There's been a lot of things bumming me out lately. The kids are whacked out with cold viruses and I'm just not feeling the holiday cheer. In fact, mostly I'm feeling homesick for Pennsylvania. I'm either going to have to find some happy, add some new tunes to my iPod, or significantly increase my meds. Or all of those. Whatever.
Here's my list of happy:
1. Little Dude came home from school today, announced that he really had to pee, and then peed. On. The. Potty.
2. This song:
3. Last weekend, our normally shy and anxious daughter Cookie competed in a district-wide dramatic poetry reading event. When I say "shy" and "anxious," I mean that she has anxiety that was affecting every area of her life until we started her on anti-anxiety medication this fall. The medication works. She gets therapy too, but mostly, the medication just works. Just after starting the medication, she decided to conquer her fear of public speaking and try out for the poetry-reading team. We don't find out for weeks how she did but obviously no one, including Cookie, cares about that part very much.
4. Cookie's twin sister, the Pork Lo Maniac, just won her class spelling bee and will move on to represent her class in the fourth grade spelling bee. It turns out that spelling bees are actually an awesome event for kids with ADHD. There is standing up and sitting down and changing chairs. Fabulous.
5. Speaking of ADHD, the Pork Lo Maniac did all of her homework this afternoon with no whining, no crying, no stalling, no fussing, and without needing any help on math. Are you kidding me? She did the math on her own. Have I mentioned how much I love medication?
6. This song:
7. The Peanut Butter Kid also won her class spelling bee and will move on to represent her class in the First Grade spelling bee. More exciting than that is the fact that her tummy troubles seem to be under control after a little relapse of problems.
8. In the Douche Poll, Jon Gosselin is only slightly ahead of Kate Gosselin, which makes me laugh.
9. Little Dude went on his first field trip. His special needs class went to see "Alice in Wonderland," although to Little Dude, it's "Alison in Wonderland," which is even better because that's the name of one of my best friends. He made it through the entire play. It wasn't pretty, and is teacher said she felt sorry for the people around them, but he did make it through the entire play.
10. The actual video for this one is super-cheesy and full of babes in skimpy outfits, which mostly just reminds me of the early 90s. So I find more happy in just listening to the song and skipping the video.
Please, for the love of puppies and rainbows, share with us what you did on the potty training front! My son turns 4 next week and has expressed NO interest.
ReplyDeleteI love that Fireworks song....makes me freaking cry every time I hear it!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear these wonderful things about your children!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am on meds for anxiety, too. Ohmyword, what a difference!
that's a great list of happy :)
ReplyDeleteThe FUNK must be going around these days.
The marvels of modern medicine! Ya gotta love when the kids are all right, everything else is that much better.
ReplyDeleteI have found that this time of year you either have the FUNK or you are lying to everyone around you! Those people that walk around full of "Christmas Cheer" have got to bo on more than just prescribed meds.
ReplyDeletethat Firework song has been my favorite for the last month. I *LOVE* it.I want to play it for my kids at school and I wish I could show the video, but can't because of the guys kissing :(
ReplyDeleteBig HUGS to SRMM, sounds like the kids are making great strides, that's good, but what about MOM? I wish I were Richard Branson's Sister and I could send you down a private plane to take you anywhere your heart desires. Please take care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteI've got a little of the holiday blues as well. Thanks for making me smile.
ReplyDeleteYeah, what Kim said!!!!
ReplyDeleteI get anxious just thinking about life without Ritalin.
ReplyDeleteWhen I get all anxious and miserable, I make myself say Three Good Things. If that doesn't work, I do three more. And three more. And so on. I make my kids do it too. It really does work to stem the tide of horribleness, even though my life isn't any different after I do it. I recently found out that this is an actual cognitive behavioral therapy technique that rewires your brain--every time you get positive when you feel negative, you're building new neural pathways and getting out of the old, worn grooves in your brain. So you just did a great thing for yourself, and for all of us readers, too
ReplyDeletePeeing in the Potty!!! That is full of awesome!
ReplyDeleteIve got the holiday blues too...cant seem to get motivated to do any baking, or get the presents or cards we need to mail bought. Our older child has pink eye, so its only a matter of time before the baby gets it too.
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm sitting here listening to Dynamite and grooving (especially since they fixed our internet). I'm trying to figure out where I've heard this song, since I'm very out of the pop music loop. The chorus comes up and in my head I hear, "They're saying Ay-o! Spin the dreidal!" LMAO I'll be downloading that song to my iPod. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome list!!! And I'm stealing the list of happy idea. This makes me so head-bopping happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TatmBrl8Y28
ReplyDeleteI want to start telling everyone who gives the mess that is me a second look, "how could I possibly be inconspicuous when my flow is f***ing ridiculous?"
I can't hear that last song now without thinking of the Maccabeats! And my kids love both versions. :)
ReplyDeletelovin the Flo Rida song! Havent heard it before...I also love Tao(but I already have that cd!)
ReplyDeleteI love your song choices!
ReplyDelete"make them stop and stare when I zone out" heh. it's what my kids and I do -all- the time!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for some awesome music to help me lift my mood. There's freaking something in the water huh? This funk is no good. I will being doing the "find me some happy" thing now too.
*bops around to the music a bit*
Thanks again SRMM for saving me from myself.
And WOOT on the toileting front - so awesome!! *hug* :O)
Here's some more happy for you:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osQkhvWFMFY
I've been grooving all day!
Way to.. well.. "go", little Dude! And Cookie! And the Pork Lo Maniac! And the Peanut Butter Kid!!Seriously awesome.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the pick me up! I just started running this fall(my goal is a 5k) and all these songs are on my playlist. We moved to a new state a year ago,and am still feeling pretty isolated, so I hear your pain! It's good to know Im not all alone!
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