Random Tid Bits

1. On Thursday I couldn't stop crying. I guess it was just my time to cry. I haven't cried, for a really long time prior to Thursday. Sometimes one just needs to let it all out. 


2. The school I worked at got broken into on Monday night. My bosses got dings on their phones that there was activity. They looked, and called 911. It was 5 punk kids that realized the back doors didn't get shut all the way. Possibly the cleaning lady. It doesn't matter. Anyhow all they stole was zucchini I gave my 3rd year students, and candy on someone else's desk. I had a chuckle about the zucchini. Since they were young punk kids, I can only imagine that they were being goofy with the zucchini like it's male's 3rd leg. 4 were arrested.
   
   
   
   
   
3. We had a garage sale, and made over $100. After we had it we sold just about as much on Facebook Marketplace.
   
4. I just wish we could sell this stove! It's an antique, and in great condition! We've used it, but it needs a new flue. With my asthma, it's not great to breathe in any smoke, even if it is limited. We really could use the room. It's in our living room. One of Travis' sculptures would look great there, so would a Christmas tree. Online it's selling for $600, and that's a beat up stove. I put ours on FB Marketplace for $500, then $400, then $300, and now $200. No one wants it.
   
   
   
   
   
5. I questioned weather to blog about this, or not. I just won't, for it's own post. Isaak has a kid at school telling him that his hair is ugly. It's crazy to me because Sports Clips posted his hair on their facebook page. Two people worked on it. Isaak loved it!
   
   
   
   I want to scream at this punk ass kid that's making fun of Isaak. Seriously! Isaak doesn't even know his name. I can't do anything about it, even if I wanted to. This punk doesn't know all the crap he went through last year. Isaak's an empathetic one! The one friend he's made sat down with the punk kid at lunch. Isaak sat by himself. He's like me, social around people he knows, and shy around people he doesn't know. I said, "Honey you should just sit with people you have classes with."
   
   He took that as me being mad at him, ran off into his room and sobbed.
   
   We tried to comfort him, but left him be for 20 minutes. I said I was sorry, that I'm not at all mad at him. He proceeded to cry and talk to himself in the 3rd person. Things like, "Isaak stop crying!" and "Isaak you need to quit!" I just wanted to yell, "STOP! You are a good looking boy!" or cry right along with him.
   
   The next night math homework was what he cried about. He knew how to do it, but kept saying he didn't know.
   
   These crying episodes started last year. They took a break over the summer, and now they are back again.
   
   What freaks me out is that he doesn't know how to talk to us. He says he doesn't know what's bothering him. I know. The talking to himself in 3rd person bothers me a lot!
   
   I did ask his friend Daniel to come over. They had problems over the summer, but they have each have each other's back at the school where they know no one. It just sucks that Daniel doesn't have lunch at the same time as Isaak does.
   
   I contacted his doctor. Isaak may be seeing a Therapist soon. I at least want the school councilor to help him. It's horrible that everything is happening at once. We have the crappiest of insurance. Isaak needs braces, Travis messed up his elbow, and probably needs a scan and surgery, and now Isaak needs help with his feelings. I wish there was a video to watch, where I could snap my fingers to know how to deal with this! Worrying about him is part of why I was crying non stop! Why say anything on here? I think mental health isn't talked about enough. If someone has a medical problem it's no biggy, you talk about it. If someone has a mental health issue it's frowned upon, with talking about it. We all have lows in our life, our struggles, and we should talk about them.
   
   
   
   
   

Random Tid Bits

1. We're having a garage sale this weekend. I literally can't walk in my living room right now.


2. Travis got this pink luffa because it was in a set, and the boys wouldn't go for it. He's had it for awhile. I pulled it out of the shower and said, "Maybe you should sell this at our garage sale." I started cracking up so hard, I nearly fell over. I asked, "How much do you think we could get for it?" I started cracking up again. He's like, "What is your problem?" I couldn't help it, I thought it was so funny.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Just when you think it's going to be a normal school year, something crazy happens. I was talking with a student when no one else had come into the room. I asked, "Do you have roommates that go to school here, or do you live with your parents?" She said, "I have 3 roommates, but plan to have 2 really soon." She went on to say, "One of my roommates brought drugs into our apartment. We agreed that, that wasn't something that was allowed." Somehow the landlord found out. It was a big mess, and we're only on week 2. 

   
   
4. Another student came up to me at the end of the day. She said, "You're a Mom. Maybe I can ask you this..." She puts her leg up on the table and said, "Why is my ankle swelling?" I said, "Well it's really humid out. My glasses fogged up just when I went outside. Sometimes legs have fluid that builds up in wet heat. You can put your legs up when you go home. That might help." She just walked away. 


5. Isaak's quite the character. He doesn't pay attention when anyone drives him anywhere. This morning I took him to school, for the first time. I said, "When we get there, please tell me where to go. I've never dropped you off before." He said, "Don't talk to me. You're talking too much." I proceeded to talk to myself the rest of the way there out loud. He was annoyed, but so was I. I asked him a question, he refused to answer me, and I passed the street up on accident I needed to turn at. Apparently this is a very big deal. I went where the busses went, apologized to the lady in charge, and she told me where to get back on that street. Isaak still acted clueless, when we got up toward the drop off. It ended with me saying, "You need to pay more attention when people take you places!" He said, "You're the parent, and I'm the kid." Ya kind of annoying! Have you ever messed up a drop off, or pick up line?