Catch up again

I see I'm not keeping up very well. Lots going on, just not updating.

Still taking my DMACC class - still kicking my butt. I have a paper due Tuesday that I haven't started yet and a huge, enormous paper I also haven't started yet due on April 6. Like ginormous. I have requested books at the library for my research but that's it. Eeep. On the plus side, I do have 3 days off work this week + the weekend so I should be in business. My days off involve a lot of dr. appts. but I hope to get some stuff done on the off time.

Had the kids' school conferences last week - same old, same old there. Zach is lazy and disorganized, but skating by, Tiff is doing okay and working hard, but missing a few assignments, Macy is struggling lots and her teacher thinks she would have benefited from special ed. but not much to do at this point in the year in 5th grade, and Brady is doing well but constantly rushing to be the first done so making careless mistakes. Frustration almost all around.

I am in an online crop this weekend and have lots to do today to get "caught up", but looking forward to it and have some ideas in my head so that's good. We went on a drive today to allow Zach to work with a friend of ours on math. Math = not the strong suit for Scott or I, so Aaron came by to help him out. I hate to blame Zach's math struggles on his teacher, since I'm married to and the daughter of a teacher - - but I think it's his teacher. It's the only class where he consistently turns things in and still get crappy grades. He's only missed 2 assignments in there but has failed all his quizzes and tests. He says the teacher passes out worksheets daily and then turns on his Ipod. I don't know if that's completely true, but I know that he doesn't understand what he is supposed to be doing. He said today he learned more in an hour than he's learned all semester. :-(

Here's a few photos of things we saw on our drive. I saw the train coming and got my camera ready. Turned out pretty good I thought, considering we were going 65 in one direction and it was going who-knows-how-fast in the other. Timing is everything. :-)