If you guys have read the magazine you know that at the beginning of the year I did a vision board. There is a lot on that vision board that has to be accomplished. Unfortunately, that means that's a lot on my plate. Since the last post a lot has happened both with Doodle and with my work life.
The craft store where I work pushed the instructors outside of the stores. That means that we have a new way that we have to register our classes. Me, I don't have time to register classes because it takes roughly 20-30 minutes to add all of my classes to teach. Grumbacher has taken all the instructors that taught art under their wings and they are working with us on new venues to teach at because the craft store is now charging us to teach classes. Well, that sucks for the craft store. More then 80% left the craft store program and at this point I'm about to be there. I tried to stay positive but it just isn't working out.
As for the publishing company, it's coming along pretty well and I'm happy with the direction that it's going. I'm learning animation which is fun and Doodle is working with her English teacher at school to put together a book of her art that she created when she was 6 years old. So that means I will have new projects that go along with that book when it is published.
I've had a lot of IEP meetings this school year. Her teacher and I couldn't put our finger on what was going on. She's had a lot of behavior issues and her stemming has been really bad this school year. Last month we got a new bus driver. And I will tell you that I am seeing a lot of progression. I'm not the only one seeing progression going on. Her teacher is even seeing changes in not only her class but in Doodle's other classes as well. I'm not going to say what I feel is the reason why my child has been a horror but her teacher and I have our suspicions.
I have had issues with the bus this year more then I care to have had. Doodle's teacher and I had a conversation about it and some of the things that the bus driver said really rubbed Doodle's teacher the wrong way. I wasn't so fond of what I was being told so she wasn't the only one. Around Christmas break we had missed the bus cause it was showing up at 6:10 in the morning. I was informed that I should have been told that the time had changed from 6:40 to 6:10. And when you have a pickup at 6:10 that means you have to be waiting at 6:00 am. So we started waiting outside at 6 am and the bus wouldn't show until after 6:40. That was a nightmare. The bus driver was so strict. She didn't want Doodle running around and getting sweaty. Do you know how hard it is to keep her sitting down for 40 minutes and not jumping around and stemming? That's not the easiest thing in the world. So I asked, what time is pick up suppose to be. The response I got back was why do you want to know. Need to know so we can manage our time better in the mornings. Needless to say after that we got a new bus driver. And yes that is the convo that Doodle's teacher and I had was about what was going on.
The new bus driver is suppose to pick up between 6:40-6:45 and yes she's picked Doodle up sometimes at 6:35. But it's a common rule that you have to be waiting 10 minutes before the bus is to pick up.
Doodle and I have had a sickness that ran through our home. It involved swollen lymph nodes. That was fun. Doodle looked like a man from the 1930's. It also involved Doodle not riding the bus in the morning cause she had to have medication with her meal to keep her stomach from having issues. Thought I could just send her back to school and do breakfast in the mornings before she went to school. She had missed 2 days of school as per the doctor's request cause Doodle was running a low grade fever. The first day back at school after being sick she fell off the bus and scrapped her elbow really bad. So that meant that our being off routine was just not good. No big deal I just had to take her to school in the mornings and she rode the bus in the evenings. We did that until the antibiotic ran out. Now we are back to regular routine.
So that's everything in a nutshell. All wrapped up just like many of the projects that I have been working on on the magazine. Hoping I will be able to get back to publishing books again soon. Cause I have missed doing that as well. The website for JSNcreative is going through some changes because it's going in a new direction. And the good news is not only am I certified in Acrylic painting, drawing and watercolor but I am now certified in color pencils. So yes, I have been very busy the past couple of months.
Doodle is progressing very well. Yesterday, she spoke a complete sentence without prompting. This morning she wanted to give me a kiss goodbye. I just love that because she doesn't really do much when it comes to giving affection. I'm so happy with how she is progressing and listening. She's calming down at home and school and I am one happy momma!
See you guys on the flip side.
