Why does everything always have to be so complicated.. and so much work??

[Triggles]

I know.. I'm ranting and whinging a bit. sigh

Bit of a combination of miscommunication and some line blurring at school. I point out my concerns to both parties involved, and everyone's up in arms. But I was told if I have concerns to let them know. So I did. argh!!

Sports outing next week - have to find out all sorts of details that none of the other parents have to worry about. How secure is the site? Can he run off too easily? How crowded will it be? How far is the walk to the site? Who will be monitoring him? Who will be responsible for his asthma meds?

Group outing to castle - had to say no, he can't go. Lots of walking on some uneven terrain (he really struggles with this, and can't use his Mac Major because of the location), no safety railings on open drop offs, massive rooms (he gets distressed and falls apart).

I swear I just get nauseated as soon as I see the word "trip" or "outing" on ANYTHING anymore. Just STAY IN SCHOOL dammit!

And little "assignments" and "challenges" that get sent home. I imagine they are fun for some. But it always seems to be "counting this" or "seeing how many of that" and DS2 gets obsessed over having to finish it all. Or the sheet that they were supposed to fill out on the phase of the moon each night over the course of the fortnight (or was it a month, I can't remember). Obsess obsess obsesss.... hate them! We don't even do them anymore. They just get binned. Not the school's fault, I know they're just trying to make education fun, but my god it's annoying!

I just want ONE stupid thing to come home that is simple to do and straightforward. Really. Just ONE. And doesn't involve leaving school property during the school day. I might feel less neurotic and more normal. Maybe. (maybe not)

Bin them, Triggles. I either binned them or 'helped' (did them myself) until DS was capable of having a go himself. Even then, we'd work for 20 mins only and send it back however much was completed.

I went myself on the first few trips as a 'parent helper' but had to get dick to take the time off to look after DS3. Not ideal.

DH can't take the time off to watch DS3, he would lose his job. So that's not an option.

I think I'm just tired and reaching a point where my brain is struggling.

I know, Triggles. When do we get to take some time off, eh?

Not a clue. Sitting here trying not to catch my tongue on the broken tooth (which I can't get looked at until Monday!), dealing with paperwork, the budget, school stuff, and DS2 chattering to me a mile a minutes saying "watch me the whole time mummy, watch me!"

DH, on the other hand, at least went to the shop and bought me some chocolate.

I really feel for you. It must be nice for those who can just consent to these things without having to consider so many other aspects. I do find a rant always helps.

We had that 'phases of the moon' thing as well. It was over the course of a month. My son completed about 3/4 of it. I felt he had done well. It came home with 'INCOMPLETE' written across it in big, green letters. I was so angry. Why couldn't she have marked what he had actually done? Just the fact that he had brought it home and not lost it was a major achievement in itself!

steelev48 - that's just inconsiderate for them to make a huge issue of it like that. And that's another reason why we have started binning them. I flat out told the teacher that these things were not going to be done as they caused DS2 (and me) no end of distress. She was a bit but didn't make a huge issue over it.