Peaceful Day at home

I am enjoying a peaceful day at home with my boys and hubby. We are sitting on the couch watching a show on History channel with Tom Brokaw and flipping to Discovery to watch Mythbusters. Ethan is playing with his trains and listening to his Ipod. Jayson let him use it one day and now he wont give it back. It is so cute to watch him walk around, stop and then start dancing. I finished a book this morning, and started a new one. I have my evaluation this week and hope everything goes well, I really would like to be tenured and have a little security.

Just one of those days

Today has been one of those days where I thought it started out ok but just went downhill. One of my classes is non-stop talking and just doesn't seem to understand why that is a problem. It is not just one or two but almost half if not more. I have tried just about everything I can think of. So the end of the day, just seemed to never end. As I am leaving my hubby asks me to go to the bank to get money so we can buy a bowflex, and I politely said yes if he would make supper. I arrived home and supper was made and we ate. Then he decides that he is to tired to go, I was a little annoyed. That little trip put me home 1/2 hour later then normal. As we are sitting on the couch my oldest brings in his report card. He got two F and 3 D's for the quarter and one F for the semester. Before we got the report card he decided he wanted to really try, so we thought that is cool. I get on to check his current grades and he has two missing papers in one class and one missing in another. I don't think he fully understands what can happen. As a mom this bothers me and as a teacher it annoys the crap out of me. All of those papers are done and just not turned. The very last thing to top my day is that I would really like to have another baby someday soon. I said something along those lines to my hubby and he told that I had to be 130. I couldn't believe that. Why, Why, Why!!!!

How can some parents just leave their kids

I have this thought on my mind a lot recently. My stepson's mom left him years ago and I could never understand that especially after I had Ethan. I have tried everything to make him realize that he is a son to me but unfortunately he hasn't thought of me this way. A little over a month ago he found his mom on facebook and I feel our relationship has taken a turn for the worse. I am not sure how to fix it or make it better. I feel a little hurt by his reaction to her and in turn how he has been treating me.

Now, just a little over two weeks ago, we have added another teenager to our household. This one got kicked out of his grandfathers house. His mother gave up guardianship to an uncle and he doesn't even live with him. His grandma died a year ago and so he is left with much of nothing. He has an older brother but he is not even 25 yet and not able to take care of him.

How can parents do this?