Hen23's Journal~Goodbye

[glenolam]

To you and that family!

My brother, sister and I lost our father when we were 11 and 13 - I can relate. But life marches on and it's always nice when someone sorts 'steps in'. Each of us had someone do that and it made growing up that much easier - on us and our mom!

Get a good nights sleep...I don't think I'll be sleeping much!

 

[Henrietta23]

To you and that family!

My brother, sister and I lost our father when we were 11 and 13 - I can relate. But life marches on and it's always nice when someone sorts 'steps in'. Each of us had someone do that and it made growing up that much easier - on us and our mom!

Get a good nights sleep...I don't think I'll be sleeping much!

back. Hope you've gotten some sleep.
Wow, haven't had too much to say in a day??? Unusual!
Actually I've been in a funk. I think it's mostly seasonal. That's what DH will tell you anyway. DS has been annoying the poo out of me with forgetfulness and irresponsibility over and over again. The old dog has been waking us up several times a night for no reason. Doesn't want to go out, just is whiney. DH gets him up on the bed and he's fine for a while. So we're not sleeping well.
I'm also really bummed that I won't have kids this spring like I'd hoped to. Daisy didn't get big enough in time to be bred and Donki's been diagnosed with CAE, and has some arthritic symptoms so I don't want to put the strain of carrying a kid on her, among other things. I'm enjoying everyone's kidding threads and pics, but there's that underlying saddness that I don't get to share this year. I'm slightly overwhelmed at the prospect of registering to take the certification exam and actually moving up in my field after more than 20 years.
We've actually worked 4 full days this week and will work a full one again tomorrow. Hopefully a sign that the pattern of snow after snow is broken. The BOE met last night and decided that we will make up 3 snow days on Feb 23, 24, and 25 and 3 at the end of the year. They have to give us the 21 and 22 off because they are federal holidays so we will still have a 4 day weekend at least. April vacation will remain intact and any other snow days yet to occur will be made up at the end of the year. Our current last day of school is June 20. We're just a little more than half way there. :bun

 

[abifae]

*waves*

Hi! Nothing to say really LOL.

*wanders around*

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I'm sorry to hear your girl has CAE
~~sending calming vibes your way~~

 

[Henrietta23]

Thanks NCL! And wander away Abi. It gets a little weird in my head but wander away!
Most of the time I feel like I've come to terms with Donki's CAE. It stinks, that's for sure, but it is what it is and we love her and will do all we can to keep her happy and comfortable. When we can no longer do that we'll do what we have to do.
Gleno- do you have a twin or do you have sibling twins? You mentioned three of you but only two ages.
DH has been a source of support for a number of students in his looooong career. It was really hard for him to leave his old school in particular because this boy hadn't yet graduated. Luckily they've kept in touch by email so DH could be there as a sounding board when his dad passed. When his grades started slipping the art teacher knew to contact DH and make sure that he got in touch just to touch base and rekindle the fire that keeps this boy on track. It worked! It's a special thing to mean so much to a child that isn't yours! I had a student years ago who I championed even though school was a constant struggle with her learning disabilities. She needed to pass two classes to graduate and I put in so much extra time with her so she could do it. She did and received several awards at the end of the year for her efforts. She has recently moved back to the area and we ran into each other. She's in her early 30s with kids now. She threw her arms around me and thanked me. She graduated in 1988!

 

[BarredBuff]

Hey Hen!

No comments from me just a simple wave

 

[Henrietta23]

Hey Hen!

No comments from me just a simple wave

Nice to have friends wander in! Always welcome!!

 

[glenolam]

That's such a nice story about your DH and you with your friend back in the day. Gave me shivers!

My sister and I are twins...I posted a pic of us here. Our brother is about 2 1/2 years older than we are. Got to say life wasn't easy growing up, but as we got older (and dumber) we got closer to avoid getting into too much trouble. Somehow we've all managed to come out OK in the end.

You can always get your baby fix at my house! I think Eloise has come into heat again. She's bellowing across the woods again - gosh I hate it when she does this. She wakes up the entire neighborhood and I have people call to make sure everyone's all right.

I was hoping my other girls were bred, too, but so far no one else has developed udders. Some of them are huge, but they're also mixed with Nigerian so they're more stocky to begin with.

Have a happy Friday - hopefully you can stop by this weekend!

 

[abifae]

Thanks NCL! And wander away Abi. It gets a little weird in my head but wander away!

well, you've seen MY head so....



I wish you would have been my teacher. I probably would have done much better in school LOL. As it is, all my school stories tend to be terror tales.

Hope you are having a great start to your weekend!!!!

 

[Henrietta23]

Nice picture glen! I must have missed it. I do check that thread every now and then for new faces.
Abi, I wish I'd known more about Autism when I first started out. We've talked before about the fact that what I've learned I learned from kids I've worked with, not books or lectures. I'm not actually a teacher but a Speech Pathology Assistant in the public schools, but I know what you mean. It kills me that even today teachers don't always "get it". I have my days too when I just can't seem to hold on to the fact that my Autistic students aren't wrong for thinking or acting the way they do. They're just being them. When I can't get my planned activity to jive with their particular mindset in that moment it gets frustrating. I'm trying to be better about adapting as I go. I hope that the Autism programs out there are doing a better job than what you endured!
As I consider going all the way for my certification I'm thinking more and more about getting involved in an Autism program eventually.
And thank you, I have had a very nice start to my weekend. I sat in a cozy local yarn shop listening to the first Miss Marple mystery on cd with a bunch of women, two of whom I know and the rest I don't. I worked on my knitted vest which is a warm chestnut brown tweed with flecks of orange, purple and lime green in it. It has a v neck and a fat cable down the front. It's nearly tunic length, the largest thing I've knit to date. I'm almost to the armholes on the back.
Oh, I wore my hand knit socks to school the other day. I had on long pants and Dansko shoes so they didn't really show much. But I was walking one of my special ed students back to her third grade classroom and she spotted them somehow. She started laughing and pointing and actually said, "You have stupid socks on!" It's part of her personality to be obnoxious like that but man, did that bug me. Not that I'm worried what she thinks of my socks. I love them and don't care. But I just wanted to you know. I got over it. I vowed to wear them only on days I work with her to bug her. I plan to knit more socks so she can be bugged by those. Because I'm mature like that.

Would love to stop by sometime glen. We have some fencing to put up. The goats discovered they no longer sink into the snow. It's crusted over and they've found a few spots where they can walk right over! We discovered this as the two "saanerhaslis" went on walk about the other day. Sigh. It's always something. This winter is getting OLD.