Yea! I'm finally caught up! Slowly but surely making my way through my friends' TRs while I try to write mine...
I really hope you are feeling better.
I'm sorry you had to go through whatever made last week awful.
It wasn't all bad...
A couple of comments (I'm doing this from memory):
Glad you were able to turn EPCOT into a good day. I do love EPCOT. Sorry your French meal wasn't what it should have been...you'll rectify that in March.
Most definitely...
I was
about the CM in China. Poor Rabbit. And BTW, I was thinking Emily looked like Selena Gomez. Maybe it's just me.
She actually got that twice at DWD by two different CMs...she actually is really lovely in person and an amazingly nice girl too...and I plan on keeping it that way...
VERY glad I didn't have to experience the Running of TSM. We rode it twice, on different days and one time had to wait a very long time. But it is SUCH an awesome ride.
We did not make rope drop at DHS. Actually, I don't think we ever made rope drop. June will be different from this trip in that respect.
SOOO very happy that Rabbit (and the rest of your family) was able to have his Jedi experience. Your story brought tears to my eyes as well (I've heard some of it, but I hadn't heard that part). I'm glad David didn't need to know about the school rejecting him and I'm so thankfully you've found a positive place for him.
I'm really glad he didn't know either-he was just a baby really...5 years old......kind of weird to get kicked out of a school that admits that you're smart, sweet but they basically aren't sure what to do with you...I have a fantasy though that he (being the brilliant little guy he is, makes some kind of great scientific discovery and they get the dubious distinction of being the school that kicked him out after Pre-K-childish I know...but satisfying...
I still wonder if Will doesn't fall somewhere on the spectrum. He really seems to have quite a few of the "qualities" so to speak, but we've never gotten to the point where we needed him tested. He does have some "social" misunderstandings. He hugs A LOT and he often doesn't get jokes, but he still seems to be fairly popular, which I think is due to his being an athlete. He is a fast runner and is so good at baseball. And it looks like he might be good at basketball too. So I think the other kids "forgive" him so to speak for some of his social...um...blunders because he's good at sports. Which I am very thankful for. I think we are eventually going to have to really look into the anxiety problem though.
While being actually diagnosed on the spectrum is based on having enough "criteria' for the doctors to look at the DSM IV and say ok-yes this person fits the criteria...there are individuals who have 4 out of the 5 or 3 out of the 5...and that means they can still have some of the same needs/problems as someone who actually has the diagnosis-but not actually have the diagnosis...I know that probably sounded totally cryptic but I don't think the brain is so set that you either are definitely are or definitely not...
I actually think my brother is as close to having Asperger's as you can get without the official diagnosis...
He is very bright but sort of in his own world at times...he started to play football when he was younger but he actually gravitated more towards track and a little basketball...
Being sporty or having an ability in sports definitely gives boys a leg up...so good for Will and his being good at baseball...boy conversations definitely can take a sporty twist so that is totally to his advantage...
(David is a good little swimmer and he is definitely advancing in karate...I'm signing him up for some basketball because he has mentioned an interest in it...and I'm grabbing that interest and going with in...we'll see how he does but it can only help him to learn the game and have it as a point of reference...
Anxiety is rough too...it can color everything around you...Em's had here struggles with that also...
I hope things are better for you this week. I'm looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip, and the beginning of your planning for next year. I think the books for Alice is an awesome idea, by the way.
Things are definitely on the upswing...I sort of feel like starting a pre trippie but I'm not doing it till I finish this and the Pirate's League stuff and cruise should be fun to write...
I know I've missed some things. I've been going back and forth between reading your TR and trying to finalize my Photopass so that I can finally order the CD (I just keep adding borders!). Between the two it's making me REALLY want to be back.
Here's another
just for good measure.
Right back at you...
Oh, and I hope you've been doing a better job "training" than I have. I walked once last week and once the week before and that was it. Didn't do a bit of "running" while I was in Disney either. I would have gone today but it's been torrential downpour outside all day today. If I don't get called to sub tomorrow I am GOING. We're right at 15 months and counting...
thanks....
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...and its lows...
-they are two days apart and Hatter and my anniversary...
Alice!
when I stress out I do the exact opposite of what I should do...meaning excercise ...if you're going...than I can get my tush out the door too...
