Youngest

Forgot to cut youngest's hair last night so i was a bad mum LOL...It actually isn't that long just now so it looked fine for the *awards* cermeony at school this morning...Managed to get daughter out of bed to come with me <ggg> ...He got a certificate of achievement from his teacher for spelling and maths...He got one from the french teacher for excellent achievement in french...He got one from the PE teacher for recognition of good work in both PE and swimming...He also got a special certificate for team effort in being a school prefect this year...His drama and french that he passed SQA access 2 in he will get his certificate in august when they are sent out by the SQA...So am a proud mum...This is my son who 2 years ago was languishing in a different SEN school bored to bits because they didn't let him use his brain...EVERY child in the school gets some recognition for their work and achievements over the last school year...The primary children get a year book full of pictures of their work...the secondary children they make certificates for them and any places they have been to where they have been awarded something they save to hand out at todays ceremony...The children who are leaving to go to college or into work get a very special leather bound record of their time at the school...They also have 2 very special awards that are given every year...One was donated by a member of the public and it is given to the child from the primary section who has been the most deserving over the year...The other is donated by the local prison and is given to the secondary child who has been most deserving...Last years award for the secondary pupil was given to a girl who had been a real high flyer in both primary and secondary mainstream...Then she was either struck down with an illness or had some kind of accident (can't remember which)...She had been on course to get really high grade passes and go to university...She was left disabled by what happened to her and ended up in the SEN school...But she'd applied herself to achieve as much as she still possibly could...This years winners were no less deserving :o)...I must admit i got a bit teary today, it's so special what this school does for their very special pupils...Next week is activities week at his school then it is summer holidays for 6 weeks.

It started to rain last night and i had to rush to bring the washing in...It poured allnight but we didn't get an actual thunderstorm...Today it is sunny and wamr again after a bit of a dull start...Went to the gym after being at youngest's school...I did the cardiocascular stuff today (aerobic) this is the best type of exercise for burning fat and believe me there is a lot of fat here to burn...The resitance (weights) is good for toning up with...Boy can i feel some of my muscles toning up...I have been doing the situp's on the swiss ball everytime am there although technically i think they are part of my weights programme...I definitely have tummy muscles under the layer of fat there, i can really feel them tightening up...Yesterday i popped into matalan to see if they had any cheap jogging bottoms...Mine are a bit baggy and big on me now :o) ...Got an el cheapo 3/4 length pair for £6...Went upstairs to JJB's shop before going into gym and bought new trainers as mine were very old and tatty...So now i have nice new clothes for going there with LOL...One problem the bottoms had no pockets duh!!! Forgot to check that out when i bought them...So where do i stick my MP3 player i though nooo ARRGGHHHH...No way can i workout to the rubbish music that is on either the box, vh-1 or mtv or other such crap music channel playing in their...Luckily MP3 player has a ring on end of it so i hooked safety pin bit of locker key through there and pinned it to me ROFL...Oh and i lost 2n half lb's last night :o) ...Our meeting leader makes me laff she keeps saying we are going to have the body of a goddess or in the male members cases the body of an adonis <ggg> ...I wish in my dreams, maybe by next summer <fingers crossed>

NOT going to silly reception thing at my old art school tonight...a) can't be bothered and b) there will be no-one their i know and c) A glass of sparkling wine (don't like wine) and a stawberry tart is quite frankly not tempting enuff <ggg> ...I do need to find a sitter for thurs so i can go out and see old friend...We had some bad news at the weekend and daughter is going to a funeral down south on thurs...My ex sister in laws husband was found dead last week in his flat :o( ...They were seperated and had been for a few years but weren't divorced...He was an alcoholic (why they split) but daughter still loved her uncle and wanted to go to the funeral...Her cousins are only 13 & 9 and now have no dad at all :o( ...I would take her down myself but i have a very important all day meeting about autism strategy in the city so i can't go...If the cause of death is what my sis in law thought then the poor man died painfully and alone too and he was only 38...Daughter is very upset but won't talk to m but i do understand it can be a lot easier to talk about these things with someone not connected at all to the family.

Not going to leave this entry on a sad note...Today when youngest came home from school i answered the door and thought it was his sister on the entry system thing...Even though i KNEW she was in her bedroom he sounded so like i her i said hello to her...Youngest now thinks i am totally bonkers not that he didn't realise this already but it's first time he's called me bonkers <gggg> ...Toodle Pip xx