School can't be that bad???

I subscribe to the Google alert under the title of compulsive gambling. This means that any story or any blog on the internet that mentions these two words (compulsive gambling) I received a notification of that story or blog. As an aside I think Google is a phenomenal company and there was a time when I wondered how they made money but it is very apparent now since they are the progressive company on the internet. Anyhow; there are times where this blog appears in these email notification as I am sure it will tomorrow since I have type the words compulsive gambling three times now!!

Yesterday I received one of these emails and it was a story about a good friend of mine. I have written about Arnie Wexler in the past and this was one of the best articles I have read regarding this dear friend. Here is the story; http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20080924_He_s_compulsive_about_helping_gamblers.html
Please if you have time read the story because it characterized this dear person very well. He is truly compulsive about helping others and he continues to help me. I spent three days with Arnie at the National Conference for the National Council on Problem Gambling and learned so much. This man has a vast knowledge of this disease called compulsive gambler and I hope someday he does write a book detailing all the deep dark secrets.

Today was one of those days that passed by so quickly since the children only had a half a day of school. Yesterday and today were half days for the children and this seemed to be a prescription for success since both of them have had their “issues” with going to school this week. This morning my son had a private conversation with our son as my son did not want me privy to this conversation. Of course my wife let me in on this little secret and just like the conversation my daughter had with me the other night my wife had a similar conversation with my son.

Last night after my son’s baseball game he wasn’t feeling very well and I attribute this to the fact that he had a very limited amount of water before, during and after the game. I think he was a bit dehydrated after the game since he was complaining of a headache. He had some dinner and some fluids but he wasn’t he usual chipper self. He went to sleep early and this morning he appeared to be feeling better but the private conversation offered an opposite opinion. My wife convinced my son to go to school and he too complained about school being too hard and wanting to stay home. I don’t know why both of our children have had similar complaints this week but just like my daughter these complaints are not supported by my son’s teacher. He is doing well and I think my son’s major complaint had to go to school in the first place.

He did go to school and came home with a big smile basically forgetting the earlier conversation as everything seemed to go very well at school. No, he wasn’t elected the class vice president or anything of the sort, he had a good day at school. My son approaches school differently than my daughter and he may not be as quick a learner as his sister but he has plenty of smarts. He is easily distracted and much like other 7 year old boy he would rather being playing instead of learning. Comparing my daughter and son may not be a fair comparison so all I will say is they have very different learning styles; my son needs more nurturing whereas my daughter was and continues to be very self contained.

I had my weekly sales meeting to attend this afternoon and it is amazing what only three weeks will bring. Three weeks ago the sales staff was booming but for some reason a bit of difficulty has set in and sales aren’t booming. Sales are a bit off but this is to be expected and there was no sense of panic in anyone. I really enjoyed how the meeting was handled since there were many fragile egos in the room. This is always a balancing act and I was just an innocent observer. I am sort of immune from the sales staff since my responsibilities are different than everyone else but ultimately I need to produce in order to achieve the goals I have set for myself. I have complete confidence and I have a great deal of guidance. The glow of the connecting with the “Intervention” program was still evident but I can’t rest on these laurels and I will do my best.