I guess I should update

Going back to school is such a busy time. The first few weeks everyone is not used to the routine plus you have back to school nights at three places. We had some late appointments thrown in there too so the first three weeks of September were pretty much a blur.

So far Brandon likes the middle school. We are not sure if he really likes it or if he just says he does because he insisted on going there because the Catholic school was so horrible. Even if he hated it he would have to say he liked it to save face. The day before school started Rob spent the day running around and yelling at people because they messed up and he had no schedule. The didn't want to give him one because he has an IEP. We said "Yeah, we told you that in June". They wanted to spend the first few days of school testing him and deciding what to do with him. We insisted that he would start like everyone else and know what was going on! Not miss the first day of every class where the teachers tell what is expected and all that stuff. Rob wound up speaking to the head of the child study team who said to get him a schedule. I have to find out if they are doing his OT but other than that things are going fine. He got an Alpha Smart so he can type everything, he loves that. First he said he didn't want it but then he decided it would be better.

Alyssa says she is trying to get better grades this year. I guess we'll see. She has had some issues with her friends. Sheila and Ali are now best friends and neither of them really talks to her. Sheila says hi and calls her when she wants something, like at 6 in the morning can Aly come straighten her hair. She also calls to brag about stuff and then gets mad when Aly doesn't care. So we have not had Sheila around for a long time, by the time her grounding was over, she and Aly weren't talking so it's been since July really. Which is fine with me! Aly seems a little bummed out sometimes but I know that my friendships weren't really established until a little further into 10th grade so I think she'll have it worked out soon.

My schedule at school is insane. The principal is crazy as usual and she has new ideas every year. Why she doesn't realize that nothing will work every because she doesn't give it enough time. You would think someone who makes 6 figures to run a school would know that. So now each grade level has a meeting one morning every six days and the specials teachers get to cover the classrooms while they are meeting. It's first thing in the morning so I get there and get settled, then have to go running off to some other classroom. As soon as I get back I have a class. I barely have time to breathe. The good thing about it is that the day flies by. I am worried that next week when my bus duty starts I am not going to have time to get my plans done. We'll see.

In other news, my dog has diabetes. She was acting weird, drinking a lot and peeing all the time. She peed on our bedroom floor a couple of nights in the middle of the night. So now Rob has to give her two shots a day. We have to feed her twice a day. We're supposed to check her sugar level but we can't get blood out of her. We got the tester, the vet said do it in her ear, she cries, so we know it's sticking her, but no blood. So we just watch and make sure she seems like she's acting ok. She is almost 14.

I guess that's about it. I am not checking this so don't mind any errors!