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October 12, 2003
Hi!
I feel so awful for letting so much time pass! I really regret not diligently keeping up with my diary as I’m sure I let so many things go unrecorded and they are no doubt buried in my frazzled mind by this point.
Life in the new neighborhood continues to be great. It’s everything I thought it would be and more! I guess I didn’t realize how much I had put my life on hold and mulled around my packed up apartment in depression mode. It was just terrible to be in limbo for so long. I can’t believe the difference in myself.
The difference in Charles and Alyssa is just amazing as well. I think I have written this in every entry since our move so far, but this whole area is swarming with children and my children don’t even turn the TV on anymore. There’s bikes and scooters and dead end streets, games of hide and seek and tag…..all mixing with the sound of children’s laughter and the wonderful smell of the ocean. Ah, Heaven. I can’t say enough just how happy we are to finally be here.
The house still has lots of unfinished parts, and LOT of trim still needs to go up, but Chuck has been in “burn out” mode I guess. I finally finished unpacking the rest of the boxes, and we’ve yet to put any pictures up, but, we’ll get there soon enough. Maybe we’ll start with renewed energy sometime this week, or next.
Some more updates……
I got suspended from work last week. It didn’t matter that I called in to work from the Yale Children’s ER, (was there with Sarah and her AWFUL case of croup) it was my 5th callout for the year and that’s the rule…. 5 call ins and you’re suspended for 3 days without pay. I am on a sort of probation period now for six months, which means…..If I call in more than twice in these next 6 months I will be terminated. That’s the scary part. I do honestly like my job, but, what can I do? Myself and three kids and sicknesses? Only 5 call ins a year is easy to go through. Lord help me through the next six months.
On to Alyssa…. I am quite worried about her first grade year. Her teacher, who I selected three years in advance, went on Maternity leave 3 months early due to complications. (I am praying for her and her baby to be!) Lyssie has had a different substitute for a month now and the principal finally secured a certified teacher to fill in for the remaining time. I am doing the best I can with her at home, but I have heard many stories about whole classes repeating the year due to problems like this. Hopefully, we will get through it ok.
On a brighter note, Charles’ teacher called me last week. She wanted to let me know what a great, intelligent little boy I have. :-) She is worried because Charles is very bright, but fooling around in class because he is bored. He is pretty immature though, in addition to being 2 years younger than the rest of the class, because we started him early......advancing him to the next grade would just be too much. I worry about him a lot because I want to try to balance him just right, and stimulate his mind in the best way I can. The teacher already has him leading groups in class and wants me to give him more reading at home (he is reading at 6th grade level already). I have gotten a lot of advice as to assigning him a research project and Chuck and I are going to start working on some ideas.
Sarah is doing great. LOL. She is no longer a great shopping, or errand companion though. She wants to walk at all times, push her carriage, waddle around the stores and run from me. You know, all that fun toddler stuff. Restaurants are practically out of the question. Charles and Lyssie are at a great age for dining out, etc and now that we have a little active squirmy toddler thrown in, forget it! LOL I think the age spacing between my children is difficult sometimes. I am not saying anything BAD, just that my kids are at such different stages, it makes it quite hard to manage it all smoothly sometimes.
Yesterday we went to Vermont, and my goodness, how gorgeous it is this time of year. The kids had a blast as we trekked through farms and pumpkin picked and horseback rode, but they were pretty rambunctious in the car. In retrospect, it could have been all that Maple candy and fresh homemade fudge they were eating though that made them a bit hyper. Yummy!
No entry would be complete without talking about breastfeeding! Much to the shock and horror of many, I am still nursing my almost 21 month old. Really though, as we approach the terrible twos and temper tantrums, I can’t imagine mothering her without it.
Tricia (mom of 3!)
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