My work day started at 7am this morning, and ended at 6 p.m. The day overall went much much better than yesterday. M behaved better, and little Miss Priss didn't throw any hissy fits. I met with all but three of my parents. One child's parents didn't come for their appointment, another child wasn't even there today, and the third child is the new boy. All the conferences were positive. I told two of the parents that I wasn't coming back next year. I would have told the others, but their kids were in the room with us. Both parents were pretty dissapointed. M's mom was one of them. She actually told me that she was feeling depressed hearing that and asked me several times if there were any chance of me changing my mind. I told her there wasn't.

I actually got into way too much detail with M's mom about my reasons. I tried to just leave it at, "I'm looking for a change, something different." but she wouldn't have it. I hated to say too much, because she is a new church member, and a large part of my decision was seeing the major hypocrasy(sp?) of some high-up church leaders. I really really hope that I didn't say too much. I mentioned to her about whether she'd had M tested for ADD/HD and she told me that her peditrician had suggested it, but had also suggested that she get tested - which greatly offended her. I mentioned to her that research does show that ADD tends to be genetic, and that a lot of people that have it, tend to be the MOST intelligent people, just with a focus problem. She said that maybe she'd get him tested this summer, but wasn't willing to medicate him. I told her that there were other ways of dealing with it other than meds, but at least having the diagnoisis gives you a starting point. Really, all in all, it was a very good meeting (which lasted nearly 1 1/2 hours!)

Between appointments I got all caught up on my grading. Then I called my doctor to get my test results (from several weeks ago - we've been playing phone tag.) I finally got ahold of the nurse. She told me all my results were normal, except for my TSH (thyroid) was low. So, she called in a prescription for Synthroid (which I've had before). She also told me that my cholestroal (sp?) level was 203, but that the good stuff was very high, and the bad stuff was at least 20pts below the target level. So, I guess all the oatmeal and fiber I eat has been doing something good.

My dad was still here when I got home which surprised me. He hadn't had a very good night. I told him to think of it as one night down, and 179 to go. He also told me he'd talked to my mom today. Apparentally she's claiming that she isn't engaged - though they've already set a tentative date, and have attended a pre-wedding seminar. Ummm yeah. He also told me that the check Ryan cashed and used to buy new skis, which mom had given him, had actually been intended for Ryan to pay back the people who bought his plane ticket here a few weeks ago. She'd even put it in the memo line (which dad saw in black and white.) That's not quite the story Ryan gave me when I talked to him last. He told me that mom had given him this check, and had insisted on gving it to him. So he finally took it, and cashed it, and used it to buy skis. Oh brother! (In both senses!)

Oh, the last parents I talked to today said that they have some orange and maybe yellow playdoh that I could have. I have enough blue playdoh (crust) and red playdoh (inner core) but I don't have any orange(mantle) or yellow (outer core). I really didn't feel like going to Wal-mart and buying $30+ of playdoh, just to get enough of the two colors I need. This is all for a project we're doing tomorrow (maybe) where we make a model of the planet Earth, and then cut it in half to see the different layers. This is one project that my kids from three years ago who are now in 3rd grade still remember.

Spending Log:
Wal-greens: $17.37 (scrip + Easter Candy sales)

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura