Never a Dull Moment Here

October 29, 2009
filed under: College, Divorce, Fall 2009

So this morning while at school finishing up a computer program due next week I ran into my teacher for that class.  We just had the last QBasic test yesterday, I knew that I scored a 98 on the test due to the grade being posted.  But what my teacher told me this morning is that I actually made the top score in the class, I don’t think I’ve ever had that honor before (I am not a good test taker at all, it took me 3 tries to pass a math test so that I could qualify for my BS in math many years ago) so this really was good news.

But then I had a blast from the past, it seems like my kids dad lost his job today, thankfully that won’t have too much of an impact here, since we’ve cut things down to almost no extras, and my parents have offered to help.  The only thing I need to do very quickly is get some insurance for the kids, I have 20 days left on Matt’s meds- we do not want to run out of those.  I hope for the best for their dad, but he’s made his choice to distance himself from me and the kids so he will need to lean on his new lady and his/their friends this time.  The last time this happened in ‘01 the day after Matt’s B-day party (11/5/01), he completely fell apart and things were really rough. I don’t wish anything bad on him, after all he is the father of my children but I do not plan on being sucked into any drama he might throw around- after all he is always the victim in every situation

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Matt and Facebook

October 19, 2009
filed under: ADHD, Facebook, Fall 2009, Matt

So yesterday I decided to push Matt to befriend his school friends in Facebook.  He’s been on there for just about a year and the only people he’s been friends with have been the old college friends of myself and his dad.  So yesterday I went hunting for his school friends, and he finally caught on and began to search and find them himself.  No I know that he wants the friends for the different games where you get bonuses for the more friends you have, but it is a start.  Matt seems to have lots of school friends, but there is really no one he is especially close to.  I know a lot of this probably stems from the way he behaved as a younger kid, that pesky ADHD definitely made him a handful.  Most parents back then seemed to see that and knowing that at least deep down Matt really is a good kid they did not forbid their kids from playing with Matt.  But they also did not invite Matt over for sleepovers or play dates.  I think Matt was probably 9 or 10 at his first sleepover, and he seemed to have 1 a year with that family.  But last year the boy had a video game B-day party, uhm that is the worst possible combination for Matt.  Add into the mix his dad and I didn’t have a good day the day we dropped him off. So he was definitely a lot wilder than normal.  He has not been invited over since.

I really want Facebook to be an outlet where he communicates with his peers, instead of just hiding behind being just a school friend I would like him to form some real true friendships.  Plus by doing this now when he is 13 I have a lot more control over his account, and can monitor things more closely than I could in a few years.

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