I feel so lost & at my wits end!!

After a bad start to the day with the boys arguing and carrying on. We ended up running very late for the bus stop this morning. In fact as we pulled up the bus was leaving. Thankfully we weren't the only family who was running late. There was another family who managed to stop the bus and the big fella made it on just after they did.

After dropping off the little dude to school Mark and I decided that we would go out for the day. I had an EMA (sofweb.vic.edu.au) cheque to put into my bank account. So we went out and did a bit of retail therapy to see if that would help me out of the blues that I've been stuck for quite some time. I didn't end up getting anything for myself. We did, however, get a present for Marks little baby nephew & some trousers for the little dude to wear to church.
Afterwards Mark & I went out for lunch. It was really nice to be able to sit in a restaurant without the boys and be able to just talk and not worry about anything. We went to Food Star, its kind of like Sizzlers with an all you can eat buffet.

Not long after getting home I recieved a phone call from the High School. They had been trying to phone me since about 11 a.m. this morning. The big fella had been doing some awful things AGAIN!! He chose not to listen to any of the teachers, refused to leave the classroom, disrupted the class, called one of the teachers a b*tch! and a few other things that I cannot remember off the top of my head. I am so ashamed and upset with how he has behaved. For now he has been suspended from the school for the rest of the week and will be able to return on Monday of next week. They said they will be sending home some work for him but I can only see sheets of paper for him to copy the rules on to. Guess I need to phone them tomorrow to find out exactly what they require him to do while he is at home.
I do know one thing he will realise that he is NOT on a holiday. I have written down a list of jobs for him to complete over the next few days! Things ranging from cleaning his bedroom to cleaning up the front yard.

I am truly at a loss of what to do with the big fella. I have tried my hardest to do my best for him.