Monday, August 21, 2017

unusuall

Way back when I moved from childcare to the public school we were invited to attend a class about
Applied Behavior Anyalisis. The main thing we learned read drilled into our heads over and over and over again was how to operationally define a behavior. Instead of say Brian was clapping his hands it was Brian would put his hands open face palms together which resulted in a sound he did this 25 times. It was annoying but also an interesting way to look at behaviors. Every behavior had to be observable and measurable a couple other criteria that I can't remember but don't tell anyone okay.
So really telling you this will be an unusual  post I've got nothing except it is 2:30 and I'm writing the post on my phone.


  • I had my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. It went surprisingly well. Due to way high Anxiety I had to be put under with anesthesia,this made me even more nervous and then google made me even more nervous. 
  • I spent the week before trying to erase myself from my house /my friends/ my family. I tried to do all my laundry so my husband wouldn't have to if I passed away. I wouldn't pick my fantasy football team (  I let it auto draft) so they could just delete if necessary. Why leave them with that memory of how much fun we have on draft day.
  • I asked for the "snow contest" to be postponed into Wednesday.
  • I realized I goofed it is not the way to life. I could go back to counseling and maybe I should just once in a while to check in. Anticipatory Anxiety is the worst. 
Enough about that 
  • I did have several friends check on me during my recovery. I'm annoyed one co worker txt me to tell me she heard a rumor about my placement for the following school year. The mom of the student of who I may be "assigned" texted my friend who I was etc etc. 
  • This assignment leaves me disappointed and going down the woe as me path however I will just take it as it comes.
Did I tell you ??
  • I will now be babysitting a new family after the school day.
  • The previous family is moving schools and logistically it won't work.
  • The previous family mentioned to their friends that they wouldn't be able to use me and before I even knew I was out of one job I was picking up another family. I was also declining invitations to 2 more families.
  • This new family knows me from the child care center and was impressed with the fact I wad always the picture of calm. I had to laugh. 
Which leads me to...
  • The fact that many times this summer I was given compliments about my style with children.
  • Even when I quit the extra part time job the boss tried to tell me she thought I was doing a great job, that I couldn't be perfect and I had a tough client.
  • How many times do we ignore the compliments and pay way too much attention to the complaints ? 
Oh boy 3 am and I'm still not ready for bed. Good thing I'm just recovering at my parents tomorrow. Please excuse any errors 

1 comment:

  1. Glad that you are OK after the surgery. It was a tough one for me! I agree that we tend to ignore compliments and focus on the negatives. I wish I weren't like that. :(

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