Flooding and Evacuations

Well...  I never thought that I would be in a possible flood evacuation, but here I am. I'm surrounded by areas of evacuation.  I'm literally in a pocket.  I think I'm starting to understand how truly thankful I am that my home was built on an elevated plot.  My yard slopes down to keep the rain from getting into my basement.  I'm hoping that with the predicted additional rainfall that I'll remain safe from flooding and evacuation.

Just in case, Savannah, Mark and I have our bags packed, our animals ready to be crated and out the door we'll be able to go.  I really hope it doesn't come to that, but if it does I'll deal with it.  Mark, Savannah and I will be together and that's what counts.  I just really don't want to lose my home, or have it damaged.

Braces Gone!

She no longer has the metal and rubber bands in her mouth.  She has a retainer.  She's happy about that.

I wish I could say that I was not worried about her.  But I can't do that. I am worried.  She's not happy at school.  She doesn't follow the mainstream.  I know that in itself is not a reason to worry, but when it comes to school and graduating and making a life for herself, I worry.  It would just be so much easier on her and me if she did follow that mainstream.  So.. now she's saying she wants to transfer to an on-line school.  She wants to move out of the normal classroom and do all her learning from the computer. She wants to isolate herself and I'm not happy about that.  I'm worried about that.

I keep thinking that what is the big deal?  If she gets a degree and can move on to college, what's the big deal?  I don't know what the big deal is, but my gut tells me that it is a big deal.  There is something that isn't sitting right with me on this.  But then again.. it's Savannah and since she was 10 years old, she's been doing things that don't sit right with me

 I also ask myself if I'd have had the opportunity to learn on my own and quit going to a normal school, would I have done it.... and I think the answer would have been yes.  I hated school.  I was not a mainstream kid.. but I wasn't a trouble maker either.  I just didn't fit into the High School Rah Rah mentality.  I didn't like anything about it.  I moved on after school and made a life for myself.. and so will she..right?

So...  here we go again.  Savannah pushing my ideals and what I thought was ok.  Pushing me to think outside the box.  Finding myself thinking, "What will other people think?" Mad at myself for thinking that.  It's a different world.  I work in a school district that understands this. It's a new world.

Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This parenting thing is rough sometimes.