My Amount of Cares is Non-Existant

Gail asked if the kids could go play with Violet this afternoon. Typically, they go play for like 3 hours or so and then they ride their bikes back home and resume life as usual. Nope, not today. Lily is at Gina's for the weekend. Jonathan has been complaining the last 2 days that both of his ears hurt on the inside. I was going to take him to the ER last night once Chris got home so I could get him some ear infection medicine but by yesterday afternoon, he was telling me that they don't hurt anymore. Then this morning, he was saying they hurt again and he had to put his shirt on really slow. And now he's saying they don't hurt. He's driving me bananas but I love him dearly anyways.

Elaina... I have no idea what happened but after the kids were there for maybe 2 1/2 hours, I texted Gail and told her "Thank you Gail. I really appreciate you watching them" and she texts me right back "Elaina just punched Jonathan in the face. I need you to come get them". Then she called me right away and I think she was trying to tell me what Elaina was doing but I couldn't understand, but then she said she was going to drive them home. Then immediately after we hung up, Gail called me back and said that Elaina was fighting her and that I would have to come pick the kids up.

She did the whole yelling while talking so I smacked her in the mouth. She was stomping everywhere and I got her to stop. She was freaking out that she couldn't find her shoes, but Gail had already put Elaina's shoes and bike into my car. I just have no more cares. I have to deal with her father's attitude which is exactly this and now there is a spawn of him with his same attitude and I just can't do this. The attitude is supposedly part of her ODD. Apparently, more often than not, children with higher IQ's have this ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) and it makes them think that they're smarter than everyone and they know everything, what's right and wrong, the whole shebang. And apparently, the attitude is something that goes along with it. She also had a small positive score of ADHD but most of the time, she can control herself. But this is just like what was happening at school.

I'm not 100% but I think this may happen because her brain is worn out and she's over-tired. I'm not totally sure about this, but this is my hypothesis. Now because today's events have happened, I'm not really sure that Elaina will be able to get into public school next year. I have a feeling I'm going to need her to stay homeschooled until middle school. I think by 6th grade, she should know how to control her feelings. And hey, if not, then I guess she'll have to be homeschooled throughout high school too. By then, she must have them under control. If not, then she will just have to be put on some kind of pills to calm her down. I am not going to be held responsible for putting someone with this kind of attitude problem out in the adult world. She kicked Gail's shins! And also she punched Jonathan like Gail texted me. I was also told that Elaina just kept kicking and hitting Gail. Like, what the flying flipping fudge??? Everybody loves Gail! What on Earth would provoke Elaina to do this to people? As far as I know it was just Jonathan and Gail and she didn't touch anybody else. Uggghhhhhh.... I just can't deal right now. But Elaina is officially not invited over at Gail's anymore. Lily and Jonathan can still go over but Elaina just lost any and all privileges.

I guess onto the good news for the day... I got mail! 2 packages!

Smiley 360 was...

It's a bluetooth pregnancy test that works in conjunction with some First Response app that you can download onto your phone. Literally, the day after I accepted this campaign, I started my period after not having it for like 3 months! (Hypothyroidism thing) I wrote the Smiley people a message about it and they said that I just don't have to interact with the campaign and wait til it ends. I won't get any points from it, but it apparently won't count against me. That made me feel better. I was afraid it would penalize me since I couldn't use it.
Then, I also got one from BzzAgent...

Children's Claritin! WOO! I was going to use it for Elaina's cough which I was rather sure was from allergies. Right now, she's in bed coughing because she's crying. Jonathan isn't coughing at all. And sometimes, randomly, Lily will get an allergy cough for like 2 weeks but I haven't been able to identify what it correlates with. And I also got one more thing for my best friend, Jessica :)

Woo! Formula coupons! Lol. Hey, every bit helps! :)

I'm hoping we can go see our puppy again this weekend. If so, I will definitely update with some developmental pics! Chris just pulled into the driveway so I'm going to go see if I can get some grocery money to fill up our fridge and cabinets for the week.

Keep your heads held high, my friends. Things always get better.

Kayla Dobbins