why is it they don't send home a bottle of tequila with 1st grade homework?

ugh, yeah, we spent OVER 3 HOURS reading 2 books.

yes, one book was a long compared to normal, it was 16 pages but the other one was only 8. so 24 pages in total over 180 minutes. i should count the words, but it doesn't really matter as many of them were repeated OVER & OVER but that didn't matter it was still like seeing for the first f-ing time.

the 2nd book was all about "ch", damn the f-ing "ch". i'm sure i said "ch" at least 100 times tonight. i don't think i ever want to use "ch" for the rest of my life, i've used up my share thank you very much.

everytime we came across it, Z was lost so i would say "ch" but for some reason whenever he tried to say it came out "cra" - which is abso-f'ing-lutely nothing like "ch". & if he was older i would have thought he was doing it for the pure torture he was putting me through but i could tell he really was trying. so in the end all i could do was laugh, tequila would have gotten me to that point a lot sooner.


in other news: i received a call from Z's teacher that he passed his reading test YEAH! (especially after the horrific evening we had) but i don't know wtf the test was about, so there's that....i mean is it a placement test or what?

then in the afternoon i got a call from his school, tomorrow he starts in the new class. i'll go with him in the morning to meet the new teacher & do what i can to get him situated. i really hope this works out for him. i assured him when i put him to bed that this wasn't punishment & that he hadn't done anything wrong, that he was going to a new class so he could learn more. he already knows the teacher & says she's mean = GOOD that's what we're looking for!

we also went to the counselor again this afternoon, Z was hesitant to talk. she asked about the add video & how we felt about it. i told her although we felt we saw a lot of certain traits we all (as in B, Z & I) had we weren't really sure that Z has add. i do think B & I have certain characteristics that fit but i think we've learned to manage them, so Z probably has that potential & he just needs help to keep himself in line. so we'll watch him, guide him & do what we can before we make a final call. then we played a game that was about learning how to accept things you don't like (ie rewarding a + attitude).