Rough Week

This week has been really rough. The kids went back to school, our puppy decided not to be potty trained, and I started a diet last week. I met with my trainer and we completely changed the way I was eating and cut back on my Pepsi intake. :( It's been a huge adjustment and two weeks full of killer migraines, mood swings and exhaustion. I did however loose 3 lbs. last week, so I thought this week would be much easier, but it's not. I'm already sick of salads, egg whites, and everyone knows how much I hate vegetables and fruits. Oh yeah, now I remember why I was fat in the first place, diets suck! Can somebody please go get me a cheeseburger, pronto!

I think another reason this week has been so hard is that Damon hates going to school. He puts up such a fight to get ready in the morning that sometimes he makes himself sick. I have no idea how to handle this. He is really good at school, he is reading above grade level and can finish his homework in a split second, so it's not like school is to hard for him. I think he is actually having separation anxiety. If you remember he got left alone on the bus for 2 terrifying hours at the beginning of the school year. (See my entry "Damon's Missing" 10-7-08) I thought he would get over this little incident by now, but if anything' it's getting worst. Not to mention his teacher put him in "time-out" and forgot about him, now he doesn't trust her and is afraid to be alone at school. What do I do? He is such a a sensitive soul. I've been driving him to school lately and he rides the bus home with Olivia, but that only helps a little. I'm not sure how to make school fun for him again, any ideas?

This weekend we are planning on relaxing and spending time with John. The business that he started several months ago fell through and now he is having to start from scratch again. He is such a hard worker and I'm so lucky that he is so ambitious. I have to believe that this happened for a reason, I am a firm believer that when one door closes, another one opens.