Today was an interesting day. I am trying to work and plan out my daughter's birthday party as well as making plans for her actual birthday. I am trying to find a way to make her birthday special since her daddy will not be here, especially if he winds up not being able to call that day, even though we are planning for him to be able to. In making my plans, I am having to work with the teachers I help to see if I can change around my schedule to be able to have lunch with my daughter on her birthday. So far so good. They are okay with me switching around my schedule, especially since I agreed to work on some extra stuff at home to make up for the few minutes over I will be.
Other than that, I am stuck trying to figure out how best to deal with my son. Since Ian left he has not been doing well in school and even at home he has been defiant. I know it is just a phase, but it still has me a little frustrated because I don't know how to get him to understand that his behavior is not okay. It is a "typical" problem in this situation, and I know it will just take time. Unfortunately, it is harder to deal with considering all the stresses we are all under right now. So, my next project will be working on a good schedule to set up some one-on-one time with each of the kids. Hopefully this will help them out like it did at the start of the deployment. Well, one can only hope.
Another day down, another day closer to seeing him again and holding him in my arms. What a great day that will be.
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