Wednesday, November 17, 2010

This morning I got off to slow start.  I took the kids to school and then went to class.  I finished the book for my end of semester report while waiting for class to start.  In class we talked about behavioral approaches to therapy.  I had some stimulating thoughts about sensitization, stimulus, reinforcement, and cause and effect in relation to relationship between the biological mechanisms and the reaction logic involved in conditioned responses.

After lunch I passed out for an hour and never really felt productive again.  I tried to get started on some school work but I never could get it together.

After I brought the kids home I got into a pretty serious confrontation with my son over following my directions.  He didn't want to do his baseball hitting practice.  I had to be steadfast while trying to be flexible and reasonable with him.  He ended up doing sentences for showing a ad attitude.  But eventually he did do his assigned tasks and actually had fun.  I joined him for the latter half.

I got to talk on the phone to a friend who is new in recovery.

I also did some practice with the two younger ones.  They are showing some good progress.  A friend of my son came to visit from 3 blocks away and when it was time for him to go home we rode bikes to escort him there.

Thanks be to God for this day.

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