Need the garden?

Waldo has a mini rock garden that you are supposed to rake if you are stressed out. I guess one of the teachers awhile ago told him that he needed to relieve the stress that he had so he went out and bought the mini rock garden. When I say mini, I mean mini! I don't even know how to explain how small it is. Just picture like a 4 x 4 little box with "little rocks" (that when inside the box make the rocks look HUGE!) and a little rake that looks like it can be snapped in half at any second of the day.



Apparently in the hallways there were a couple girls that were being VERY loud and he tried to deal with it. Waldo's version of dealing with things that make him mad/upset/annoyed/etc. is to put them on the podium where he then proceeds to ask them questions in front of the whole class. For these particular "ghetto" girls, it was

"What are your names?"

"Why are you so loud?"

Questions like that.

While telling the story about the "ghetto" girls, Oliver's eyes are tuned onto the computer screen like every other day. You never quite know if he is listening to the conversation or if he is wrapped up in the thing that is on the computer screen. Today, he was definitely listening to the story. After Waldo did his reenactment of the "ghetto" girls and their "ghettoness" Oliver suggested that Waldo needed the rock garden to relieve his stress. I, of course, laughed very hard and got to thinking about the rock garden.



We all have our own rock garden and for each person it is different. My rock garden is to cry.. It is the only way that I can fully start over. (TRUE GIRL!) For others it could be a lot more. Playing sports, stress eating, sleeping, etc. That is when I started to think about a healthy way to relieve stress. What if instead of screaming at the top of your lungs about everything that is going wrong we were proactive. Volunteering for a family in need or something that actually makes a difference. If volunteering seems more stressful than what about reading a book or something. I am actually trying different ways of relieving stress. Reading is a keeper!

A rock garden is not. The sand would spill to easily since I am a clutz and all.