Friday-May 15, 2009

Ya, it's Friday! Anna is always happier on Fridays. The school she is in right now sucks. She went from loving school and looking forward to each day, to hating school, faking being sick, and crying everyday. She has not learned one new thing since switching schools. So, I decided next year I am going to try and home school her. The area we live in now does not have any good schools. The immigrants in the area drag the schools down, because teachers are trying to teach Spanish students how to read and understand English, rather than just teaching what they are suppose too. It all comes down to Bush's No Child Left Behind act. Hopefully Anna will be happier home learning, than having to put up with all the bull in the public schools here. 

Cheri (that's my Mom), has been over at Blair's (that's my sister) house since Wednesday. I don't think Blair can function without Mommy coming over and staying with her for a week each month. She's going to be 27 years old soon, and she cannot handle her three kids without Mom or her second husband Mike. I am not impressed with my sister at all. Can you tell? Can't stand husband number 2 either. I bring this up because, Jeremy and I, moved in with my parents to help them financially. We moved into a big house that we all share and split the bills. Cheri gets into every part of our lives. She butts in when we try to discipline our girls or if we are just having a conversation. She does this with my brother and sister too. The only difference is, they don't mind that she does it. It drives me nuts. The other day she tried using guilt against Anna, the same way she did to me as a child. I was livid!!! I don't want Anna to be made to feel like crap the way that I felt as a child. There was no excuse for what she did. I yelled at Cheri. Anna is a very emotional child, and what Cheri said you have damaged her little personality. She's a people pleaser. Anna knows how to be respectful and listen, but Cheri tries to treat her like her slave. Anna do this, and Anna do that. Anna has chores that Jeremy and I think she can handle for an 8 year old. When I was 8, Cheri gave me so much responsibility that I barely had a childhood. I was constantly doing something. I was cooking entire meals by the time I was 11. I want Anna to enjoy her childhood. I want her to grow into responsibilities. Not have them thrust upon her. Some people may think I am too easy on her, but I know what she can and cannot handle. Anyways, I think that is enough ranting for today.