Things Are Deteriorating

We are having some major issues around here and school is the cause. The teacher was supposed to call but promised to call tonight. S is being punished at school for her anxiety induced behaviors. It is only causing more stress and she is getting close to not being able to function without constant worry. I can only hope that I can explain it to them without being threatening or condescending. It is going to be tough for me to guard every word so it doesn't come out the wrong way. She is really good about not interrupting or taking the conversation in a different direction. I felt like maybe I couldn't ask for everything to be special and different than the rest of the kids, then I thought to myself, "Hey! Wait a minute! This is why I chose private school over public and they are getting a huge sum of money to do ecactly what they promised me." I will need to remind them of that.

Our exercise routine has been inconsistent and it is really messing things up. she just can't get serious about her vision exercises and I'm about to quit. I am paying so much money and I don't see any difference. I need to get her started on iLs and see where that gets us first. Many of the vision exercises can be incorporated into that routine. She has been so tired since the day before Halloween and eating candy, it is all taking it's toll. I haven't heard "I don't love you." in a long, long time. It comes during exercise time when I am making her do something and stop fooling around. It has been horrible to hear her talking while playing alone and talking about being punnished. I sure hope the teacher listens and understands.

On another bad note, her ears are building up wax again and the one ear is itching her horribly. She keeps asking "What?", so it must be worse than it looks with my otoscope.

Now to report something great. She was so excited about Halloween this year. She was totally into it and had so much fun. The most precious thing was when I put her Tinkerbelle costume on and she grabbed my hand because she thought she could actually fly. Her dad, big sis and sis' boyfriend all took turns running her from house to house while holding her horizontally so it was like she was flying. She had so much fun and she actually ate some of her candy.

I guess I should expect some setbacks, but I was riding this great wave and let my guard down a bit. consequently, it threw me.