This has been a long week. Long day. Today was the dumbest day this week and that's saying a lot. I had to seriously restrain myself many times from saying something along the lines of, "What the f***?!"
Really happy to have a couple of days off.
Got the shelf mounted after work. That sounds a lot easier than it was. Had to clear everything from half the shelf to get the new one in place. Then put it all back after. But this should help a bit getting some things in order. Amazing how much a few square feet of shelf space can help.
Made a cake for daughter's birthday. It was supposed to be red velvet but I ran out of red food coloring, so it pretty much came out as brown velvet. It is gluten free, so we can share it.
Dishes, laundry. Still some folding and hanging to do, plus decorating. Get that stuff done in the morning.
I'm a little hurt and upset. The ex says daughter has been telling her how she had a boring weekend last weekend and that she's unhappy that I haven't finished her room. However, all weekend she voluntarily sat in front of the TV and computer. I asked her many times if she wanted to do something and she said no. Plus most of what is left with her room is sorting through her boxes, which she could have been doing at least some of the time. Seems she thinks I should be taking her places at all times. Guess I've set that expectation but still, it's not at all fair to me, with all I do with her.
Maybe I've been doing too much with her. She's also been having lower than average grades for her in school. Not focusing and taking things very seriously.
However, something the ex told me also made sense. Seems daughter can recall complex concepts but has a problem recalling vocabulary words, which is all memorization. Hmm. I always thought that was just me but maybe it's genetic. I told the ex to encourage the daughter to place vocabulary words into a larger framework, then she may remember them better. That's how I remember anything. Didn't have anybody around that understood that mindset when I was growing up, so the advice was always to study more and dumb things down more, which was the exact opposite of what works for me. I suspect the same about her. Have to talk with her about it and (if she applies it) see how it works.
Okay, I need some sleep.
Really happy to have a couple of days off.
Got the shelf mounted after work. That sounds a lot easier than it was. Had to clear everything from half the shelf to get the new one in place. Then put it all back after. But this should help a bit getting some things in order. Amazing how much a few square feet of shelf space can help.
Made a cake for daughter's birthday. It was supposed to be red velvet but I ran out of red food coloring, so it pretty much came out as brown velvet. It is gluten free, so we can share it.
Dishes, laundry. Still some folding and hanging to do, plus decorating. Get that stuff done in the morning.
I'm a little hurt and upset. The ex says daughter has been telling her how she had a boring weekend last weekend and that she's unhappy that I haven't finished her room. However, all weekend she voluntarily sat in front of the TV and computer. I asked her many times if she wanted to do something and she said no. Plus most of what is left with her room is sorting through her boxes, which she could have been doing at least some of the time. Seems she thinks I should be taking her places at all times. Guess I've set that expectation but still, it's not at all fair to me, with all I do with her.
Maybe I've been doing too much with her. She's also been having lower than average grades for her in school. Not focusing and taking things very seriously.
However, something the ex told me also made sense. Seems daughter can recall complex concepts but has a problem recalling vocabulary words, which is all memorization. Hmm. I always thought that was just me but maybe it's genetic. I told the ex to encourage the daughter to place vocabulary words into a larger framework, then she may remember them better. That's how I remember anything. Didn't have anybody around that understood that mindset when I was growing up, so the advice was always to study more and dumb things down more, which was the exact opposite of what works for me. I suspect the same about her. Have to talk with her about it and (if she applies it) see how it works.
Okay, I need some sleep.
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