It's Been A While

I'm going to try to bring this blog back from the brink of death! Lots of updating could be done but I am going to just start where we are...

WORK

Ralph continues to work his same schedule and that is a blessing as my job changes with the wind. Over the last 6 months or so, our bed space at the Psychiatric Crisis Unit that I work at has doubled. Then we moved to a new location that was farther from home for me. Next, I was asked to start making psych rounds as well as medical rounds. The most recent change is that I am now taking psych call for a week every other week. This has left me in a state of disorder. I have had a steep learning curve with a lot of new added job stress. This has affected our home school but I feel like the tide is turning and we are all getting settled into a new routine. Working 12 out of every 14 days and home schooling is not the easiest of paths to take.

SCHOOL

We have had our ups and downs in school over the past year. Toward the end of last school year, I had to put my foot down with Alexander and give him an ultimatum. He could either chose to work and cooperate, or I would enroll him in a school outside of the home. It was tough but it was to the point that we come. Now this year he is working and his attitude is much improved. I would have put him in school and it would have broken my heart, but thankfully, he chose to stay with us. As things go, I am struggling with Nathaniel much the same way this year. It is exhausting, but I see progress with consistency and high expectations.

I feel like Eliza has been shorted given all the drama going on with the boys. However, her reading is coming along nicely and her handwriting is much improved.