Trying to be patient

I am so glad that the kids are out on Christmas vacation now, the last two weeks that they have been in school have been exceptionally tiresome.  Hal has misbehaved several times enough for one day that he and some other Kindergartners threw wet paper towels all over the bathroom and made a huge mess, lets just say that I got a call from the principal that day.  Well this ended with me having a meeting with his teacher and the school counselor, where the conversation pretty much boils down to “Sharon you are a pushover and you need to be stern and strict with them.”  And I honestly am not sure how to be “stern” without coming off as a bitch or asshole, or someone that they will hate.  I do know that I will not let him get away with anything for now on and after some changes that will be coming around soon I am pretty sure that everything will be on track, like my title says pretty much I have to be patient.

Now I know I should not say such things but if Hal could get in trouble like Wesley does my sanity would be a whole lot better.  The last time the teacher reprimanded him was for reading a book while she was teaching, now that is something that reminds me of myself when I was in school.  I had the whole teacher you can stand up there and sound like the teacher from Charlie Brown and I will conveniently slouch down in my seat here and read.

And I think that if two children test my sanity I can only think of all the good drugs that woman who just had her 18th kid is on.  I can honestly say I think the Duggar’s are insane but then I remember the painkillers that they give you in the hospital and the prescriptions of them you get after birth.  Maybe she is addicted to them and just can’t quit, wouldn’t it be more simple just to fake a back injury or something to get them instead of procreating so much?  Now I sound a little crazy, oh well it is just a point of view of mine not matter how random it maybe.

~sharon