Finals week

Robert is experiencing his first ever Finals week.  I've spent my morning sending up prayers on his behalf.  He is a child who tends to have extreme testing anxiety, and the fact that this week is worth 20% of his entire semester grade is not lost on him.  It is not aided by the fact that he has put forth much less effort this quarter than he did the first quarter, and therefore is a little shakier with the material covered this quarter.  We sat yesterday and did flash cards, and he had a bit of a melt down (as an aside, I'm really tired of my children who are no longer toddlers having meltdowns).  I recognize part of the reason is because he was pretty tired, but without going into details let me assure you that part of the reason he is so tired is his own darn fault.  Regardless of any of this, I've been sending up lots of prayers on his behalf this morning.  Some of them are certainly just that we all make it through his teenage years, but most of them this morning are specific to his exams!