Smiley Saturday
Brought to you, as always, by the lovely Lightening.
It’s been an…..interesting week. Challenging? Stressful? So it’s even more important than usual to find some things to smile about. As always, a few are related to the kid. My ever-growing, ever-changing, not-quite-a-teenager.
For a number of years she’s had a bit of stuff going on around ‘I don’t want to’, or ‘I can’t be bothered’. Things that she previously enjoyed, such as swimming club, netball, soccer, fell by the wayside. They were simply too much effort for the little lazybones darling. So nobody could have been more surprised than I was when she told me she had tried out for the school netball team. And made it!
The whole school is participating in some kind of spelling crackdown, which is fantastic, because kidz theese dais jus cant speel. For shit. So she came home with a list of 50 words. They did them cold, and she got about 20 of them right. They then had a couple of weeks in which to practice spelling them. The final test was held during the week and she got 50/50! You go, girl!
She also visited some elderly residents with the school choir and performed for them.
Personally, I can smile because I survived the week without a major meltdown. There were a couple of minor ones, but overall, I’m still here, and I’m pretty much ok. And it’s always a pleasure to consume that much chocolate.
So I’m off to Sydney again tomorrow. Just for something different. I only have 4 more weeks to go. If you say it fast…well, anyway, it’s better than when I started and had 8!
Have a nice week, and try not to miss me too much!! 
Ahh chocolate is good for the soul!
Lovely to hear your daughter is getting involved with netball again, I loved playing.
Comment by Dee — April 5, 2008 @ 8:38 am
Hope your week in Sydney goes well. Thanks for joining in Smiley Saturday again this week.
Comment by Lightening — April 5, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
I will miss you.
Comment by tiff — April 6, 2008 @ 10:27 am
You can never eat too much chocolate !!!!!!
Have fun in Sydney.I have missed the reason why you have to go ????
Comment by Widdle Shamrock — April 7, 2008 @ 6:53 am
Wow, that’s quite an achievement with the spelling. And you’re so right; kids can’t spell for shit these days. *sigh*
Comment by Anja — April 8, 2008 @ 8:24 am
Damn. I have been resisting all day and then you say the evil freaking C word and I have to succumb. Yeah, ta.
Comment by Kelley — April 9, 2008 @ 1:33 pm