Finally Friday

Sicker than crap. Okay, I’d have to say this is for surely the first cold of the winter. Last time I got sick but got better rather quickly. This time the end seems like it may be very far away. I woke up at 5 am with a killer sore throat, every muscle aching, my sinuses throbbing, and pure exhaustion. At least it explains why I suddenly got so tired yesterday as soccer was ending. Ty’s just getting over this and says it lasts for days. Honestly, I can’t handle it lasting for days. I have soccer. I need to buy Halloween costumes tonight. I must work. Yes, no time to slow down right now. Never. I despise being sick.

Zak’s IEP meeting went okay. That’s it. Simply okay. Everyone decided there wasn’t much that could be done before the evaluation results are in. Zak’s teacher replied to every question “I won’t answer that until I see his evaluation.” So basically as I assumed the meeting was pointless without those results in. I did ask how it wasn’t illegal to be denying him extra services. I got a long, rambling response that Title Services are not Special Education Services and therefore they don’t really matter. However, that special education services are required to be provided and they can look into that further but having the eval results will be helpful in determining how/if/where to place him. The only plus was that nobody mentioned taking away the IEP this time. He will continue to go to speech twice a week for 40 minutes each time. In speech they will continue to work on learning to understand directions and follow them, understanding concepts, etc. Yeah, he doesn’t even work on speech in speech it’s all about concepts, ideas, etc. I did get an awesome book about my rights that nobody seemed to impressed I wanted. I have since learned that I have the right to request Zak be reevaluated on the schools dime at any time, not every three years as they stated. So, I’m waiting for the eval results & will go from there. If the eval gives me reason to believe he should be placed in special education classes too and if the school refuses I’ll be asking they reevaluate him also along with filing a formal complaint which this pretty book says I can do.

I still feel as if we are all failing Zak. He’s being set up for failure. He needs more help than anyone is giving him. It annoys me greatly that everything hinges on one piece of paper, but I am thankful that we have the eval done and hopefully that piece of paper will enlighten all of us. I worry about placing him in special education. I worry that will kill his self esteem. I worry he’ll be placed with kids that are so much more severe than him. I worry that he’ll be made fun of. We all know kids are evil and we all know the stigma that comes along with being in special education classrooms. Will that be even worse than leaving him in the classroom where he doesn’t understand? Not an easy decision to say the least.

Alex refused to wear a coat to school today. It was 30*F outside and he absolutely would not wear a coat. I even told him I wasn’t buying him a Halloween costume if he didn’t put a stupid coat on. He still refused and wouldn’t budge. Eventually I gave up. That kid is going to end up seriously sick. And the reason he wouldn’t wear a coat? Because yesterday he wore a coat & the kids told him “Nice coat, but it’s not winter yet & you’re a wimp.” Kids are such assholes. I’d like to go find said kids & tell them that they’re just jealous assholes who have crappy parents that don’t dress them for the weather and it’s not my kids fault their parents suck. Seriously. Am I the crazy one? 30 degrees (-1C for my friends) is so coat weather. I hate kids. And I equally hate stupid kids’ parents.

That’s about it for my exciting life. Another busy weekend ahead. I need to go to get the kids Halloween Costumes tonight as they’re on sale until tomorrow. Also need to buy them gloves. Tomorrow we’ve got soccer in the morning. Laundry, cleaning, cleaning office. The list goes on and on. (And in reality all I’d like to do is sleep.)