Progress Reports, Patience, And A Possitive Attitude

First up, progress reports. The past few years, it's always been Kasi who has the better grades. This year, Ryan is really applying himself. He loves having 6 different teachers, and it showed on his PR. He is also working on a project for English, and he's had it for a few weeks. And he's actually been doing it! Last night he wanted my guidence, not help, so that he would get a good grade. He is really trying. Yeah, Ryan.Kasi grades weren't as good, but they weren't horrible either. Just low for her. I think she is having a hard time adjusting to changing classes, having a locker, all the "high schooly" things going on this year.Ryan's ~ reading 92.8 (A) ~ social studies 87.33 (B) ~ science 86.23 (B) ~ math 87.44 (B) ~ english 95.65 (A)Kasi's ~ english 83.75 (C) ~ reading 78.6 (C) ~ social studies 83.7 (C) ~ math (B) I don't remember the exact #, and it's not on the website.Brandi didn't get a progress report, but I am anxiously awaiting her report card!I have been running out of patience lately. It is really starting to bug me that I seem to be the only one capable of seeing the messyness around me. Of at least the only one who thinks something should be done about it. Luckily, the girls' rooms are still clean. Which is a good thing, because I will seriously be pissed if they revert back to the little piggies I know they are! Anyway, I ask for things to be done, simple things, and nobody does them. Last night I walked into the living room, and the kids were watching Sponge Bob, which I hate, so I asked for the remote. I hear, "I don't have it" 3 times, and they all just sat there. Hello!!! Someone put Sponge Bob on, right? Yet NO ONE gets up to find the remote. It's things like that that are just getting under my skin! Driving me mad!!Which leads us to.........having a positive attitude. I read a post on another blog that talked about bad days. It got me thinking about my mornings with the kids. We get up around 6 every day. Some mornings it's easy, others it's tough. On the tough mornings, I get frustrated, especially with Ryan. He has a tendency to drag his feet, and he is the one with the most to do. I end up yelling, which just makes things worse. Then I feel guilty, because I let my mood affect his morning, and we end up fighting. I hate sending him to school that way, because it probably has an impact on his attitude for the rest of the day. Does that make sense? Kinda the snowball effect, like she said in her post. So this morning, I made an effort to NOT yell, and things went smoothly. They were ready earlier, waiting outside for the bus, and laughing when it pulled up. Definately an improvement!Okay, I gotta say it! 17 comments yesterday! I'm popular!!! It took 35 years, but it's finally happened! Okay, enough silliness. Honestly, I really appreciate all the kind words yesterday, and am looking forward to my second TT. If I could just think of something interesting and funny and enlightening to write about.....