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The week is over -yahoo!

March 5th, 2005 at 03:09 am

The end of this week couldn't come any sooner for me. Both of the children who got into the Skittles yesterday had their different forms of restitution this morning. The little girl got a bit larger bag than a King size bag of skittles - I don't think it was one of those snack size bags (that you get for $1.29 or sometimes at movie theatres for $3) but it was about that same size. "M" was almost unmanageable today. He could NOT keep his hands off of others. There were even a couple of times where he stuck his rear end up in the air and just stood? there patting it - in front of other students. Then at lunch when I told him to eat his food and not his dessert, he proceded to LICK his taquitos (or whatever it was). I finally called his mom this afternoon and asked her if she could meet with me on Sunday so we could discuss ways on how to help "M" manage his behavior better. I'm thinking of doing a behavioral contract and focusing mainly on the desired behaviors of: 1. Keeping Hands, Feet, and other objects to myself. and 2. Walking in an upright position at all times (i.e. not rolling down the hallway!). If we can get him to be successful with just those TWO behaviors, the amount of times I'm having to discipline him will be GREATLY reduced. I'm thinking of a reward of either getting to play some game with me after school (he LOVES to play games with me - especially where he has physical contact with me - like this afternoon we were playing Candy Land, and he was practically sitting on my lap.) Or, possibly giving him time on the computer after school (or perhaps before school, he's always there WAY early) - another thing which he just LOVES.

We got a revised version of the field trip form today for the ice skating. It's now going to only be $4 per person. I already had one student give me their form and money. I was going to send out MY field trip form today . . . but . . . last night my precious little kitty decided to get on top of my computer desk and KNOCK DOWN my printer - right on top of my arms/hands as I was typing! I still need to figure out exactly what parts got jiggled so I can get it to print again. ARghhh!!! and ---OUCH!!!

I came home straight after work today. Before I allowed myself to do anything else, I did a majorly needed trash run, and filled the dishwasher and started a load. Both were badly needed. I have a tendancy, especially when I know there's VERY LITTLE likelihood of visitors, to kind of let my place slide. My dad will be coming Wednesday (I found out last night after talking to grandma) and so I do want my place to be presentable before he comes.

Only 5 more school days till Spring Break! It looks like I'm going to continue to NOT have any kind of aide, so I am thinking that I'm going to add more busywork to Reading and Math - otherwise I'm never going to be able to get everything done with them that needs to be done. I can't tell you how much that irks me, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do (before you go crazy and do something like cut your hair short, or something like that.) Smile

Tonight when I cleaned out the change from my purse and put it in my apple jar, I thought it felt a bit heavy. So I decided to go ahead and empty it out and count it. Last time when it was completely full, it had $19. This time it was a bit more than half-full and had nearly $13 - I think there were a lot of dimes this time. If I didn't have to keep my quarters for the laundry, that would have been another $10 in change (really more, since my quarters are always being spent on laundry, while the other change is only turned in when the apple is full.) My last laundromat run will be two weeks before the end of May, because after that I can use my mom's w/d. Smile Smile

So, I just need two more dollars worth of quarters, then I'll be set for laundry money (I do one white load and one color load every two weeks - which costs me $3). Every quarter after that will go into the apple jar!! Smile Smile BTW - yes, I did read the Money Jar myth article. One of my banks lets me bring in my loose change and deposit it, free of charge, so I'm not really worried about losing money on the deal (especially with interest rates so abysmal.)

Yesterday I got a $20 gift certificate in the mail from the Vet clinic I took Monkey to last month. He's scheduled for dental work on Wednesday, so I'll certainly be using that gift certificate!! I'm going to have to bring him in on Tuesday afternoon because by the time they open in the morning, it's just about time for me to be at work already. He's going to really hate that, but its better than him losing his teeth or getting gingivitus.

Okay, I think I may have typed a book tonight. Speaking of books, there's one I'm in the middle of right now. "The Prodigal" by Beverly Lewis. I love books about the Amish and their lifestyle/way of thinking. I remember when I would visit my Aunt in Ohio that we would sometimes go visit some of the "Amish" towns and their businesses. So, I think I'm going to go off and read that now. Smile Smile

Spending Log:
Today: $0.00

No Spend Days: 2/12 (actual/goal)

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura

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