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Sep. 15th, 2008 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beetigerI've been feeling a little neglectful of this journal, for this past while.
Perhaps it's that I've been feeling more mopey than introspective, or that I'm having trouble settling in to my home schedule for now, or that I'm having the anxiety that I've had forprojectmothra's birthday every year, that no one will be there for him. He has a few kids he wants to invite that ride his school bus, but I have no clue if he's really connected with them, as he can't even actually remember their names, so I can't really do that, and in any case I think they are third graders who I'm glad are sweet to him but probably won't come to a kindergarten party. I dropped invites into the neighbors' boxes a few days ago and so far they've ignored them. I'm going to invite a few of the kids from preschool last year, but they are all in different school districts and I suspect have moved on. I hate this stuff. Hate hate hate it. So I'm kind of a giant bundle of stress about that.
(By the way, if any of you guys want to send the boy a birthday postcard or something, ping me for our address if you don't have it. Birthday is October 13.)
The teacher sent home a little "getting to know your child" questionnaire that needed to go back to school today, in preparation for meet the teacher night this week. I ended up writing a page and a half typed. I'm so worried that I'm going to skew the teacher's impressions of him in the wrong way, that I'm presenting his accomplishments with too much pride or too much worry, that I'm presenting the ways in which he needs to work on some skills in a way that doesn't give him enough credit.
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On Saturday I went out to vend incense at Salon Con in NJ. I didn't do very well with the vending -- mostly the vendors selling things that people could add to their costume immediately were the ones that did well -- but the people-watching was magnificent, with really some of the most gorgeous steampunk fashion I've ever seen floating through the hallways. I kind of don't get the whole tiny hat thing for women that appeared to be very popular, though.
Doing some contract writing for friends over the next few days. Very very grateful for the work at this point. Perhaps it's distracting me from figuring out what I want to do longer term, but having something to do during the day that makes me feel like I'm helping someone I like out while bringing some money into the household is a very good thing right now.
I have an eeePC on order that supposedly is going to ship today. I hope it's a good distraction, and/or a useful tool. I also need to order a low-end PC forprojectmothra, as that's what he's requested as a birthday gift.
Hey, other parents...this school stress thing...it's not constant for the next 16-20 years, is it?
Perhaps it's that I've been feeling more mopey than introspective, or that I'm having trouble settling in to my home schedule for now, or that I'm having the anxiety that I've had for
projectmothra's birthday every year, that no one will be there for him. He has a few kids he wants to invite that ride his school bus, but I have no clue if he's really connected with them, as he can't even actually remember their names, so I can't really do that, and in any case I think they are third graders who I'm glad are sweet to him but probably won't come to a kindergarten party. I dropped invites into the neighbors' boxes a few days ago and so far they've ignored them. I'm going to invite a few of the kids from preschool last year, but they are all in different school districts and I suspect have moved on. I hate this stuff. Hate hate hate it. So I'm kind of a giant bundle of stress about that.(By the way, if any of you guys want to send the boy a birthday postcard or something, ping me for our address if you don't have it. Birthday is October 13.)
The teacher sent home a little "getting to know your child" questionnaire that needed to go back to school today, in preparation for meet the teacher night this week. I ended up writing a page and a half typed. I'm so worried that I'm going to skew the teacher's impressions of him in the wrong way, that I'm presenting his accomplishments with too much pride or too much worry, that I'm presenting the ways in which he needs to work on some skills in a way that doesn't give him enough credit.
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On Saturday I went out to vend incense at Salon Con in NJ. I didn't do very well with the vending -- mostly the vendors selling things that people could add to their costume immediately were the ones that did well -- but the people-watching was magnificent, with really some of the most gorgeous steampunk fashion I've ever seen floating through the hallways. I kind of don't get the whole tiny hat thing for women that appeared to be very popular, though.
Doing some contract writing for friends over the next few days. Very very grateful for the work at this point. Perhaps it's distracting me from figuring out what I want to do longer term, but having something to do during the day that makes me feel like I'm helping someone I like out while bringing some money into the household is a very good thing right now.
I have an eeePC on order that supposedly is going to ship today. I hope it's a good distraction, and/or a useful tool. I also need to order a low-end PC for
projectmothra, as that's what he's requested as a birthday gift. Hey, other parents...this school stress thing...it's not constant for the next 16-20 years, is it?
