In reading another post about all the needs of these school children, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

My precious daughter said to me yesterday, "second grade is going to be so much harder than first and I will have a lot of homework". I replied that was true and I knew she could do it and it was going to require more responsibility from her. Also I told her that I was going to need her help in that area for her to BE more responsible.

Hello....I am telling this to a 7yr old that has been dx with "ADHD" and has a positive test for lyme. How can I expect her to help me? Or can I?

She deserves to be living in some kind of order in her own home environment.
Well folks, that is not something that is happening right now. I go from room to room and can not get anything straight.

We are soooo lucky just to find clean clothes for the 3 of us when we leave this house in the mornings.
Does anyone else feel the same?
The only room in the house that stays in some type of working order it the bathroom and that is not an all the time thing.

I would stop most people from even coming in my house, unless they are a best friend or certain family members.
I do not know how my daughter is going to do her work from school unless it is done before we go home. Guess I will have to work on that.

She does most days ride a bus from school to the daycare my baby is in, so that would be good for most days. Guess we can stop off at the park or my gmas and do the rest of it before returning home.

Ok, well thanks for your input...that gave me some good ideas! sometimes it is within and we do not even know it, huh? (just talking to myself, hehe)

Well, something I just thought of also is the fact that my husband just told me I can not blame everything on Lyme.
Do I look stupid? I know that. BUT, a lot of things I sure can. Now, do not get me wrong, he is being VERY supportive and is getting tested when he comes home. Matter of fact if he gets R and R in the next couple of months, we are getting him tested then.

We all feel like you do for periods of time. If you can't whine to us, who can you whine too?

Keeping the communication open between you and your daughter is the best you can do. My son and I helped each other thru the past year. He is much sicker but 15. When we were good we got school and house stuff done, when we weren't we watched movies and did puzzles. School and family didn't quite get it.

Now that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel I want to help schools understand and teach sick kids better. Any ideas or resources are welcome, just e-mail them to me.