Getting back on my feet

The internet is working and I’m applying for jobs.  Good start to the week.  But of course I have some complaints too!  I’ll just list one:  Parent-teacher-counselor conference tomorrow morning.  duhn duhn DUHHNNNN.

My son’s first grade teacher is out of the class almost as many days as she’s in!  Apparently, she has health problems, but we have heard that she is actually out more often due to her son’s behavioral problems.  I don’t know anymore than that, but it must be bad cause of how often she has to take off.  So my son has been talking and giggling in class everyday, and no matter what we do he can’t seem to stop.  BUT, if he is appropriately redirected, he can get back on task.  She doesn’t seem to take the time to do this, but I don’t know for sure what is going on.  We have a daily contract that comes home with some notes, but I have a hard time getting this teacher to respond to email (about 50% response) and through notes I send to school (ZERO% response).  So I am dreading this conference tomorrow cause my husband and I are SO frustrated already;  we fear the aggravation we may encounter tomorrow morning.

Why is it almost April and it’s freezing outside!?  Those fools with their myth of global warming….it’s the opposite!  It’s global freezing! (This, by the way, is a legitimate argument used to oppose the existence of global warming…between those that use that argument and proponents of the “birthers” movement, my belief in Darwin and ‘survival of the fittest’ is questioned!)
Anyway, been knitting away at the sweater.  Front and back are done, now I’m working on the first sleeve.  It is a cap sleeve, so this will be my first sweater that is not raglan.  Hope it’s easy!   My amigurumi projects are kinda in limbo.  Although, octopus, the very first amysamigurumi, has real eyes!  As soon as I finished the eyes, little Sammy took it as his own.  It is now part of his pile of bed toys so it was nice knowin’ ya octopus! 

                            

The other day he went to get the turtle I made, which has been sitting on the living room end table, beheaded, for a week or so.  (See picture from former post of its huge head http://amysamigurumi.blogspot.com/2011/02/no-post-yesterday.html)  Anyway, he took it and looked at it…and turned it back, and turned it forth, and found no head…And that’s when he started yelling at me, and promptly returned the headless turtle to the end table, where he still remains. “Yelling at me” means he became very serious, looked me straight in the eye and, while gesticulating, shouted “Mommmmmmeeeee, ba duh ba do do TURTLE Mommy?” 3 or 4 times.  I had better fix that head!