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It has been a while since I have posted, because I have been having problems with my phone lines. I had been trying to find a day when I could reasonably be at home to have someone in to fix the problem, whatever it was, but time was not on my side. I have a very busy schedule. I am up early to bring a girl from town to school, and I have to be available to pick her up and bring her home after school. I homeschool my nephew, and my daughter. I have errands to run, and my daughter has two physical therapy appointments a week (and I don’t have time to go with her most of the time, so her grandmother brings her). I go to Bangor each Wednesday, leaving early and not getting home until after 4:30. My nephew comes with me that day, and we work on school until he can go to his mothers last class with her and I get a small break. Then we all go to counseling. We also have a once a week trip to the library. We are very busy. My daughter also takes two classes at a high school, so her schedule is also very hectic. And I try to get to at least a few of my other nephews games each year. He plays soccer, and scored the only goal for his team when I last was able to see him play. (I am a proud auntie!) So…Yes, I am very busy. I had to get a day where I was going to be here all day in order to wait for someone after calling the phone company. That day was today, and I told them that the man would have to be here before two, because I had work. The man arrived at a little after one and I found out that there was a short in the wiring. We had to move the jack in the living-room up some due to dampness, which I was previously told was normal in older trailers. Not right, but not unexpected. The repair man fixed the bedroom jack as well, though he wasn’t clear on what was wrong with it. My daughter is a teenager, and she has these mood swings (hormones) which have gotten way out of hand recently. I called her on this last Friday, and explained that she was going to have to tone it down or privileges would be lost. I was stressing over her behaviour too much, I suppose, but a mother can only take so much. My nephew was very irritable yesterday, and he ended up running away. He left the compass and was in a very unsafe, high-traffic area when the police finally found him. This was more stress than I think I could handle at this time. My chest hurt and I was having minimal difficulty breathing. I was scared and worried. This is not the first time he has done this, but it is the first time he has done it to me. I wasn’t truly prepared. We discussed the problem with his counselor yesterday afternoon, and she has given him an anger exercise to try. I hope it works! At any rate, I am relieved that I was not dealing with all three issues at once. Last Sunday, my best friend and I had gone up North and to the West taking pictures of the fall foliage. What a beautiful time of the year this is! By the time I arrived back home, I was pretty calm. When stressed, it is helpful to pamper yourself by hanging out with a friend. In all of the turmoil, I had completely forgotten to get the unit card for my daughter while I was in town. She had no units for her phone, which meant that we could not contact each other if necessary. This was not acceptable, especially considering that we had no use of the house phone. She found out about my nephew running away from my sister later in the day, instead of when it was happening. We had to walk over-town and get the units for her. Knowing that we would have to eat dinner out because of the time, we packed my nephew a dinner from home so as not to reward him for his behaviour. Zowie and I ordered take out, and we ate in the park. I went to bed last night, feeling more depression than anything, wondering what more I can do to help my nephew. He came down and told me that Zowie was crying in her bedroom. As it turned out, she was having friend issues, and was indeed very upset. I rubbed her back for a while, until she calmed down. While lying in bed later I decided that I would need some time to myself in the morning. I knew that Zowie had a morning class, so I would need to take a 5:00 walk. However, upon wakening, I noticed that it was raining. So, I didn’t get to go. I laid in bed until about 8:00, made breakfast, and began my day in a rather blah mood. I stayed that way until after the telephone repairman left today. After picking C up at school and dropping her off with her father, I went for a short walk by myself. We needed cat food any way. When stressed, it is helpful to pamper yourself with a walk by yourself. I feel a great deal better now, and I am back online. I will be posting as normal now, providing there are no other phone line problems. I have a lot to catch up on here. Shannon Comments |
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