Overcoming the adversities of CHD-3

I’m a bit late posting, but it’s been a tiring week—definitely another draining one for the books. I think this might become my normal routine sadly. With my dad out hunting, it was just my mom and me.

It started off well since she drives me to school every morning; she’s currently a long-term substitute at the junior high. She took me to Starbucks a few times, which really helps on those tough mornings when I’m dragging. In the afternoons, we get out of school five minutes earlier at Freshman Academy, so I walk to meet her, and we head to an earlier dinner at Olive Garden. Spending this time alone with her is special, and I look forward to it.

However, there were some tough moments. School was challenging, and classwork quickly turned into homework, accompanied by my not-so-great attitude. I did well in math this week, even though my mom couldn’t help since she’s not exactly a math whiz. I reached out to my uncle, who teaches college math, and called my dad when he returned to his site. My mom sat at the table, noting that I had actually worked through the algebra myself; they just confirmed my answers. My 93% on the math test proved it!

Unfortunately, I was pretty difficult with my mom during this time because I was stressing over the information. I felt my teacher didn’t provide adequate notes, which led my mom to email her on my behalf. When the teacher called her, it didn’t go well for me.

On a positive note, I scored 90% on my English quiz for Salt to the Sea. I missed a question because I misread it, and while I could kick myself for that, I’ll take the 90%! I’m praying to the reading gods for the same outcome tomorrow since I have another quiz coming up.

As for my Civics quiz, I bombed the retake, scoring only 66%. Mom shrugged it off, saying, “It’s a wash; let’s move on and do better next time.”

But here’s where I messed up this weekend. Do any of you struggle with needing to have things organized just so, to the point where you can’t focus on anything else? All my mom wanted was for me to spend just one hour studying all my subjects with Quizlet. She had already unloaded the notes from Google Classroom, just like I had in previous years. But for Science, I felt I had to redo my notebook my way, rewriting all my notes. I ended up spending over six hours on it. I frequently go through things 2-3 times when I shouldn’t, and my mom says I make things harder on myself. Do any of you experience this?