Another sleepless night

I wonder why it is I can't sleep. I'm up all day. I'm helping the kids with homework after school, doing laundry, dishes. I'm watching mom all day, however she mostly sleeps all the time now. I had to move the oxygen concentrator so I could hear her breathe from the next room when I try to sleep at night. I don't know why I need to hear her breathe. I guess, I want to be there if she is in any kind of distress in anyway. I can do something about that. Well, there are some things I can do. I can give her medicine, reposition her to help her to be more comfortable, rub her back, or legs (she loves that), and play her CD. THAT CD. Of all the stories she has, she has wanted to listed to "The Clan of the Cave Bear" over and over. Even putting on one of the Cd's makes her face relax. It's so funny. She'd rather listen to that than watch TV. Even when she was making her own choices, she would listen to the same chapters over and over. Crazy. She told Seth today "I love you too" in a raspy, whisper of a voice. He was hugging all over her today, so I took the opportunity to take pictures. He has such a huge heart.

The kids are in school. Seth is 11, in the 6th grade, and I get a phone call home just about every other day about how he "put his hands" on someone,"... rough housing is not allowed here Mrs. Cluff" as if my answer would be; "Oh really, I thought you taught that in first period. I'm sorry" What the heck, he even got in trouble for sticking his tongue out at his cousin Gabby while in line, after she said " ha ha, you got in trouble". But did she get in trouble, no. I have to psych these teachers out, as if they know it all, and let them know "what works for me" as Seth is not a problem for me at home, in fact, he is very helpful at this time. Then I throw in the whole 'dying grandma' bit, and that slows them down a bit and they become a little more sympathetic. I tell them," Seth does need a lot of direction, and close supervision, and I know this can be hard when you have 30 kids, however, this is what it takes for you to have a quiet classroom. He is not going to behave like other kids. He does have ADHD, and No, Mrs. teacher, we will not be medicating him this year either...we will continue behavior modification, as this works every year, and he gets A's and B's when it is followed through with consistency..."and " the direction and supervision must happen every day, all the time, every day , all the time, All the time, every day.. In fact the other day we agreed that playing around in the line with another boy to the point the other boy fell down, and Seth fell on top of him was not OK, and he should stay after school. So what happened? The teacher he was to stay with said, well, you can go early. This is not consistency, and what kind of message do you think that sends to Seth?" by the way this was a Friday.................. This is the crap I get mad at, then they blame him for trying to get away with it again....I would too. Well, I wouldn't but his dad would, and Seth is just like his dad, curious, creative, impulsive, active and smart. He knows what he can get away with.

Well, that's my spiel for tonight.........I'm even tired just writing about it again. ha ha ha. One day I will laugh at all this, and try to tell Seth to be patient with his son...........Oh my, won't that be payback.