Dear Richard
Hopefully next week I’ll be looking forward to a slightly
easier week ahead… This week is certainly still going to be hectic! I’ve got
tons of marking to do, both for the board course and for my course (my students
wrote their test on Friday), plus I have to finish off the chapters we’ve been
reworking for the new groups textbook. I made good progress on the textbook
this past week, getting to the end of 4 chapters, but I’ve still got 2 to go.
But I think that they’ll go a bit faster than the last 2 that I did, so I’m
hopeful J
On Tuesday morning Hannah woke up and immediately wrenched
her neck L
She couldn’t actually move for a while! She looked so pitiful and sad lying on
the couch, all miserable… But once we got her medicated and mobile she got back
some of her usual spark, and by the time we were leaving for school she was
bossing everyone around! So it still took a couple of days to come completely
right, but she made quick progress on some things!
We’ve been having a tough time with Josh this past week
though, with him feeling all sensitive and his self-esteem seems to be quite
low… And it’s one of those things that was just taking us ages to realise what
was actually wrong! But thankfully now that we’ve isolated what the problem is
we’ve been able to help him a bit, and he’s doing better, although he’s not
quite our normal child again. And part of the problem was that he was being
very disobedient, and then when he was reprimanded he felt like everyone was
hating him… So it’s been a bit of a challenge to also be showing him how his
own behaviour is influencing everything and try to help him be more obedient.
We’ve had limited success on that front, but there have been a few glimmers of
hope, like the fact that he was a huge part of us tidying the entire house
while Andrew was at a High Priest Quorum meeting this evening J
Then on Thursday morning one of the other parents reversed
into my car while I was inside the school dropping off the kids L It’s just my back
bumper, in almost the exact same place as last year when I reversed into
someone on campus! But what was great was how I managed to stay completely calm
throughout! I think that my accident last year was still very fresh, and I know
just how easily it can happen! And such a relief that I had no blame this
time!!! So it was going to the police station immediately, and then on Friday I
went to the panel beaters to get a quote to repair it. The other parent is
accepting full responsibility, so except for the schlep we won’t have any cost
at least J
I also had my meeting with Head of Department last week to
talk about my performance over the last 4 years. He’s very happy with my “conscientious
way” that I do all my work, and he said he’s very glad that I don’t cause any
trouble ;) Like I responded – I try not to! Really the big thing is that I need
to just get my Masters done. That’s the only big thing that’s holding me back
at this point. But I should be able to go on sabbatical next year and then I
can really get into it!
Yesterday we were invited, together with another family, to
go and visit one of my colleagues at home for afternoon tea/snacks. Our kids
don’t get a lot of chances to visit other people because we’re not that big
into socialising… But we had a good time, and we took their two little dachshunds
for a short walk. The kids have been talking about it ever since! That certainly
made a big impression on them!
Today was fairly normal, including lots of craziness… Which
is part of normal… We’re so enjoying having our family home evening on a Sunday
afternoon J
Andrew was in charge of the HP meeting this evening, and he says it went really
well, and that Pres Kruger was happy and complimentary about it J Andrew’s still
struggling to figure out his exact role in the presidency, so it’s so great
that he’s having these successes J
And that’s about it… I’m writing today (being Sunday instead
of Monday) because I’m expecting to have work to do tomorrow evening, like I have
had the last few nights. But the nice thing about this time of the year is that
I’m planning on working from home most of the week at least J
Have a good week!
Shelly
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