So bored! I've had no work to do for HOURS. It's crazy! Hmmm......maybe I should go count how many more days until I leave for VACATION!
40 DAYS!
So... apparently there was a fire in one of the townhouses here in my neighborhood.... about 6 weeks ago.. (how I missed it I have no idea, except maybe i was snowed in...) But there is a dumpster in the driveway and the window in front is all boarded up. I should know these things... I'm on the board!!!Oh well.. Jay (our treasurer) has promised to fill me in next time we meet (which is when we are out walking - the best time for the neighbors to gossip and it's been a long winter and we definately need to find out what's going on!!! (That's how you can tell it's better weather... the neighborhood is out walking more than just their dogs...)
Just have to vent for a minute. I'm so stressed out, I can barely function most days. This is a horrible school year for Tyler. Well, it's actually not much worse than any other year, but his frustration, as well as daily talking with school people discussing issues, just wears me down. Med changes, doctor appointments, meetings at school, etc. It NEVER ends. Where is the joy of parenting I'm supposed to be experiencing? I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I seem to be reaching my breaking point. I'm hoping our upcoming vacation will be a good break for us BOTH, getting away from the daily troubles. I worry about it being just another form of stress though. I had so many stressed out days last cruise, I'm so afraid of that happening again. And he's so looking forward to being in the kids' club, I just hope he's not let down again by not being able to stay. He was devastated by being kicked out last time, it was horrible because he so wanted to be able to stay, it just didn't work out for him. I know, last time was before meds, but things aren't a whole lot better for him, so I'm afraid to be too optimistic about it. I guess I want him to have a break from being in trouble every day.
Just needed to vent a bit. All I ask is for everybody to cross your fingers that it works out better for him this year so we both have a great vacation.
I hope this vacation turns out to be a wonderful experience for both of you
Thanks Michelle.Honey... you can vent... that's what we are here for...) Make it a game. And tell him that it's to help him work towards being able to go to the kids club. Maybe if he understand that the kids club can be a reward for him, he might take it differently. Good luck!!!
That's a wonderful idea, but there are 2 problems. First, future rewards don't work, it has to be immediate (we've learned over the long troublesome years). Second, we've already been talking about how much fun he's going to have in the kids' clubs, how he can't wait to go, etc., I think it would sort of be like pulling it away from him after talking it up for so long. Kind of like saying, "Oh, I've changed the rule now. Now you can't go unless you earn it." We have another med change coming up, and I think that will really help the situation. One of his 2 meds, he takes at home before school in the morning and again at lunch at school. He's been fighting taking it for a while now, throwing the pill and water cup, eventually running down the hall, out of the building sometimes, and often escalating into physical aggression, ending up having to be removed from school. Long story short, the psychiatrist told me today to start giving both doses to him in the morning at home. He says it won't wear off throughout the day because the 2 doses make a whole pill, so by not cutting the pill in half for each dose we're keeping the coating intact which will cause it to break down and be sort of time released, lasting all day. 
Thanks Marilyn.Holly, you know you can vent on here, so please let it all out. You sure need to you know. We will all hope and pray for a better kids club experience for Tyler which will make such a difference to you both.
Monday the 25th. I have to work that day because my co-worker has that day off, so we're flying out of Detroit at 7:30pm, then we get into LAX at 10:30pm, we'll go right to the hotel, right to bed for Tyler, and then we'll spend all day the next day at Disneyland with Heather, Tom & Bethany.
Guiness? That's BEER! Beer? Means I need to be there too!!!WELCOME BACK MONICA!!!
Sounds like you had an awesome holiday
You certainly managed to cover a lot of ground in just a few days! Looking forward to hearing all the details over a Guiness in Alaska
Thanks Kathe.
Holly, I wish I could wave a magic wand and make everything better for you and Tyler
You know you can always vent over here, I just wish I had all the magic solutions for you
Can't wait to see you soon!!!!
Beer is GOOD. And Kathe started it!How did we go from champagne to drinking sludgy beer???
WELCOME BACK MONICA!!!
Sounds like you had an awesome holiday
You certainly managed to cover a lot of ground in just a few days! Looking forward to hearing all the details over a Guiness in Alaska
