Frustration and elation ... I guess

So, I did it ... hit over 300 miles on my running app. 301.9 in fact. Whoohoo, feels pretty darn good. I did it doing a few different intervals on the treadmill this morning. Not my favorite way of running, but until it hits 35 degrees outside I'm stuck indoors cause I hate running in cold weather. I started with what they call rabbits. You do each speed for a minute. I started at 5 went to 5.5 and then to 6. I went through that three times. Then I went to speed work. I alternated by minute again between 6 and 5. I alternated for about 15 minutes with that and then moved on to hill running. I was at a 3% incline and alternated again every minute from 4 to 5.5 for about the last 15 minutes and then walked to cool down for a couple of minutes. I need to revise the workout a bit. The 5 mph is just a bit too slow, so I need to up that a bit and I'd like to build up my stamina on the hill work, which I absolutely hate, so I never run hills outdoors. But, sometime soon I'd like to start trail running, so I've got to get so that I can do it for sustained periods of time.

 

 

 

Frustration time ... I don't share this with tons of people, but our youngest, Carter, is an IEP kid. He's had developmental delays since he was an infant. It started with muscular issues and when those where finally up to par he was behind in speech and language and other academic areas. We've had genetic testing and other things done and everything always comes up normal. I'm thinking it's time to get him in to see a developmental pediatric specialist that has opened an office downtown and see if he can give us any ideas in what we can do to help with his academic and social problems. So the frustration came to a head on Friday. His teacher, who does her best, has at least 4 IEP kids in her class. One pretty severe, and no help in the classroom. So, Carter spends a lot of time on the computer doing reading and math work at his level since he can't keep up with the in class stuff that the other kids are doing. His teacher does a good job keeping him on task, but he's and IEP kid, if no one checks to see what he's doing, he's going to try and get away with not doing it and just playing the learning games. So, there was a substitute on Thursday and of course he tried to get away with not doing what he was supposed to be doing. I really don't think the subs even check to see if he's doing what he's supposed to be doing. I don't think that they keep track of these kids very well. Yes, he should be able to stay of task, but really, we all, everyone involved in his IEP team, knows that this is part of his issues and that he needs to be kept on task. So it frustrates the heck out of me, when there is a sub one day and I get e-mails and notes home that next day about everything he's done wrong the day before. Come on, we all know it's coming, can we try to be a little more proactive and have the sub check with him a little more frequently. I'm at the point I don't know if we are going to be able to send him to middle school or if I'm going to have to home school him full time. What to do, what to do??

 

I finished the shawl that I was working on, not just to find something to where it with. I might just have to go shopping, which is not my favorite thing to do, unless it's buying workout or running shoes. I know, super weird huh?? Now I'm working on another baby blanket, this time for a little boy.