I Am Fuming..

Ok, so as many people know I have been laid off from my job. This morning I was on the Capitol Workforce Partners website. On this site I notice that they have a Summer Youth and Learning Program. Peeked my interest, Zac really wants a job and this looks like something that he could do over the summer, get some training..right.

They have requirements

• must be 14..check
• must have a birth certificate...check
• must have social security card...check
• must have citizenship...ie..birth certificate....check
• any special circumstances...nope
• do you receive free lunch at school...nope
• are you on welfare...nope

What was I told?...If you do not receive welfare, food stamps or free lunch then you might not want to show up to apply.

What kind of crap is that?? Because I don't suck the State of Connecticut dry my child does not have the opportunity to learn or get a summer job. That is crappy as far as I am concerned. Why does a child that lives in a home with one working parent and a parent on unemployment not get the same services as a child who's parent is milking the system for money or sitting on their asses selling drugs and shooting each other. Making a menace out of themselves, bringing down communities and cities. I have a child who wants to work and who wants to become something, yet my less than middle class income prohibits that!! How is that fair? Honestly, it makes me nauseous..I wonder what the statistics are, how many kids who were eligible for this service, thanks to their parents, have actually taken the skills they have learned and become something as adults.

Out Of Whack

I feel very disoriented and out of whack this morning..why? Because I over slept, in a normal family it wouldn't really matter very much, but my family is far from normal. Nobody in my house can function or get themselves up with out me! Go figure..it is like living in a box, maybe a little bigger..one of those moving pods and no body can step out side of it. It is the same routine everyday, never changes, reminds me of the movie Ground Hog Day. I need to be up to get everyone else up! Ugh, why did I baby them soo much? With me not working, now it is even worse! Now I am going to go and have my coffee, better late than never!

Boredom

So last night I was sitting at home with nothing to do except think about what I was going to get for my friend who is having a baby. Then I had a thought, maybe I will make her a diaper cake. So I went to the store grabbed a package of diapers and got to work. I made the diaper cake and then I made a diaper chair..yes a chair. I think it is cute..Not quite like a Berkline chair but good enough for a doll, bear or what ever.

Chair

Cake (still needs decoration)

Who new I had such talent!!

My husband will be shocked when he gets home. I think he will like them and I know my friend will. Who wouldn't love to get something so cute??

What Would You Do??

Last night my son and I went to pick up dinner and while waiting in line he decides to share something with me. Honestly I was surprised, he is usually very secretive.

He was with his sister (she is not mine) and they into a convenience store near her house. Upon walking in he saw money on the floor and realized it was $30.00. He picked up the money and proceeded to take it to the cashier, even against his sisters urging. He told the cashier "You know there was $30.00 on the floor?" and handed it to him. Upon leaving the store his sister asked why he gave it to the man and he replied "Because it was the right thing to do."

Holy crap, who came down and smacked him in the head??? I was shocked! If you have followed this blog, you would know my son has had a host of issues. ADHD, Tics and so on. And alot times he has not made the right choices and has even stolen a couple of times. Maybe new brains cells are appearing at 14 years old?? J/K

I told Zac that he was absolutely correct, it was the right thing to do and that I was very proud of him because I am sure that it was very hard to give the cashier the money. Secretly, I wanted to cry. I know I shouldn't feel that way, he is 14 but when you feel hopeless about your child sometimes and then he does something like this, you feel proud. Makes me feel like he does value what I teach him and it gives me a glimmer of hope that he will turn out to be the man I want him to be.

So after dinner me and the hubs were sitting outside and I told him what Zac had told me in the restaurant. He was stunned, he looked at me and said " Wow, how hard must that have been? Just for doing that he deserves the $30.00." I agreed, good deads don't go unrewarded in our house, so we did, we gave him $30.00 for probably making one of the hardest choices he has ever had to make.

I couldn't feel more proud of him right now........

What would you have done??

Come On Summer

I am so ready for some warm weather, so ready to be outside! I currently looking at a few MP3 players, I have one but really would like a new one for the summer. I have been walking a lot lately, trying to keep up the weight loss. Although it is always a struggle.

Things have been fairly quiet lately, no real drama to report! That is always a good thing. I don't like drama! My son is doing well in school, although he did have one F the rest of his grades were B's. He has been doing alot of extra work to try to bring up that grade, he really has no one but himself to blame..Well, I guess that is it for now, so I am off to make a Diaper Cake for a friend who is expecting a baby this month.