He never ceases to amaze me. My son has started to overcome his last hurdle at school. While I know there will be more hurdles in the future, knowing that he was able to conquer his fears now should help him with any new ones. Today, the gym teacher was going to take him out of class in order to show him what they would be doing in gym class later in the day. He was clearly nervous about this (didn't want to go to sleep last night and didn't want to wake up this morning). I tried calling the gym teacher, but only got her answering machine. When I picked him up from school, he ran to greet me with the biggest grin. I asked if he had something to share with me. At first, he said no. I asked him if Mrs. Smith came to get him this morning. He said "No, but I did it anyway". Did what? "Did the centers in gym", as if it was no big deal. I think I hurt him when I hugged him He says he will do it again tomorrow. This has been an amazing school year for him and it's only...

Main Entry: un·so·cia·ble
Pronunciation: \ˌən-ˈsō-shə-bəl\
Function: adjective
Date: 1600

1 : having or showing a disinclination for social activity : solitary, reserved
2 : not conducive to sociability

That is the word I would use to describe how I have been feeling lately. I sign in to TFP, Facebook, chat, etc. and then I don't talk. I cannot explain why, it just is the way I feel. I like knowing that there are people there, but I don't feel I have anything to say to them. I am sorry if this offends anyone. I hope to recover from this quickly, if I only knew HOW to recover from it.

oh - and it's not just online that I am feeling this way. I usually go out with my friend when the kids are at their father's. I just don't feel like doing that this time.

has brightened my dreary rainy day. She took the time with my son during extra help this morning and worked with him on last week's project. You see, my son has anxieties that prevented him from doing the work in art class. He has struggled with this since kindergarten (he is now in 2nd grade). Last year was a big year for him when he finally started doing the classwork IN class instead of at home. This year, the last 2 missing pieces are art and gym. We decided it was best to work on one at a time and since his art teacher showed concern and interest in helping him, we took her up on her offer. No one expected him to create the whole project in one sitting. But this is what she wrote to me:

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Now that I am ready to begin looking again, I have a lot to learn. This was the first lesson of many.

My tenants are much younger than me, and they are very nice. I am glad they took the apartment. He is a volunteer fireman with volunteer fireman friends. So last night, I was taking out the recyclable items. As I made it down the stairs, one of his friends, one of his older friends, asked me if I needed help. Not thinking, I said "no, thanks, I got it". The :doh: didn't hit me until I was done and went back upstairs. Here was a pretty good looking fireman offering to help me and I said "no, thanks". WTF was I thinking??? or in this case, not thinking!! So lesson learned. When a good looking man asks to help me, SAY YES!!

This song got to my heart this morning.


Somebody To Love lyrics

Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what you're doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief,
Lord!
Somebody,(somebody) somebody(somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end I take home my hard earned pay all on my own -
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord - somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me - somebody to love?
(He works hard)
Everyday - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm goin' crazy
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