School

Kimmie has been having pretty good days at school for the last few weeks. We consider that to be almost miraculous. I guess maybe she knows the end is sight.

Last year, she was having a very difficult time. Pretty much every day was a rough day. In fact, we even considered making it her last year, but once she finishes school we have the rest of her life to try to fill with meaningful activities.

Instead, we decided to try shorter school days. Kimmie has never been a morning person, so we thought that if she didn't have to get up so early, and didn't have to get on a school bus in the dark, maybe she would be happier and more cooperative. I began letting her sleep until 8:00, then I would get her up and ready for school. I drove her to school, arriving about 8:45. She was able to sleep two hours later in the morning but only missed about an hour of school.

We tried that last winter and spring. That did not help. In fact it seemed like she decided she won round 1, so she'd try to win another round. She just wanted to play all day. She didn't want to do any work at school. Such a little stinker.

This year she is back to riding the bus. But, like I said at the beginning of this post, she has been doing pretty well the last few weeks. Hopefully she'll be happy and hang in there for a few more weeks as we finish up high school.

--Mom