How often do we feel this way? Where we are pulled in so many different directions and are struggling our juggling...that seems to be where I am right now.
First things first, we still have our one puppy!! He has given us so many surprises. We named him Buddy cause it was the only thing I could think of. We can't get over how healthy he is and just jumping and chewing and being a happy little pup. The other major surprise is that he is not a he and he is no longer Buddy. Her name is Peanut now. Hubby came home from being gone for a few weeks and took a good look at her. He just started laughing and told me that we were going to have to find a girls name for the puppy. Somehow my dad managed to skip over all the animal gender lessons while we were growing up. So....there is your laugh for the day.
Stephanie, the daughter who just had a baby, had a birthday yesterday. She got to see her dad and they had a nice visit together. So far, he's seen my granddaughter twice to my none....someday. He might as well spoil her now because once the grandma's take over, he doesn't have a chance!!
Rueben's been having some issues with his new medication. I don't know if it is a short term side effect that will go away, or if it is an adverse reaction. I talked to the pharmacist and she got out the pill book or the PDR to look. He is crying at the drop of a hat. Rueben is pretty emotionless. Extreme happiness, extreme anger, or extreme fear seem to be the only emotions he has. There is no gray area and he isn't EVER sad about anything. So, him crying without having a meltdown to go with it is definitely new since the meds. His teacher, while not communicating with me directly, seems to be having the same problems with him as she had the school nurse call me on Friday. I left several messages with the nurse at the doc office and haven't received a reply yet. It saddens me though, the difference between Rueben's K teacher and the 1st grade one. His K teacher wasn't a fantastic teacher, but she was great at communicating with parents. She welcomed them into her classroom at any time and we had a very good parent/teacher relationship. This one he has now, while a very good teacher, isn't very good at communicating with me. While I would love to say I'm not being paranoid and it's not just me...it is. I've witnessed how she deals with other parents and she is very separative with me. It's very odd. I think it is because she knows I will put up a fight to get my son the best possible education. I know that that will put some teacher's defenses up. I have no issues with her, I just wish she'd talk to me directly instead of having other people talk to me on her behalf. Thursday Rueben has a school play commemorating the centennial celebration of statehood. Rueben is a cowboy and I went a bought a couple things at the dollar store for him. Cost me 3 dollars to get a very nice cowboy hat and a bandana. He'll be adorable. I know he's really looking forward to it. If this play is anything like the last one, the challenge will not be to get him to remember his lines, the challenge will be to get him to NOT holler out everyone else's lines. His memorization skills are amazing unless its important stuff like reading, writing or math. Go figure.
Today Tyler has a field trip to go see a musical Cinderella. I'm sure he'll like it. Last year, Rueben went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I never figured that would be a play, but it was. Tomorrow Tyler has his Thanksgiving feast. Tyler still has good days and bad days. I'm not sure if part of his personality is changing again or if he is still having a problem digesting his grandmother's death. He has spent most of the school year in big trouble and seems to lose his recess a lot. By the time he gets home, his indiscretions are forgotten, so I have to run around and try to find the teacher to explain it to me. Thank goodness p/t conferences are Friday.
Mason is still having trouble potty training, but he has really stepped up his vocabulary. He is starting to sound like a little boy instead of a baby. I still can't believe he'll be 4 soon. Just seems like yesterday....
I have spent some quality time with my sewing machine this weekend. I am making a quilt for a friend of mine fighting cancer. Well...the chemo part and the surgery part is over. She is cancer free now, so I guess it's a survivor's quilt. It has all just happened so fast it's hard to digest it. She is the head of children's ministry at my church, so I put a lot of a kid fabric in the quilt. I've been trying to upload pics, but I can't seem to do it right. Maybe I can get it figured out or ask my other bravenet buddies to help out once I get it finished.
Rueben has also started a very indepth, intensive therapy program. It's very similar to OT but for the mom. The therapist works directly with me so that I can handle Rueben's autistic behaviors a little better. As he ages, he gets stronger and the little details of Aspberger's are starting to come out. It's when the AS and the ADHD meet that can cause issues. I like it very much and Rueben seems to as well.
Also Thursday morning is quilting and this week is our Thanksgiving dinner and birthday party for the 2 gals in our group with birthdays this month. I know that I will be late to quilting since I'll be at the school in the morning, but I'm hoping to at least catch the last half of the meeting. I'm off today to the senior center in the next town over. Judy and I went there religiously to eat every week. I couldn't even drive past the place for the first 3 months after she died. We are very near the 4 month mark now and I finally started going back.
Have a tiggerriffic day:
IMMEDIATE PRAYER REQUESTS"
1 Praise the Lord my friend is cancer free.
2 My mother has entered the final stage of her illness. Her death is coming. Pray for peace and comfort.
3. Pray for my church family in Omaha, NE. They are having a very trying time and things are changing too rapidly in the leadership. I feel as if my heart is broken as I hear and watch my spiritual family break apart. Pray for reconciliation and forgiveness.
4. Pray that I can handle the next few weeks. First holidays without our family matriarch are difficult. Dealing with the children that miss their grandma and don't understand why daddy is gone all the time. The stress is almost unbearable.
5. Pray wisdom in the doctors handling Rueben's case. Pray that our Father not allow Rueben to fall into the cracks and he and his symptoms not be ignored by the people that are supposed to help him medically.
TTFN
~M~
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