Kaitlyn woke up Saturday with a runny nose but seemed fine other wise. We had our usual day of playing out side and such. I took her temperature at a certain moment and it was only 99 degrees, such a slight temp could have been caused by her running round so much. I did not think anything of it but remembered to take it again on Sunday morning.
Sunday morning she still had the runny nose and no fever at all. She played normal but did not want to spend as much time outside as we usually do. We hung out and watched cartoons for an hour on my bed instead.
Monday she woke up with the runny nose still and again no fever. I figured it would be OK for her to go to Gracie's house because she has not had a fever. I dropped her off and explained that she had the runny nose and no fever so she should be fine.
I got a call about an hour later saying I needed to pick Kaitlyn up because she was sick. David went down and picked her up she had no fever just the runny nose. The rest of the day she was fine and we noticed that the runny nose was a lot better than it had been.
Remember I told you that Gracie has cancer? Well I know this is why she sent Kaitlyn home. It would be bad for her to catch a cold during treatment. I understand this 100% and I do feel for her. However, I count on her to watch and care for Kaitlyn every day I am at work, this is what I pay her to do. She is a great daycare provider and I could not imagine sending Kaitlyn any other place. I do think Kaitlyn should be sent home if she has a fever, is vomiting, has persistent diarrhea, or is not acting like herself. In no way do I agree with sending her home due to a runny nose. I do not feel I should pay for these days since it was Gracie's discretion to send Kaitlyn home, she was not sent home for a valid reason other than to protect Gracie's health (which again I do understand).
David ended up staying home today and possibly tomorrow so we agreed to keep Kaitlyn home with him.
We are both livid with this situation right now. It has been consuming me since I got the call to pick Kaitlyn up yesterday. I am at a loss on what to do. Let me rephrase that; there are many options we could consider but I am not happy about any of them.
1) we can find a new daycare provider - going with a center instead of in home to prevent this type of thing from happening again.
2) Kaitlyn will be 2 soon so we can find a preschool for her to attend that provides after hours care.
3) We can bring our concerns to Gracie.
All three have my head spinning. I am not ready for Kaitlyn to leave the person she has known and trusted since she was 2 1/2 months old. No center can give Kaitlyn what she is getting right now from Gracie. A lot of preschools require potty training before entrance, I don't know when we will get around to potty training since I am working full time, going to school full time, and have no time off to focus on this task. Lastly I do not want to talk to Gracie about this, she already feels bad and I don't want her to some how project her frustrations with me and David onto Kaitlyn. Not that I think it will happen but it is always a possibility.
In the end this is what will probably happen. I will let it slide this time, but if it happens again I will say something and request that we do not have to pay for times like this.
In the mean time I am going to try to check out some other options on Fridays when I get off work.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Fathers Day
Kaitlyn and I got David the coolest Fathers Day present ever. It is a 30 min flying lesson with and additional hour of flying time. Ya we rock!
Fathers Day was so much fun. It was suppose to be 80 degrees so I set up Kaitlyn's water table during her nap time so we could play with it when she woke up. She took a longer nap than usual, by the time we went outside it was already 3:30. She was decked out in her cute bikini that she got for her 1st birthday. I was a little bummed because it did not feel like 80 degrees with the sea breeze we get at that time of day but Kaitlyn did not seem to be bothered by it so I went ahead and let her get wet.
At about 4pm David came outside to water the veggie garden and the dry spots in the grass. He kept saying he wanted to squirt Kaitlyn with the hose I and kept telling him NO! Well out of the blue Kaitlyn ran up to him and jumped in front of the hose. LOL. For the next 20 min she chased David around trying to get sprayed by the hose. She had such a great time and BONUS, I had the video camera outside with me and got the entire thing on video. So glad I made myself drag out the camera and video camera. I will enjoy watching that video over and over again.
Fathers Day was so much fun. It was suppose to be 80 degrees so I set up Kaitlyn's water table during her nap time so we could play with it when she woke up. She took a longer nap than usual, by the time we went outside it was already 3:30. She was decked out in her cute bikini that she got for her 1st birthday. I was a little bummed because it did not feel like 80 degrees with the sea breeze we get at that time of day but Kaitlyn did not seem to be bothered by it so I went ahead and let her get wet.
At about 4pm David came outside to water the veggie garden and the dry spots in the grass. He kept saying he wanted to squirt Kaitlyn with the hose I and kept telling him NO! Well out of the blue Kaitlyn ran up to him and jumped in front of the hose. LOL. For the next 20 min she chased David around trying to get sprayed by the hose. She had such a great time and BONUS, I had the video camera outside with me and got the entire thing on video. So glad I made myself drag out the camera and video camera. I will enjoy watching that video over and over again.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Fathers day
What do you get the guy who buys anything he wants?
on the other hand
What do you do for the guy who wants nothing?
Question number one is David, if he has not bought it already then it cost to much for me to afford. He already has a Kaitlyn mug. Not sure what else to get him.
Question number two is my dad. I know all he wants is for us to go up and visit him but that is a mission.
Any suggestions?
on the other hand
What do you do for the guy who wants nothing?
Question number one is David, if he has not bought it already then it cost to much for me to afford. He already has a Kaitlyn mug. Not sure what else to get him.
Question number two is my dad. I know all he wants is for us to go up and visit him but that is a mission.
Any suggestions?
Monday, June 11, 2012
Signage at Chili's
I feel so bad
So this weekend we all went to Michele's 3rd birthday party. Kaitlyn was dressed so cute and I kind of did her hair but forgot to take a cute picture. The only picture I took was in the car on the way to the party:
You cannot even see how cut her hair is. Oh well, maybe next time I will remember to take pics.
She had a blast in the jump house. There were two little ones there, she wanted so badly to go in the one that all the older kids were in. David and I would not let her, she was only able to go in the smaller one with the little kids. I think the problem was that hardly any little kids would go in there with her. She wanted a jump buddy.
At any rate the party was fun and we went home with a live fish as a party favor. Kaitlyn is really into feeding the dog lately so I figured the fish would be one more animal for her to feed. David wanted to flush it right when we got home but I set it up in the living room. Kaitlyn points at it and says fish. She has a hard time getting the food in the bowl but we are working on it.
Sunday we hung out around the house and played outside. This is what I keep dwelling on and it is making me sad. The slide area of her swing set was getting covered in spider webs, I absolutely HATE spiders so it was freaking me out. I got a broom and cleaned all the spiderwebs up then got the bug spray and soaked the thing down. There were so many spiders coming out of the cracks, it was so nasty. I started getting all itchy just seeing them.
Well the job was done and I noticed that her snack cup was up at the top of the slide, gross! I grabbed it and tossed the cookies out on the side of the shed where we have a pile of crap accumulated. I figured Kaitlyn and the dogs could not get to them in there... Well a little while later I heard a bunch of noise coming from that pile of crap. I looked closely and saw this:
Looked a little closer and saw Jack on top of the pile of crap trying to get to the cookies I tossed out:
Stupid, dumb, clever, dog. Gosh I hate my dogs lately...
Kaitlyn saw that it was Jack and started trying to get to him to "save" him. I was in the middle of picking everything up so my hand were full. I ran over to her and with my one free hand grabbed hers to walk her away from the spiders den of crap. Instead of going with my lead she went limp so I basically dragged her out of there by one arm. She was screaming, of coarse.
Doesn't sound that bad right? Well the more I think about it the sadder I get. Her poor little arm. Imagine you getting yanked up by the arm and dragged out of some place. I am sure it would hurt. WTF was I thinking. Why didn't I throw everything down on the grass before I went to her? (well I can answer that one, normally she follows my lead, she has never done the limp move up to that point.)
I did not even think twice about it yesterday but today at work it is all I can think of and it is bringing me to tears. :(
I promise I will try my hardest to never do that again unless there is life threatening danger involved. (FYI to me the spider den was life threatening danger but you know what I mean.)
She had a blast in the jump house. There were two little ones there, she wanted so badly to go in the one that all the older kids were in. David and I would not let her, she was only able to go in the smaller one with the little kids. I think the problem was that hardly any little kids would go in there with her. She wanted a jump buddy.
At any rate the party was fun and we went home with a live fish as a party favor. Kaitlyn is really into feeding the dog lately so I figured the fish would be one more animal for her to feed. David wanted to flush it right when we got home but I set it up in the living room. Kaitlyn points at it and says fish. She has a hard time getting the food in the bowl but we are working on it.
Sunday we hung out around the house and played outside. This is what I keep dwelling on and it is making me sad. The slide area of her swing set was getting covered in spider webs, I absolutely HATE spiders so it was freaking me out. I got a broom and cleaned all the spiderwebs up then got the bug spray and soaked the thing down. There were so many spiders coming out of the cracks, it was so nasty. I started getting all itchy just seeing them.
Well the job was done and I noticed that her snack cup was up at the top of the slide, gross! I grabbed it and tossed the cookies out on the side of the shed where we have a pile of crap accumulated. I figured Kaitlyn and the dogs could not get to them in there... Well a little while later I heard a bunch of noise coming from that pile of crap. I looked closely and saw this:
Kaitlyn saw that it was Jack and started trying to get to him to "save" him. I was in the middle of picking everything up so my hand were full. I ran over to her and with my one free hand grabbed hers to walk her away from the spiders den of crap. Instead of going with my lead she went limp so I basically dragged her out of there by one arm. She was screaming, of coarse.
Doesn't sound that bad right? Well the more I think about it the sadder I get. Her poor little arm. Imagine you getting yanked up by the arm and dragged out of some place. I am sure it would hurt. WTF was I thinking. Why didn't I throw everything down on the grass before I went to her? (well I can answer that one, normally she follows my lead, she has never done the limp move up to that point.)
I did not even think twice about it yesterday but today at work it is all I can think of and it is bringing me to tears. :(
I promise I will try my hardest to never do that again unless there is life threatening danger involved. (FYI to me the spider den was life threatening danger but you know what I mean.)
Tested out my study plan
So far I have been able to stick with the study plan I came up with the other day. The only thing I don't like about it is it does not leave me enough time to study for the CSET. I need more hours for that one right now. But then again it has only been a few days. There might be times that I finished my home work in other classes so I could use that time for the CSET.
I am 100% up to date on my homework for all classes and turned in my challenge assignments for the computer class - so I don't have to take it.
For some reason I am so nervous that I will get behind on homework. I guess that is a good thing since I seem to be able to manage it so far.
Shame on me - I did some of it at work..... But only while reports were running so I could not really do anything else at that time anyways.
I am 100% up to date on my homework for all classes and turned in my challenge assignments for the computer class - so I don't have to take it.
For some reason I am so nervous that I will get behind on homework. I guess that is a good thing since I seem to be able to manage it so far.
Shame on me - I did some of it at work..... But only while reports were running so I could not really do anything else at that time anyways.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Third times a charm?
Next round of the CSET will be taken on July 14th. I really need to figure out how I am going to effectively study this time around.
Little break down of how I did.
First time I did great on the Algebra multiple choice and bombed the constructed response. Geo bombed both sections.
Second time I did great on the Algebra constructed response and some how bombed the multiple choice. How the heck does that even happen. I think I might have rushed through it. I actually got full points on two of the constructed response, partial points on one and no points on the last. Geo bombed both sections - but again I knew it would happen this time because I did not even really try, just took that section so my school program admin would see I was trying.
This time around I am going to slow down, I think I will start with the constructed response again then work on the multiple choice. That seemed to help me manage my time better.
I took two days off last time which really helped me master the algebra questions I was given to review. I would like to take at least three days of this time, better would be four. The problems I have with this are:
1) I don't have that much vacation time available right now. I think I have enough for one day off...
2) It is very hard for me to miss more than two days of work, the amount of catch up required from just two days is killer.
3) I already have to miss another two weeks (half days) of work for observation hours and with only one day available to use I will either have to take time off without pay or beg to have an advance on my vacation hours.
I am pretty sure my boss will grant me an advance on my vacation hours and I think he will be OK with the half days off as long as they are scheduled around my busy time. Maybe I can take half days to study for the test as well? The only problem with any of this is the test date. It is the Saturday after my busy time at work so it will be hard for me to take time off or even half days that week.
WOW - I need to come up with a plan quickly.
I could study every Sunday during Kaitlyn's nap, Saturdays are out because I am at school till about the time she wakes up. Nights I am saving to do homework for school.
If you come up with any ideas let me know.
Looks like for the next month I will have no free time or ME time. No naps, no decompressing after a long day.
Little break down of how I did.
First time I did great on the Algebra multiple choice and bombed the constructed response. Geo bombed both sections.
Second time I did great on the Algebra constructed response and some how bombed the multiple choice. How the heck does that even happen. I think I might have rushed through it. I actually got full points on two of the constructed response, partial points on one and no points on the last. Geo bombed both sections - but again I knew it would happen this time because I did not even really try, just took that section so my school program admin would see I was trying.
This time around I am going to slow down, I think I will start with the constructed response again then work on the multiple choice. That seemed to help me manage my time better.
I took two days off last time which really helped me master the algebra questions I was given to review. I would like to take at least three days of this time, better would be four. The problems I have with this are:
1) I don't have that much vacation time available right now. I think I have enough for one day off...
2) It is very hard for me to miss more than two days of work, the amount of catch up required from just two days is killer.
3) I already have to miss another two weeks (half days) of work for observation hours and with only one day available to use I will either have to take time off without pay or beg to have an advance on my vacation hours.
I am pretty sure my boss will grant me an advance on my vacation hours and I think he will be OK with the half days off as long as they are scheduled around my busy time. Maybe I can take half days to study for the test as well? The only problem with any of this is the test date. It is the Saturday after my busy time at work so it will be hard for me to take time off or even half days that week.
WOW - I need to come up with a plan quickly.
I could study every Sunday during Kaitlyn's nap, Saturdays are out because I am at school till about the time she wakes up. Nights I am saving to do homework for school.
If you come up with any ideas let me know.
Looks like for the next month I will have no free time or ME time. No naps, no decompressing after a long day.
Need to get with it
I really need to get back into taking pictures of Kaitlyn again. Especially since I am not around as much as I use to be with school and all. I am so thankful I took a million pictures of her when she was a newborn because I was in such a fog during that time that I don't remember much about it. Looking at those pictures reminds me of those times that I feel like I lost. Bonus the pictures only remind me of the good times, LOL.
So in conclusion I need to break out the camera every Friday night and snap away till Sunday night!
Please remind me if I forget.
So in conclusion I need to break out the camera every Friday night and snap away till Sunday night!
Please remind me if I forget.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Cinco De Mayo CSET Score
I cannot believe I did not pass Algebra again. I was so sure this time that I did. WTF!
I need a 220 to pass:
Algebra 217 OMFG!!!!!
Geo 180 - I was expecting this one but hoped that this next time around I only had to study for Geo.
I am so disappointed and now with school started it will be that much more harder to study for these tests.
I need a 220 to pass:
Algebra 217 OMFG!!!!!
Geo 180 - I was expecting this one but hoped that this next time around I only had to study for Geo.
I am so disappointed and now with school started it will be that much more harder to study for these tests.
Friday, June 1, 2012
School is in session
My first class was on Wednesday. It was a very long day and I only got to see Kaitlyn in the morning before work. Everything went very smoothly. Grandma picked her up from Gracie's, fed her, gave her a bath, then brought her home for bed. When I got home Kaitlyn was already asleep so I worked on my homework right away since it was fresh in my mind. I got half way done and almost finished it up last night, just need to do a final read over to make sure it is what I want it to be then turn it in. Yesterday we had a "fun" day, we met outside, did a round of show and tell, then played soccer and basketball the rest of the night. Overall a great first week of school. I did miss Kaitlyn but will make it up this weekend since my homework will be turned in tonight. I am very excited to have school started but cannot wait to be done so I can have my nights back to vedge out in front of the TV and play with Kaitlyn. Yes I am lazy like that!
By the way the CSET scores will be released on Monday, keep your fingers crossed for me.
By the way the CSET scores will be released on Monday, keep your fingers crossed for me.
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