When it rains...

It pours. It's only Tuesday and I am ready to snap at the next person who crosses my path. My stress level has gone through the roof this week and it just keeps piling on.

Yesterday was the start of it all. It's finals week for me, so that is stressful by itself. But at work I ended up going one on one with the child who has anger issues as well as behavior problems. Everything you say to him, in his mind, is up for debate. It doesn't matter how many times you tell him that arguing is not an option, he does it anyways. The entire morning with him was tantrums and arguing.

Today with him was worse than yesterday. He ended up throwing a chair and a cot at a teacher as well as kicking and shoving a number of kids this morning. After he came back from Head Start, he pitched a fit at the table and threw another chair. To make matters worse, one of the teachers told him he was being a "bad boy." Now, we're allowed to say that a child's behavior is bad-(which I don't agree with either, I prefer unacceptable or inappropriate)-but we are never allowed to say that a child is being bad or good. Their behavior may be bad or good, but the child is not to be told they are bad or good. So I reminded the teacher that we're not allowed to say that to a kid, which didn't go over well at all.

On top of all of this, I'm still stressed out about moving, I have 2 more exams that I haven't studied for, my whole body aches, I have to go pick up a kid tonight and watch her until 8. And, I'm having to make another decision about the apartment, which I will be sharing with my boyfriend, with no input from him--which is basically what I've been doing for the last month and a half. I am sooooo ready for a vacation, which I won't be getting this year, but I'm ready for one anyway.

I hope your week is going better than mine.

Good People Are Still Around...

In college, the week before any kind of holiday, everybody tends to ask you what you are doing for the holiday. Every single one of my friends was going somewhere for Easter weekend. I, however, was not. My answer of, "Study, do laundry, clean" sort of took them by surprise. They all talked about how excited they were for the annual Easter dinner....I would be eating Easy Mac and Chefboyardee. After being asked what my plans were for the holiday weekend I eventually just took to shrugging my shoulders and saying "Haven't figured it out yet."

Now, it isn't that I don't want to go home for Easter, or that I don't have the money or anything like that. The truth is, I really just don't have anywhere to go. My dad is working out of town for the whole weekend--so going to his house would be kind of pointless because I would just sit in his house and study, do laundry, and clean. Going to my mom's always throws me for a loop and it generally takes me at least a week to get back to normal after I've been with her for any amount of time.

So on Thursday I was at work when one of the mom's came in to pick up her daughter. She asked me if I could watch her dogs overnight while they went on a short, overnight trip. I told her sure. Then she asked if I was sure it was okay because she thought she might be imposing on my holiday plans. I told her that I would be in town and it wouldn't be a problem. So Thursday night she called me up and invited me over to have Easter dinner with her and her family. I didn't realize how much it bothered me that I would be alone for the holiday until she invited me over. Easter was always a family get together in my house...this is actually the first year I won't be with any family, or my boyfriend, for Easter--and honestly, it's hard. So bless her heart, there are still good people out there in the world.

Have a great Easter everybody...may yours be as special and important as mine :)

A Long Overdue Update...

So here it is, almost a week after I promised it. But alas, it's here. My wonderful update on my hectic and "exciting" life. Where to begin....

School-It's winding down I guess. I am never taking 18 credits ever again. Only 2 1/2 more weeks to go. That's good and bad. Good because it means that I successfully made it through my 5th full semester in college. Bad because it means that all those projects that I put off 'until later' are due now and um, yeah...Let's just say I've become a library rat recently.

Work-I'm not really liking the vibe at work right now. Consistency is not very high between the teachers. In addition to that, the director comes in twice a week for a grand total of 4 hours. If it weren't for our assistant director, we probably all would've quit by now. Right now, we have a lot of people working there-(remember this is on a college campus so 95% of the staff is students)-who just don't care or just don't want to work. It puts a lot of pressure on those of us who actually DO work for our paycheck and then it kind of snowballs from there. But, it's not all bad. Many of the children at the center that we were worried about with behavior problems and/or developmental delays are improving on a daily basis. It's great to see, it really makes you feel good inside because you feel like you accomplished something. In addition to that job-(15 hrs. a week)-I babysit occasionally on weekends for a lady who's daughter goes to the center, and I also babysit for my neighbor.

Neighbor's-They suck. It's as simple as that. They have officially broken 3 of our house windows. Jerks...that's all I have to say about that.

Baby-I'm not sure where to even begin with this. And no, I'm not pregnant nor do I have a baby. My boyfriend, Brian, lives with a guy who we'll call Moron #1, or M1 for short. M1 met this girl, we'll call her M2 for Moron #2. They 'fell in love'-(read: a lot of sex and not much else)-and they had an unplanned pregnancy. So this unplanned pregnancy has moved along through the trimesters, M1 lost his job and didn't look for another one, M2 drank loads of coffee, smoked cigarette after cigarette and never went to the doctor. She told us all she was due 'around the end of May/beginning of June.' She finally went to the doctor about 2 weeks ago. They did an ultrasound...low and behold she's due May 10th. So now that reality has hit the Moron Twins in the face, they're not real happy with the idea of 'responsibility.' Kind of funny how that all works though...people who were too irresponsible to use birth control the right way are now going to be responsible for a human being--poor kid.

Love Life-It exists...on the occasional weekend that I have the money, the time, and the stamina to drive down to see the boy toy. The visits with my boyfriend have been few and far between. I see him about once a month now, and the visits are short. I go down Friday after my internship, so I don't get down there till 6pm or later. Then he works on Saturday, and Sunday I have to drive back to school during the late afternoon. He's supposed to be moving up here in August though...which brings me to my big news...

I'M MOVING (again)!!!!

Yes, I'm being crazy and moving for the 6th time in a year. Yes people, that's SIX times in 12 months (May-Dad's, then Brian's, August-School, October-Dad's, January-School). I don't know why I even bother unpacking--it takes more energy to pack and unpack than it does to just live out of the boxes. I'm moving because Brian is coming up here to school and it just seems natural that it's the next step. I'm moving at the end of this month, because my lease at my current place is up on May 1st. But, on the plus side..I love the apartment I'm moving too. And if all goes well, we should be able to stay there for a few years until Brian is done with school.

Well I guess that's it. I should probably get to work on this paper. Have a good week.