Is there hope?

Is there hope? Well my weekend started off not so great. Friday afternoon I got a call from my son’s school saying that he had been suspended pending a meeting with the principle on Monday morning. I’ve got to be there at 7am to meet with him. I was furious. How in the blue hell do you get suspended from KINDERGARTEN? Needless to say my bored 5 year old has been sitting in the corner and he’s not too happy about it at all. Why should he be happy, he is on the verge of getting kicked out of school and he doesn’t even seem to care. Is there hope?

This all started at the beginning of the school year when he started Kindergarten. His behavior was less than stellar, so it was suggested that I have him tested for ADHD. I did and it was found that he is ADHD and also border line gifted. He tested at a 8-9 year old level for comprehension and speech. However he’s only about a 3-4 year old level socially. He’s very immature and wants to play all the time, he doesn’t have “time” to do schoolwork.

After putting him on Ritalin I discovered that Ritalin hypered him up too much, so the doctor added another prescription to the regiment called Clonidine. That seemed to work well. Then I found out that he was sleeping through class! I was so angry at his teacher for letting him sleep through class just because she didn’t want to “deal” with him. Another call to the doctor got the Clonidine removed and the Ritalin dosage increased. This hasn’t worked at all. I have to call him again on Monday and let him know what the situation with the school is and see if maybe another medication would be a better option at this point.

However report cards came home last week, and I must say I was impressed with the scholastic part of it. My little man is on par or above average for the things he should know how to do in class already. However the behavior section of the report card is all I’s (meaning Inconsistant). It’s so frustrating. I know he’s super smart, and he’s such a good kid everywhere else but school. It’s like he gets onto campus and turns into Satan. I was wondering for awhile if I should have named him Damien. Is there hope?

I’m not going to worry too much about it today. I’m actually trying to enjoy my weekend. I’ve been so stressed out lately with taking my final at work (passed with a 90% by the way!), the death of a dear friend (who will be missed but not forgotten), my son’s behavior (is military school an option?) and all the other evils that are life (I have to do laundry again??), it’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I think I might be able to pull it all together and get back on track once I talk to the school tomorrow and get that mess straightened out. At least I hope so. I’ll keep everyone posted on how that all turns out.

Is there hope that my 2008 will be a better year? Or am I destined to struggle and fight through this one too? I will appreciate any words of wisdom or support at this point cause man I feel bleak already and it’s not even the end of January!