I got the no books except school books punishment once. For not doing a report in 5th grade on Amerigo Vespucci. The punishmet was more for saying I had done it, which I actually had but I never turned it in. I found it like a year later in a drawer. Anyway, I stretched the concept of "school books" to mean any book I got from school so I could read the YA novels that my teacher had a shelf of and that kept me from going nuts with literary deficiency.
My parents pretty much just despaired of punishing me as nothig ever made a lasting impression on me. I was a pretty good girl, though, so it wasn't to big of a problem. I was a thoughtless teenager, and got up to no good that they never found out about, but I don't remember any big scenes.
My parents did once move my bookshelves out of my room. But there were books stuffed between my mattresses. I don't remember what I did , but it most likely had something to do with reading instead of doing homework.
My mother would periodically confine me to my room (except for school, household chores, and bathroom breaks) with no music or recreational anything allowed. Homework was allowed, as was cleaning my room, but nothing enjoyable.
My mother would periodically confine me to my room.
When Leif gets mad sometimes he will confine himself to his room. If he is really mad he'll lock the door and barricade it. Unlocking the door is easy enough but the little bugger can build a good barricade.
well, he's your kid - OF COURSE he can build a good barricade!
In non-disciplinary news, I weighed myself for the first time in about three weeks. Now, for the past three weeks, the diet has been (mostly) followed, but exercise has been pretty much non-existent (no energy due to sinus infection), so I was expecting to be at close to the same weight I was at Easter.
I've lost 11 pounds since then--I'm now down 78.2 pounds total since January!!
Yay Kathy! much as we'd like to see more of you, good news on there being less of you!
Holy crap, Kathy -- that's amazing!
I am not in my own office today, and I'm totally sleepy, and I can't really focus on the work I'm supposed to be getting done. Bleh.
10 am meetings on fridays are bad. Especially when you oversleep.
