3 months later

Long-haired Will ready for his Spring Concert

Hard to believe it has been 3 months. What kind of blogger am I? Not a very good one, apparently. It seems to me that once the new year hits, I lose my free time. Too many commitments, not enough time!

We have continued seeing Dr. T for Will's vision therapy. We have also used her for some tutoring here and there as well. She is a former teacher after all and she just loves to help Will, particularly with math, which is great cause that is where he struggles most! Chris finally got to take Will to VT and he got to try out some of the exercises Will does while he is there. He was impressed with what they do together and can see how it is so helpful to Will.

School has continued to go well. He has struggled here and there, mostly with motivation. He had a few projects during the 3rd quarter that he pretty much waited until the last minute to complete. I think 3rd quarter is the most difficult quarter anyway. It sort of drags on, it is winter and we are all stuck inside. The days are longer and there is lots of work to be done at school. But, we got through it. Report cards will come home later this week. I do think this will be the first quarter this year that he doesn't have straight A's. I think he has a B+ in Language Arts. But I see that as a good thing, really. We can get on Edline and he can see where he could have done better, particularly with some homework assignments and he could have ended up with straight A's again. I struggle with that, though. There is nothing wrong with a B+. Absolutely nothing. He should be proud, so I hate pointing out what he could have done better. But, at the same time, he really could have and should have had an A in that class based on what I see on Edline.

Will had quite a few sick days during this last quarter. A couple episodes of vomiting kept him out of school on two different days. Then he caught some virus with a fever and bad cold symptoms and that kept him out for 4 days. That resulted in lots of make up work for him. It has also resulted in some anxiety for Will. The vomiting through him for a loop. It happened at night, after he laid down to go to bed.  So, ever since then, he has had several times where he gets very nervous and anxious that he is going to get sick again. He comes in my room and says he has to throw up and he does NOT want to throw up. He gets so upset about it he causes his stomach to get upset and he ends up with diarrhea. This has happened a couple of times. He has decided he needs to talk to Dr. Nannie about it! So we are going to go see her tomorrow. Hoping that allays his fears!!!