that it translates funny to English. Anyway, he is a very nice person, we have met with him once already and he will see our house, meet with the boys and be here about a half hour. About 11:00am, so this is good. We tend to move a bit slow in the morning so we should be in full swing then and the house will still be organized or we will have time tidy up before he does get here! This also gives me a chance to ask some questions about how to deal with the situation here, since we have our 2nd meeting with the Ministry of Education here on Thursday.
As for me, well, I am trying to get myself together. I keep forgetting or losing everything! Yesterday I thought I lost my wallet from my jacket pocket, it turns out I never took it out of the house.... I forget to take laundry out or take pills. I feel like I am going crazy! I have so much I would like to accomplish each day and I feel like I am only succeeding at about 1/2. But now that the holidays are over, school is in and we have hopefully fewer distractions I am back at it. My big goals are to balance out my work more and get more hours, continue working on my book, and get the kids out to their friends more often. I also have to deal with some Ntl. Health insurance issues by the end of this month, so time is ticking there too! I also want to get the kids more involved with chores. S has learned how to cook spaghetti and eggs now. So more progress and a part of our un-schooling portion of home education. I don't feel like I am not organized, I really feel I am, but the kids tend to start late with school and run over. I think it is a matter of getting them back to starting on time and sticking within a time frame for subjects. I also need to go back to lists so I can check things off and so I know what I can do while standing in line at the grocery or riding the bus. In other words, writing while standing in line at the store is a good thing, writing on the bus is bad, I get really motion sick. (I blame it on kids and age! I used to be invincible at that stuff!). But calling on the cell phone in a 2 hour line is not good, it racks up minutes and you can't hear. But calling people on the bus is good, it is an automatic time limiter and I can hear, usually. So little things like that. We also go out to the park almost every day with our neighbors which is great, but I need set time boundaries, except I can't help it because it is great for the kids and I love talking SG. We have a great time together. So all of this is causing me stress which I am also learning how to handle it all.
In frivolity I am anxiously awaiting January 27th as that is opening of the movie One For The Money based on the book by Janet Evanovich. I love the series, and although I have been worried about the movie, now that I have seen the trailer, I am getting excited. I have even secured a girls night out for the event! I just hope that it opens here in Israel on Jan. 27th as well. In the meantime I am also awaiting book 18 from the same series. As I always say, I know these books are not rocket science, but I love them. I deal with enough brain cracking in real life. This is my happy land and ranks right up there with The Big Bang Theory. Possible the best sitcom ever! If I want intellect I only have to turn on the news or spend a couple of hours teaching my kids and looking up solar systems, the animal of the month, or something else I never really thought about how to explain to a 5 and nearly 8 year old.
Because it is 11:17pm I have nothing intelligent to say, I could talk about my trip to the store with D, but I will spare you. It is a big thing for us as D never comes with me, but considering the fact that I bought box cereal and two bags of snacks because they were "on sale", maybe it is better he doesn't come with me. I guess all in all that brings the world up to date on the non-eventful life of the J5. Hope you all had a great day too!
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