It was a busy evening for us. As soon as we all got home, we were off to a visitation for a lady from Michael's church that passed away this past weekend. It was the first time the kids did something like this. The casket was closed, though so that made it easier. Although, Caleb did whisper to me asking me if "the girl was in there?" meaning the casket. At least he asked quietly. Then he wanted to know why. The only other time they have ever been to a funeral/memorial service, etc. was my dad's memorial service and he'd been cremated so there was no casket or body or anything.
After that we went to get something to eat. We ended up at Taco Bell. It was freezing in there. They had the air conditioner on and the temps outside were around the freezing mark. It was miserable.
We had a little bit of time before we had to be at Caleb's school so we went home for about half an hour. Then, it was off to see Caleb's teacher for parent teacher conferences. I was very prepared for this. I had my list of questions typed out. I also had some resources from the website that their spelling company runs. I got most of the answers I needed.
Caleb's teacher, his reading teacher and the counselor want him screened for ADHD. I just don't know about that. I'm a teacher and I've seen many kids with ADHD and I don't see it in Caleb. I think he's bored and he's a normal boy. When he's bored he's distracted. School work is not interesting to him so he gets distracted. It's going to make teaching him difficult, but I'm not medicating him because he doesn't find it interesting.
At first I was thinking about having it done if nothing else but to have it ruled out. But, both teachers and the counselor already seem to be convinced that he has it and I'm not very trusting of them filling out any paperwork the doctor sends objectively. Michael thinks it's a bunch of bologna. I'm going to pray on it and spend some quiet time thinking about it first, but at this point I'm leading towards no.
When we got home, I had to turn around and leave again. I needed to go get my prescription. I also needed to get Valentine cards for Caleb to take to class tomorrow. And, I needed one other thing to put in the goody bags because the little valentine monkeys that I ordered from Oriental Trading did not come. They were out of stock. I wish they'd tell me that before I ordered them.
So, I went to Walgreen's and then to Wal-mart. I ended up buying play dough to go in the goody bags. I found Valentines that turn into little paper football games for Caleb to give to his classmates. I also decided what I'm going to get Michael for Valentine's Day but will go back and get it on Friday when I'm off work.
When I was leaving Wal-mart I noticed Michael had called my cell phone. I checked the message. He wanted me to get a card for the man who lost his wife. So, I went back to Wal-greens and found a really pretty card with a Thomas Kincaid print on the front. I also got the money I promised Ryan so I can take it to Stacey tomorrow night.
Once I got home, Caleb started putting names on his Valentine cards. I got the goody bags for his class and my class put together. The kids finally went to bed about 10 minutes to nine. Now I'm going to shower and go to bed.
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