What a week!

What a busy week it has been for us. We've been to meetings. visiting Mark's family, and forgetting important appointments (oops).
On Monday Mark had an appointment and we totally forgot all about it. We'd gone into town to pay for the big fellas paediatric appointment and then went on to do the weekly grocery shopping but we forgot that Mark had an appointment near the paediatric rooms at 12:15 that day. I can't believe that it totally slipped my mind. I am usually so good with appointments. Of course I didn't click that we had missed it until much later that night. Mark said oh well lets phone in the morning and make a new appointment. Well we couldn't because it was ANZAC day the following day.
Tuesday was ANZAC Day. Mark got the boys up early so that they could go to the dawn service. The boys wanted me to go but I didn't want too. Perhaps I should've though. They boys were absolute terrors misbehaving and fighting one another. Mark got fed up with them and warned them that if they did one more thing wrong they would go home. Well they stuffed up big time and they came home. Maybe if I had gone with them they would've stayed for the whole session. I'm so ashamed of the boys. I told Dad last night when we phoned him how they behaved and he was NOT impressed at all. Shame on the boys!!
Later on Tuesday we went to Mark's Dads and step-mums place for a late lunch. We got to meet Marks sister and his new nephew. His nephew is so adorable! He's only 7 months old but what a cutie he is!! I'm sure that there will be stacks of girls running after him when he gets older!!The boys were reasonably well behaved while we were there. Although I did make sure that they took their medication before we left home and I made them take their lunchtime tablet that I don't always make them take when we stay at home. I guess the boys were exhausted after their early morning because they both fell asleep in the car before we got home.
This morning there was another appointment at the High School. We're averaging one a week at this stage and the big fella hasn't even been there for the last 3 weeks. This time he was included in the meeting where we went over all the details of what happened the day he got suspended. He had forgotten a lot of it and was told exactly what happened. I cannot believe how the teachers have bent over backwards for him and he had just thrown everything back in their faces. If I had known exactly what had happened the day he was suspended he would've been one sorry boy. His home room teacher was trying so hard to help him but he didn't even listen to her until she said she was going to phone me. Then he finally decided to follow instructions, however that was only temporary. I still cannot believe that he is such a horrid kid sometimes.So after all of this was explained the Acting Vice Principal went through all the expectations required from Brodie. About the green card system they have set up for him (and other students like him). It was explained to him that for the next few weeks he will be a part time student. That he will be picked up at lunchtime next week and taken home & that if his behaviour after a review at the end of the week is up to scratch that the following week he will be able to stay longer. Depending on his behaviour and his willingness to co-operate with everyone will determine how long he remains at school during the day. That I or Mark will be phoned to collect him if he misbehaves and doesn't follow instructions.While in our meeting I told the school about the paediatrician visit and how we are modifying the big fellas medication at the moment and that by the end of next week he will be on a lower dosage of epilim. That I have arranged for GCAMHS to assist us once the referral from the paediatrician is sent to them. That I have asked Anglicare for help and that they will be assigning a case worker to us within the next 2-3 weeks to help us at home with any problems we are having.I also asked the school whether they are going to get the big fella assessed and they said that hopefully next Tuesday he will be working with a lady who is current assessing ALL the year 7 children at the school and that he should be able to be seen then. The sooner the better I hope.
I just hope that the big fella realises that everyone is bending over backwards to help him and to make things run more smoothly for him. The AVP said today that he hopes Brodie realises that he is lucky that his Mum and Mark are so supportive because there are a lot of parents out there who would just wash their hands of things saying that it was the schools problem and they should deal with it on their own. Perhaps one day the big fella will see all of that and know that we do care for him or we wouldn't be going through all of this extra work if we didn't.
Ok its time for me to finish this thing because I need to have lunch and get ready to go to the Primary school to do the newsletter & wait for the little dude to have his guitar lesson. I sure do hope that I can just sit down and relax tonight. It's been a busy day today.