Arrrrghhh…..last night was a difficult night. As my “woulda been” wedding date approaches, I get a little down. I think it was the wedding of Jay and Bee that just threw me over the edge…lol. But I am OK. I didn’t feel like cooking, so I just ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut and Miss Beasley and I just chowed down on that.
I am worried about Miss Beasley. She is not doing her work in school, and it is starting to show. She is only 4 and I really did not think I would be having this issue with her this early. Her inattentiveness in class is showing. I was going over sight words with her and she just kept staring off into space and trying to make me laugh. Ain’t nothing funny about illiteracy. So, to get her back on track, I have instituted a no TV rule. I am not completely cruel; she can watch TV on the weekends, but on a school night, no TV. Since I usually have to take her to the beauty shop with me after work, I have started packing a variety of workbooks (the Hooked on Phonics ones ROCK!) that she will be working on while I am working. I am an AVID reader, and I want her to love reading too. So lets just all cross our fingers and hope for the best.
Since I love my part-time job so much, my goal is to get into it full time. I was sitting around thinking the other day, that since I work for the city, I could be let go at anytime. This is a finance and election based position. The Treasurer is an elected official and his term is up in 2009. I keep hearing rumors of everyone being let go when a new Treasurer is elected. So to say I am nervous it putting it mildly. So, I have decided to get my cosmetology license so I will have something to fall back on.
I know in my previous post I said I was not entering the dating world for another 14 years, but as my luck would have it, I was asked out on a date by a nice gentleman, who will be known as J. We will see where this goes. You just KNOW I have to write about it here. Be Blessed!
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i wish i had parents as concerned as you are!
as long as you're reading to her every night, you're doing a good job.
letters and sounds before kindergarten and she's already ahead of the game. shapes, colors, and how to write her own name.
sight words will come with development and age.
does she know you're not getting married anymore? inattentiveness and trying to make you laugh can be her reaction and way of dealing with the change.
She knows....sadly the poor child was in the house when Mama was having her Waiting to Exhale moment. She tells people that they are not allowed to talk about weddings because, "they make Mommy cry". Thanks for dropping that thought into my ming because I thought she was adjusting well....but now at second look, maybe not.
that has to be so hard to have your date coming. i was thinking the same thing as stace. hurray for the internet and for you being a good mama who will fight for her participation, success and intelligence.
Yay Stace! That's what I was gonna say (but it sounds so much less official coming out of my mouth!). I was thinking that this was her way of rebelling against the cancelled wedding too. But the funniest shit ever is "ain't nothing funny about illiteracy!"
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