I can hardly believe that there is less than two weeks left of the kids summer vacation. I for one am very pleased with this, but my two kids not so much. My daughter is looking forward to going back to school sort of, but my youngest son not so much. So I have a lot of work that I need to get done before these final two weeks are over. I still have a few supplies to purchase for them and will need to start buying stuff for their school lunches. But the time is slowly coming to an end. So in about two weeks time I will be one happy lady.

This is the kids final week of school. So that means it’s my last week of peace for a little while. They go full days all this week and then on Friday they come home after half a day. Then the fun begins. I still have to find some toys for their grading presents. So… I’m going to enjoy this week. I’m going to try to get quite a bit of things done because I know I will be spending most of my summer breaking up fights and not getting a whole lot of anything else done.

The kids only have five weeks of school left this year and I for one couldn’t be happier. This year has been pretty brutal for kids and their homework and I am getting so tired of all this homework. I’m sure the kids are too. I couldn’t believe the amount of homework my daughter brought home this year and she is only in grade 6. Hopefully next year there won’t be quite as much and I won’t have to spend every night of the week fighting with these two kids to finish their homework. I can’t wait for these five weeks to be over!

Many of you may not be aware of this, but I now only work about eight hours a week at my outside job. This was my choice. I just found that I was getting burned out. So I asked for my hours to be cut back, but still work enough to keep my foot in the door. Well over the past three weeks I have been doing some serious thinking. I have come to a major decision. I want to go back to school. Well, not actually physically go back to school, but I am extremely interested in earning an online degree.

I have been doing some research and have decided that Western Governors Online University would be my best choice in obtaining an online business degree. By what I’ve read, I have discovered that they have the most comprehensive course plan available for this type of online education. Their prices for all their courses are extremely competitive in today’s market, and their professors are the absolute best in their field.

I am going to check out this online university a little more closely over the next few weeks. Then I will make my decision and hopefully will be able to get a start on a brand new career.

My youngest son really does crack me up. He is an extremely bright boy, but sometimes he can be so dizzy. This morning around 10:00 am I get a phone call from him (from school) that he forgot his lunch box. So of course I told him I would run it down to him. When I get to the school his teacher informs me that he told her he knew first thing this morning that he forgot it, but he forgot to tell her about it until after snack. Why wait until after snack when his snack was in the lunch box. But I laughed and gave her the lunch box anyway. I threaten this kid every day that I’m going to have to invest in some hemorrhoids treatments because he’s a pain in my *you know where*. Oh well, I wouldn’t have him any other way.

Boy my nine year old was in a mood this morning. He didn’t want to get ready for school, he didn’t want to pack his lunch and he didn’t want to walk to the bus stop. When his father asked him what was up with him this morning, he crabbed at him that he was tired. I guess he doesn’t take any sleep pills now does he. And… the reason why he was tired this morning?? He stayed up late watching the NASCAR race. I guess that will teach him now won’t it? Probably not, he’s only nine. Hopefully once he gets to school and around his buddies he will come out of his mood. Otherwise, his teacher is not going to have a very good day.

Honestly, it seems that every day I manage to piss my 11 year old daughter off. This morning she asked my permission for her to join the drama club, and once again, I had to tell her no. The problem with the drama club this year is that they have their practices every Tuesday and Thursday after school. Well these two days just happen to be the two days that I have to work. So there is no way I have time to grab her from school and get myself to work on time. I know she understood my reasoning behind my saying no, but she wasn’t pleased with me. Oh well, if all goes well, she will be able to join next year as I don’t plan on being at my job this time next year.

Of all the days not to cancel school due to snow, today should have been cancelled. It has been snowing steadily since last night and we are predicted to get up to 15 cm of snow before this is supposed to stop. But the kids went to school. Honestly if this snow keeps up I really do think they might cancel school during the day and send the kids home early. I really don’t understand this district. On a day that it “might” snow they cancel school, but on a day like today, school is in session.

On Friday both the children will be bringing home their first report cards of the year. I’m pretty sure both will do really well and there won’t be too many surprises. I have been talking with my son’s teacher a bit this year and he is doing really well in his marks. He has to calm down on his socializing, but other than that, he is doing really well. I am able to go online to my daughter’s school to see her marks and right now she is sitting with high honors. So she is doing really well as well. So it looks like I’m going to have to run out and buy a couple of small presents to reward the children for all their efforts.

I think this is quite ironic. This is the week that my daughter’s school is playing a serious emphasis on bullying and this just happens to be the week that she is experiencing a lot of bullying. One of the boys in her grade 6 class said something to her the other day that was highly inappropriate. She is only 11 and wasn’t really impressed to hear that a boy (who’s 11) wants to have sex with her. This upset her quite a bit. But the teacher’s are aware of the situation and have taken steps to stop this kind of behavior and talk. I just wish that she didn’t have to be exposed to that kind of thing and let me tell you if it ever happens again, the school and these kids parents will not want to hear from me or her father.