Friday catch-up on a Monday

I wrote a post on Tuesday about my fantastic vacation in San Antonio, but then I set it aside to attach pictures and you know how that goes. It’s still there in drafts. I did have an amazing time, and I will post it but hmm, maybe this weekend. Here are some other things though. I also started this on Friday but again …

-          Spencer got in big trouble this week at school. They did not punish him for said offense at school, but I struggled with an appropriate home punishment. We decided after the day to think about it, to a) have him write a letter to his AP apologizing for said offense. B) no video games or kindle for the week. C) his daily reading was increased to 45 minutes a day (this basically to take the time he would be playing video games) d) for two weekends he has to help us do the full house cleaning, and he cannot play until the cleaning is done. I think it’s appropriate without being too long and horrible that he forgets his offense. I do think he got it. At least, at the time. Six year olds are not known for their common sense.

-          After multiple months of Henry peeing his bed a couple times a week, yesterday we decided to switch to pull-ups. He was hysterical about this event. I was very nice about it – I went on about how it wasn’t a punishment, and how sometimes a kid’s body has problems and if he works it out we’ll go back to underwear. Anyhow, he flipped, sobbed through target while we bought some, burst out crying randomly through the evening when he thought about it, got hysterical again when it was time to get ready for bed, and then cried again through his bedtime show. We have decided to do a sticker chart for him, if he goes 14 days without an accident we’ll try underwear again.

-          My anxiety has been fairly under control this week. I’ve had a couple anxiety-causing issues this week, but I think that I’ve held it together most of the time. I started taking an additional homeopathic anxiety meds on top of my prescription, and I really think the combination is working.

-          I have been reading like a maniac this month. Two thirds through, I’m on my seventeenth book (well this one is a novella, but I put both on because it balances out the 500-page books too). I did have some relaxing times at the top of the month, but I’ve got things going on at the end where I’ll be out of town by myself for a few days so I expect I’ll have more time to read.

-          Today is my first day back in the office in 10 days. I’ll just leave that here, because I’m knee deep. I’ve got 4.5 days and then I’m out again. Sigh.

-          Drink this, if you are in select cities in Texas, California or Colorado.