What's upsetting you today? - Page 382

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2010, 09:07 PM

Perhaps they can each take one?

Undertoad · 08-03-2010, 09:17 PM

J and I'll raise the Pookaflintsters, if you give us a dowry of some insurance money. We won't need much, just enough for some vittles and sunday dress.

Pooka · 08-03-2010, 09:29 PM

Money will not be an issue for them... we have a niiiiice trust fund for them. ITs the right family with similar values and financially stable set up that is going to be hard to replace... they wouldn't have needed to touch the trust... and if they did... I trust that she would have had no other choice. She is still willing to take them... he is not a viable option at the moment... but we both agree it should be a couple... with a child close in age to ours... only one with no intention of having more kids, well off, musically inclined, and a long time friend of the family... they were it... we don't have any one else... it makes me feel a little uncomfortable... not that I think we are going to die tomorrow... but you never know. Plus... they were our closest couple friends.

lumberjim · 08-05-2010, 06:09 PM

my lack of emotional self control is upsetting me lately.

is that redundant?

Griff · 08-05-2010, 07:30 PM

recursive

Sorry dude, chin up.

HungLikeJesus · 08-06-2010, 12:25 AM

At least 1 and 1/3

Spexxvet · 08-06-2010, 09:39 AM

Dad fell out of bed, injured his shoulder, in the hospital.

glatt · 08-06-2010, 09:50 AM

Sorry, Spex.

sweetwater · 08-06-2010, 10:55 AM

In about 10 minutes they'll pull the plug on my aunt. We haven't talked, written, or anything with her for decades, but recently my father has been calling and talking to her. He couldn't get there (health issues himself) and he is very upset that when someone finally called to tell him where she has been (he was leaving messages) he finds out she's on life support and wouldn't know if he was there or not. So now he knows at 10 AM his last sister is going to die. Wait - probably gone by now, different time zone, I forgot 'bout that. (I'm OK, but he won't be, which means nobody will be who is in that same state.)

Clodfobble · 08-06-2010, 11:47 AM

Sorry sweetwater.

This is a good reminder for me to keep in touch with my own brother. Life isn't forever.

lookout123 · 08-06-2010, 01:52 PM

LL has been awesome all summer. Really since about February. We got his medication sorted enough that while there are still some obvious issues, we had decided we were at a "good enough" level of control. He is now on his 5th day of fourth grade and all progress is erased, or at least hidden. I hope it is temporary because there aren't many alternative treatments so if it turns out this med has stopped working we're pretty well screwed.

I am hoping that it is just a settling in period for being back to school, but that seems unlikely. His schedule all summer was basically the same because of the camp program he was involved in.

classicman · 08-06-2010, 02:04 PM

ugghhh - sorry - Still hoping for the best. I'm sure you guys will figure something out.

Clodfobble · 08-06-2010, 06:53 PM

Dang, lookout. Any chance there is a particular problem with the teacher, or a specific kid in the class who is setting him off?

lookout123 · 08-06-2010, 07:12 PM

Loves his teacher. Loves the school. Loves all the kids in his class except for one but that is already handled. * Today he is tired and edgy, but I gave him a 30 minute window to just chill out on his own. He may just be overstimulated and having a hard time transitioning from school to home. I know that sounds lame, but it is the best way to describe it. I'm going to give him another full week before I become officially worried.

* The first day LL came home complaining that there was a bully who elbowed him in the face, so LL told the teacher. The child was scolded so the kid punched LL and elbowed his friend. he complained to me and mrs L and we just reminded him that he already has groundrules on how to deal with bullies.

Apparently, the bullying continued on the second day. The teacher talked to me about it because she was concerned I might be upset. I let her know I'm sure that she and the children would figure it out.

The 3rd day it continued until gym class where LL flattened the kid on the soccer field and then screamed in his face that it would get worse unless the kid stayed away from him and his friend. The gym teacher and his regular teacher both saw the incident. They officially asked me to talk to LL about letting the teachers handle inappropriate behavior. Unofficially, they said the kid had it coming and he hasn't bothered anyone since he got up off the ground.

monster · 08-06-2010, 07:52 PM

So effectively the first three days were taken up with a problem with a specific kid, then he's had two more days and now he's tired and edgy. i wouldn't give up hope yet -I'd be tired and edgy too, if that were my first week back at school.

08-03-2010, 09:07 PM	#5716
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Perhaps they can each take one? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-05-2010, 06:09 PM	#5719
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	my lack of emotional self control is upsetting me lately. is that redundant? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-05-2010, 07:30 PM	#5720
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	recursive Sorry dude, chin up. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-06-2010, 12:25 AM	#5721
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	At least 1 and 1/3 __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-06-2010, 09:39 AM	#5722
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Dad fell out of bed, injured his shoulder, in the hospital. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-03-2010, 09:17 PM	#5717
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	J and I'll raise the Pookaflintsters, if you give us a dowry of some insurance money. We won't need much, just enough for some vittles and sunday dress.

08-03-2010, 09:29 PM	#5718
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	Money will not be an issue for them... we have a niiiiice trust fund for them. ITs the right family with similar values and financially stable set up that is going to be hard to replace... they wouldn't have needed to touch the trust... and if they did... I trust that she would have had no other choice. She is still willing to take them... he is not a viable option at the moment... but we both agree it should be a couple... with a child close in age to ours... only one with no intention of having more kids, well off, musically inclined, and a long time friend of the family... they were it... we don't have any one else... it makes me feel a little uncomfortable... not that I think we are going to die tomorrow... but you never know. Plus... they were our closest couple friends.

08-06-2010, 09:50 AM	#5723
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry, Spex.

08-06-2010, 10:55 AM	#5724
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	In about 10 minutes they'll pull the plug on my aunt. We haven't talked, written, or anything with her for decades, but recently my father has been calling and talking to her. He couldn't get there (health issues himself) and he is very upset that when someone finally called to tell him where she has been (he was leaving messages) he finds out she's on life support and wouldn't know if he was there or not. So now he knows at 10 AM his last sister is going to die. Wait - probably gone by now, different time zone, I forgot 'bout that. (I'm OK, but he won't be, which means nobody will be who is in that same state.) __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

08-06-2010, 11:47 AM	#5725
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Sorry sweetwater. This is a good reminder for me to keep in touch with my own brother. Life isn't forever. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-06-2010, 01:52 PM	#5726
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	LL has been awesome all summer. Really since about February. We got his medication sorted enough that while there are still some obvious issues, we had decided we were at a "good enough" level of control. He is now on his 5th day of fourth grade and all progress is erased, or at least hidden. I hope it is temporary because there aren't many alternative treatments so if it turns out this med has stopped working we're pretty well screwed. I am hoping that it is just a settling in period for being back to school, but that seems unlikely. His schedule all summer was basically the same because of the camp program he was involved in. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-06-2010, 02:04 PM	#5727
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	ugghhh - sorry - Still hoping for the best. I'm sure you guys will figure something out. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-06-2010, 06:53 PM	#5728
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Dang, lookout. Any chance there is a particular problem with the teacher, or a specific kid in the class who is setting him off? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-06-2010, 07:12 PM	#5729
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Loves his teacher. Loves the school. Loves all the kids in his class except for one but that is already handled. * Today he is tired and edgy, but I gave him a 30 minute window to just chill out on his own. He may just be overstimulated and having a hard time transitioning from school to home. I know that sounds lame, but it is the best way to describe it. I'm going to give him another full week before I become officially worried. * The first day LL came home complaining that there was a bully who elbowed him in the face, so LL told the teacher. The child was scolded so the kid punched LL and elbowed his friend. he complained to me and mrs L and we just reminded him that he already has groundrules on how to deal with bullies. Apparently, the bullying continued on the second day. The teacher talked to me about it because she was concerned I might be upset. I let her know I'm sure that she and the children would figure it out. The 3rd day it continued until gym class where LL flattened the kid on the soccer field and then screamed in his face that it would get worse unless the kid stayed away from him and his friend. The gym teacher and his regular teacher both saw the incident. They officially asked me to talk to LL about letting the teachers handle inappropriate behavior. Unofficially, they said the kid had it coming and he hasn't bothered anyone since he got up off the ground. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-06-2010, 07:52 PM	#5730
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So effectively the first three days were taken up with a problem with a specific kid, then he's had two more days and now he's tired and edgy. i wouldn't give up hope yet -I'd be tired and edgy too, if that were my first week back at school. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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