My Mom Confession: March 5, 2015

I like traditional schooling, Mom Breaks. I do not like traditional schooling for a lot of reasons.

On my mom break today, I am contemplating 12 Inspiring Lessons in Confidence from Sheldon Cooper and listening to Titanium by David Guetta on repeat.  Mom's have there bad days and sometimes we have our days; where we just lay on the living room floor and stare at the ceiling and pray for strength, with a hint of sanity. (just saying sanity would be nice)

The 12 Inspiring Lessons in Confidence from Sheldon Cooper List Breakdown:
1. Push yourself to do things you never thought you could

Me - I don't want to give up my mom breaks. I like them. I don't know if I can full time homeschool. I will find a way! I will make something work! 

2. Embrace your personal style

Me - I am more of a turtle than a hare in life. I like to do my yoga before I deal with people. I like to meditate before I leave my house. And sometimes you just need to cry when no body is looking. 

3. Don’t rely on alcohol to boost your confidence

Me - "Really?!?  Because Irish Yoga is what my 25 year old self wants to do with my St. Patrick's Day." It's been a unique year so far. 

And seriously that kinda looks fun. 

But agreed! Moving On.

4. Don’t be afraid to ask for help

Me - Fine. HELP ME!!! Seriously, someone let me know if you know about homeschooling a kindergartener in Maryland. Or if you have a kindergartener homeschooler in Maryland and want to start a homeschool group. Feel free to email me. 

5. Trust your gut

Me - Can Do. Now let's make sure we teach our children this lesson. 

6. Believe you’ve got superpowers, even if you don’t

Me - Okay, I'll work on that. "I am a superhero!" Maybe, I'll make that a reminder on my phone. 

7. Cover all your bases

Me - Well, I do love my research. And my latest mean girl quote, "There's nothing like math to tell people how stupid they are at life." 

8. Be willing to put yourself out there to get ahead

Me - Really?!? Do I have to??? What if...??? And then...??? 

People make me feel socially awkward and change is not really my thing. I like being the background person. So this one is a challenge.

9. Never apologize for what you love

Me - This one I can say, "Can do!"  But if I'm really honest, I get a little scatterbrained sometimes and lose focus on setting aside that time to recenter.

10. Embrace your inner child

Me - Oh, this one I got down. The bad thing is, I'm kinda a weirdo with lot's of energy so not everyone get's me or my inner child. But point taken you need your inner child to get through adult life.

11. Celebrate your achievements

Me - Well, I fear failure. (Which, mind you I feel is stupid.) So yea... this one makes it on my To Do List, because I need it. And what better way to keep motivated then to celebrate your achievements. 

12. If you’ve got it, flaunt it

Me - Umm... okay? :/  I get the point though. :) 

#BazingaForLife 

Thank you CBS.com for releasing this list. 

My Mom Confession: March 4, 2015

My Mom Confession Of The Day:

This year, with traditional school, has had it's up's and down's, but today it really sucks! I have spent the good chunk of today in tears.

The Situation: Gryphon has tonsils that are too big and pretty much chronically infected. Which, also leads to a chronic ear infection. Now, you can explain this to a traditional school ad nauseam. But they just don't get it, in today's society where people don't really can't see past the ends of their noses.

My 5year old has 20 missed days of school, because he goes to school healthy after taking time off to get healthy and comes home from 'the kindergarten germ factory' sick. It's a vicious cycle.

The worst part of the cycle is the school says, "If your kids sick don't send him to school." Well, not all parents invest in keeping this ideal and the school doesn't either.

Reason's Why You Should Not Send Sick Kids To School:
A: sick kids don't learn well.
B: sick kids have less of an attention span. They need rest, to let their immune systems get them healthy.
C: sending sick kids to school get's other people sick.
D: People are morons and I can't believe I have to deal with them.
E: not letting your immune system recover and not getting healthy reeks long-term havoc on your immune system. Parent's and School Officials this creates a long-term problem and an awful mind set your these young "one day" adults. (This is a problem!)

Being a parent is not easy. You are raising another human being. This is a serious deal people!

In a perfect world: I would be able to work with his school to get school work that he has missed done.
But in this world: I ask 3 times for missed work and get one letter that say, "Here are my concerns about what Gryphon has missed."
In this world: I send notes, I send emails, I physically show up at the school and volunteer twice a month and talk to his teacher and I get back, "He's doing great!" "He's right where he needs to be." "You should be proud of the progress he has made."

I'm sorry! Non of that communication, besides the note, says anywhere that the school sees a problem or a solution.

I'm raising a little human being here people, you need to get your act together and answer me honestly. Cause I don't have time for this and neither does my little human!

My Mom Solution:
As a responsible and reasonable adult (aka. A 25year old, who should still be figuring out if they want to spring break or save their vacation time for later, not having to raise other adults, thank you very much.)
A: I made a conference with his school to talk.
B: I made a conference with his teacher to talk about her note face to face.
C: I've made doctors appointments (all winter mind you) to have professionals tell me "my child is sick and we have to have his tonsils removed."
D: I've saved every Doctors note.
E: I've made my own curriculum and homeschooled my sick kid and saved every piece of work.
F: I've research homeschooling endlessly.

To come to this conclusion:
I am scared of homeschooling my kid alone, because I'm afraid of failing and becoming a homeschooling hermit.
I am scared of sending my kid back to the traditional school and having to continue this vicious cycle and breaking my kid's love of learning.


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