You Sank My Destroyer!

A few outbursts today and a surprise body check (like hockey, not CSI), but after a while, he came and talked to me while I washed the dishes. He wanted to know why he couldn't watch tv, and I told him how I think it makes him crabby and disrespectful and downright mean sometimes. It makes kids think they need lots of THINGS that they don't even really want. And how lately it has been his default activity. He tried to make some statement about "when he was 9". That led to a discussion about how people change and it's not usually over night. He let me blab on and on about everything and listened to me and asked questions! Later I let him know how proud I was of him for being so calm and listening even though he mostly didn't like or agree with what I was saying. That's something that a lot of grown-ups aren't able to do all the time.
Then we played a game of battleship before bed.
Work has been ok so far. Mostly I have been doing data entry kinds of stuff - learning the computer system and adding new books and new kids. A couple of classes of first graders came in for a story today. They are so funny and adorable. It was their first full day of school, so they really don't know anything about how to do school yet. Too cute. 3:30 does seem to come around pretty fast. I love it. Still plenty of time before dinner to accomplish a few things. I love it. I love it.