Santa Claus is coming to couch 68!!!!!

Good morning, Good Evening, Good Day (whichever applies)

I think I am going to stay home today and bake cookies. My mom only has a box or two left and surely she can handle that. I just need some time to myself.

Good luck to all the t peeps, and good luck to the non-t peeps, and good luck to the waiting for T peeps.

Hello couch.

I have work today for an unknown amount of time. First, I'm going up to the kids school at 10:30 for their Holiday party. That's 10:30-12. Then I'll take them home from there while the mom runs errands. I'm not "required" to report to the party, but I'm just going. The parents will be there to.

Morning couch.

Well, I'll be doing laundry unexpectedly tonight (can't do it now as the laundry room doesn't open until 9). My "monthly visitor" came a week early, so I have some things to wash now, so they don't stain. What an awful way to start the day. And I have to sit in a small room all day, with very little breaks. Hope I don't "leak" at work before I have time to use the restroom at lunch and the end of the day. I am not a happy camper right now.

Sorry if that was TMI, I just wanted to vent.

I feel bad that I won't be there for the 1st period's kids "exam" block. The same kids have 1st/2nd block on normal school days because they scored low on state assessments and were put into a 90 minute reading block to "remediate" them. So, they only take an exam one of the 2 periods. They are taking the exam when the 2nd period exam occurs (the schedule is all screwed up during exams...2 hour blocks instead of 45 minute periods...and only 3 classes a day). So, the teacher and I were going to have a "holiday" party for the kids during the 1st period exam block. I have to verbatim read to kids in other classes who get that accommodation though. I already bought the sodas, cookies, and chips last weekend, so I will drop those by the teacher's room this morning before school, for the "party" this afternoon. I will get the pizza on my lunch break and take it to the teacher's room. The 1st period block is only an hour after my lunch break, so the pizza would only be an hour "old" for the kids. Yes, it won't be "hot", but I doubt the kids will care. And it shouldn't"spoil" in an air conditioned room sitting for an hour. I think food has about 2 hours to sit before it is "unsafe" to eat (if I am remember correctly from the culinary class I had to sit through as an assistant last year). The kids can still have their party, I am just a little upset that I can't be there to celebrate with them.

The teacher I help 1st/2nd period asked me yesterday if I had any "Christmas" movies. I said I had several. She asked if she could borrow one of them to show her other classes after they finish their exam (her exam will onyl take an hour of the 2 hour block). So, I will drop those off this morning as well. I just picked "short" kid-friendly movies from my collection to let her use. She can give the kids a choice. Some of the choices include: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon one). All "classics". All pretty "old" (as in made years and years ago, like the 70s or 80s, if not before), but "classics". I turst her with my movies. I know she will keep them safe and not let the kids "steal" them (or scratch them or break them). Some teachers I would not trust to do this.

I got 2 Christmas presents from students yesterday. One kid gave me a box of candy. Another gave me a necklace that he made himself. The necklace is a little "off-center", but I still put in on yesterday and will wear it the rest of then week, to make the kid happy that I am wearing his gift. It's not an ugly necklace, it is just a color that doesn't really "match" much. I'm not complaining about it, as I feel special that he handmade a gift for me, which is kind of cute, I just don't wear much jewelry except my college class ring. But the kid was being nice and that means a lot to me. The teacher did not get a gift, only me, so I really do appreciate the thought and feel special. The kid that gave me the candy (in a different class than the necklace kid) also did not give any to the teacher. I feel bad about it really. I would expect a teacher to get something before me. I guess I really do make a difference in these kids lives.

Yesterday was another "exciting" day in the EBD class. We had a sub, who bragged that he was retired Air Force to the kids and that he served 28 years. One kid who has severe ADHD was bouncing around the room as usual and the sub grabbed his shoulders and pushed him into a chair and said "you need to stay seated". Another kid he was harping on to do his work (this kid never does his work, even when the teacher is there). So the kid tells the sub to "leave him alone". The sub refuses and continues to harp on the kid. The kid gets p i s sed off and says he is "leaving the room". I tell him he does not have permission to leave. The kid says "he doesn't care" and heads for the door. I get to the door first and block the door handle, pulling the door shut. The kid grabs the door handle over my hand and proceeds to try to open the door. I pull it back shut before he has room to get out. He tries to open it again, the sub sticks out his arm and blocks him yelling "you are not leaving". The kid screams back "don't touch me" and pushes the sub's arm away and tries to grab the door handle again. The sub grabs the kid with both hands, drags him away from the door and gets in his face yelling "I said you are not leaving". The kidf finally sits back down saying if he can't leave he is going to kill himself. He proceeds to start wrapping a rubberband around his wrist. The sub calls him "psycho" and snatches the rubberband away. The kid then claims that he will just find another way to kill himself and starts holding his breath. The sub tells him "go ahead and kill yourself, you baby". Meanwhile the kid's face is turning red, them purple. So I go over to him and try to calm him down asking him to please breathe. He shakes his head no. I ask a few more times, he continues to shake his head. So, I grab the radio and call for the dean. The kid gets upset and starts crying that he'll breathe. The dean, principal, and the school resource officer come down and take the kid out. As they are doing so, I ask if I can tell them something. They say wait until the end of the day. I try to explain that it is important (without saying it was about the sub in front of him). They tell me they need to attend to the student and I can tell them later. The period ends. I go to my next class and they are calling into the room asking me to come down to talk to them. The kid had said the sub put his hands on him when they were talking to him. They called me down to ask if that was true and what happened. I told them, they said "why didn't you tell us sooner?" *headdesk* I explained that is what I wanted to tell them when they told me to wait. I had to write a statement (I've been writing lots of those these days). They said the principal would talk to the sub at the end of the day. This is the 3rd sub who has gotten physical with the kids. Where the h e l l are they finding these subs?!? The first sub who was physical threw a kid into a chair, pulled rope out of his bag and tied the kid to the chair. The second sub who was physical went around with a ruler slapping kids hands who were tapping pencils or drumming on the desk or putting tape on their mouths when they wouldn't stop talking. And how the sub yesterday. D a m n! Why are there so many "bad" subs? And even the ones who were not physical with the kids, still antagonized the kids and left 5+ pages of notes on everything the kids did wrong and nothing good about them. I hate subs. I want to know where they are findning these "weirdos". What a day.

Well, I am done ranting about the sub. I need to go get dressed and get ready for work.

I hope everyone has a good whaetever time of day it is for you.

Squirrel, are you for real?

If that was one of my kids I would slapped a big law suit on the school board so f u c k I n g fast their heads would spin.

wow squirrel that is horrible .do they not need to get specialized subs to work with these children. I cant believe they said why didn't you tell us earlier.

good for you . glad mom is settled in .even if she don't know it lol

omg omg omg I just called T and left a msg. no big crisis or anything but I was confused if I was meeting with her on the 31st as she is taking the day off before Christmas and she said something about meeting jan8th or something like that . OMG OMG OMG

I'm worried about the card and ornament I gave my T yesterday. I know I door knobbed it. Handed the cArd to her with the ornament inside the card (it's flat and small) and I didn't get a text or anything from her yet about it. Maybe she didn't open it yet...she left right after my session yesterday to head to a dr appt. Maybe she just left it at the office. I don't think she works Wednesday...

but I do have some good news maybe .this craft store is wanting to sell my hand made cards. I am terrified about it because it requires commitment and even my husband is kind of worried about it (Thanks for support hubby) but I think I am going to give it a try.got lots of figuring out to do about how much it cost to make a card. it would be nice to make some money to cover my craft expenses

Granite.... I'm glad your confirming that instead of driving yourself bonkers over it!! And YAY to you for calling, that is so great and very brave.

Granite that's awesome news about the cards. I think you can do it!!!!

I bet she just wants to say thank you in person . I think it was a nice thing to do

I know it's not a boundary violation. Our fist year we worked together she gave me a magnet inside a card around the holidays. And last year she took cookies from me, but I didn't do cookies this year because she is leaving on a trip on Christmas Day. My appts is Christmas Eve at 11am so what's the point of bringing cookies if she's leaving the next day. Maybe a small box of chocolates.

omg I am scared about both things .

I never call T .I think in 4 years I called maybe 3 times in crisis .not good I don't think I am really allowed to call her when im like that but scheduling questions have to be ok .I am not allowed to e-mail or text and I didn't want to talk to that sectary at all.

now im scared of her call back .maybe ill be already gone for the day as I am spending the day with peeps making cards lol

Nervous for my session today for some reason

Had such a WEIRD dream last night about T. She got a bigger office, my C's office actually. It's twice the size of my T's which is about 6 by 6 feet, very small. But comforting. I like small areas. Anyway, with this office change my T's ego inflated and she became SO arrogant. She thought she was all that and a bag of chips. She began showing up late for appts. And leaving after 15 minutes to do things and come back, sometimes not come back at all. Or she'd start multitasking like doing her nails as I talked. Generally not caring cause she's some big shot. So I wanted to talk to her about it, cause it was really upsetting me. So I staked out her office for two days before realizing she wasn't there. I go home and my shower is running so I go into the bathroom and my T is standing there naked, oh my god. She got so angry and I'm all confused--not mad mind you just confused and am, "What're you doing here? Did you find everything okay? I'm sorry I walked in on you, here let me get some tea started." Meanwhile I'm making tea and am furious, so I make the tea boiling hot. I woke up.

Done be scared Granite..she will just leave a message just confirming

wow I had a T dream last night also and I never hardly dream and never about T .all I remember is sitting at a table with T and she kept doing things to make me jump or react in some way .like slaming a book down and I would jump .then she would write something on a paper and then do something else to make me scream and so on until I woke up.strange dream

That had to be terrifying granite, Nothing like jump scares, if my T ever did that irl I'd be running out of the room

Good day to all,
Granite excellent job on the card making , that is great news and I know you can fulfill the obligation.... You are strong and can do anything if you out your mind to it! And don't sweat the T thing, enjoy your day.
Squirrel, I cant believe the sub stories... People get in big trouble around here for things like that. A kid tied to a chair will make the news! As for your visitor, I'd double dip the system to prevent an accident... tampon and pad ( Sorry CE and Ike hahaha)

Jersey good on you for going to the party, I was always the kid with no "parent" or "adult" at these things and those are sad memories for me.

Wiki enjoy your day alone and happy baking.

Daeve sorry you had bad dreams, I always like dissecting my dreams and figuring out hat it all means....

Its my D's bday today I haven't really talked to her since Thanksgiving, uggg I wish I wasn't so unforgiving and stubborn sometimes and I know I can change that, but I have trouble changing the "do I want to" factor.

anyway..... miss a bunch of peeps and hope everyone is well
I did call my doc and asked to get my meds back time to jump on the Prozac wagon again, hope he responds!

I had a T dream as well... I got to his office and he had removed the couch I normally lie on and put three plain wooden chairs there instead, and I was really worried about whether I should try to lie across all three chairs, or if I should pick one to sit on, and which one I should pick. Meanwhile he was just sitting in his chair, looking at me and not saying anything. It was really uncomfortable and stressful!

what your D did was horrible and caused a lot of hurt for everyone . I know you probably feel kind of bad for holding on to it but so is she . it was mean and I don't blame you

Can I ask a question from the US peeps? When you wrap Christmas presents for children, do you put a label on them saying who it's for and who it's from? Or are they supposed to be from Santa? The reason I ask is because I am giving a couple of things to a friend's two young sons; she's American, and the kids will be celebrating Swedish Christmas with their Swedish dad on the 24th and American Christmas with their mom on the 25th, so they get both Christmasses on the right day.

In my house, some present come from santa and others from specific people. Friends would always put themselves as the from and name a specific child to.

It's according to the age of the kids, if they still believe in Santa put Santa on them, my mom did this and would do one present from her