I almost forgot what day it is...during the summer the days all seem to run together. There is no real break from Mommy duty. There's a camp here, a play-date there. They all involve me playing the role of chauffeur, event coordinator, cook or food delivery person. I am basically on call 24/7.
OMGoodness teachers...have I told you lately that I love you? Well I do...and I miss you beyond words.
I savor each and every moment of "alone" time I get, even if it's just time where I plug in my Ipod and read a book while watching them swim at the pool.
On Thursday, I chauffeur Red downtown for movie camp. He decides that it's not important to be there on time. "It's not school! What's the big deal?" The big deal is that I paid for it, and I want every penny's worth of time away from you!
It's hot...I'm pissed that he is 30 minutes late for a class that doesn't start until one o'clock in the afternoon. I drop him off and burn rubber out of the parking lot. I take solace in a cool coffee house where I sit down to write over an ice cold coke. As the happy music plays in the background, suddenly I feel almost high, (not that I have any idea what "high" feels like...wink wink). I am definitely euphoric from having just a few moments of freedom.
Anyway...today is Funny Friday here on Confessions. I failed to get any funny stories from my community members on my Facebook Community Page, so I will have to go into my archives to share a few funny statements from my own kids.
This one I will never forget:
We pull up to Walgreen's. I am trying to park but this little lady is moving very slowly getting in to her car. I say to myself sarcastically, "Could you move a little slower?"
I get out of the car, leaving the boys sitting there while I run in to get some milk. I come out to find my then 9 year-old son talking to the woman.
"My mom says you move very slow."
The poor woman looks so confused and maybe a little pissed off. I motion him to get back into the car quickly.
"Mom why are you mad? You did say that."
"Yes...but not so that she could here me!"
Lesson learned...don't say anything in front of your Aspergers kid, that you don't want repeated.
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Red and Blue are bantering in the car about...nothing. Blue says to Red, "Can you think of something smart to talk about? Because this conversation is stupid." Mind you...Blue is the younger one.
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I have a meeting at Red's school. He received rave reviews about his behavior and maturity during the school year. (This is during middle school.) "He's a joy to teach," says his teacher. When he comes home I tell him how proud I am. I ask, "Why can't I see some of that respect and good behavior at home?"
"Because I don't like your policies."
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"So boys like boobs on girls right? What inappropriate part on boys do girls like?" asks Blue.
"Cute butts," I say.
"No way! That's disgusting! That's impossible!"
"I'm a girl...believe me I know. And you've got a pretty cute butt so you're all set!"
"That's just gross mom."
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And finally this was a prayer from Blue.
"Dear God, please let me sleep well tonight and not wake up for anything. I don't need any dreams...just nothing. And definitely no dreams about...I think you know what I mean."
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I hope your friday is funny.
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OMGoodness teachers...have I told you lately that I love you? Well I do...and I miss you beyond words.
I savor each and every moment of "alone" time I get, even if it's just time where I plug in my Ipod and read a book while watching them swim at the pool.
On Thursday, I chauffeur Red downtown for movie camp. He decides that it's not important to be there on time. "It's not school! What's the big deal?" The big deal is that I paid for it, and I want every penny's worth of time away from you!
It's hot...I'm pissed that he is 30 minutes late for a class that doesn't start until one o'clock in the afternoon. I drop him off and burn rubber out of the parking lot. I take solace in a cool coffee house where I sit down to write over an ice cold coke. As the happy music plays in the background, suddenly I feel almost high, (not that I have any idea what "high" feels like...wink wink). I am definitely euphoric from having just a few moments of freedom.
Anyway...today is Funny Friday here on Confessions. I failed to get any funny stories from my community members on my Facebook Community Page, so I will have to go into my archives to share a few funny statements from my own kids.
This one I will never forget:
We pull up to Walgreen's. I am trying to park but this little lady is moving very slowly getting in to her car. I say to myself sarcastically, "Could you move a little slower?"
I get out of the car, leaving the boys sitting there while I run in to get some milk. I come out to find my then 9 year-old son talking to the woman.
"My mom says you move very slow."
The poor woman looks so confused and maybe a little pissed off. I motion him to get back into the car quickly.
"Mom why are you mad? You did say that."
"Yes...but not so that she could here me!"
Lesson learned...don't say anything in front of your Aspergers kid, that you don't want repeated.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Red and Blue are bantering in the car about...nothing. Blue says to Red, "Can you think of something smart to talk about? Because this conversation is stupid." Mind you...Blue is the younger one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have a meeting at Red's school. He received rave reviews about his behavior and maturity during the school year. (This is during middle school.) "He's a joy to teach," says his teacher. When he comes home I tell him how proud I am. I ask, "Why can't I see some of that respect and good behavior at home?"
"Because I don't like your policies."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So boys like boobs on girls right? What inappropriate part on boys do girls like?" asks Blue.
"Cute butts," I say.
"No way! That's disgusting! That's impossible!"
"I'm a girl...believe me I know. And you've got a pretty cute butt so you're all set!"
"That's just gross mom."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And finally this was a prayer from Blue.
"Dear God, please let me sleep well tonight and not wake up for anything. I don't need any dreams...just nothing. And definitely no dreams about...I think you know what I mean."
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I hope your friday is funny.
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Adelaide Dupont · 285 weeks ago
And for those of us who knew and appreciated these points in high school to a greater or lesser extent - always good to have a refresher and feel them through the current and future generations who we survived to be able to see.
I especially appreciated points 5, 7 and 10.
And young women not settling or settling down yet is a good thing.
"It's never too late to live our dreams" - but it may be too early for some of them!
And 8 of course.
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Maira L. Coral · 216 weeks ago
I was looking for information for my Multi-Genre Disability Research Project from my Early Childhood Special Education class on the web, when suddenly I came across your blog. I started reading this out of curiosity and I want to tell you that as you said yourself, you will not be Amanda Gorman, but you managed to make me shed some tears, perhaps because I felt totally identified with your words, especially in the part that you speak of your son. My son also has Asperger's syndrome, he is 19 years old and he is in the second semester of College. Also like yours, he takes classes from home, likewise my eldest daughter is also taking college classes from her room. At the same time, that I work as a preschool teacher from my kitchen through a computer, my husband sleeps in the room during the day because he works at night. Also in the afternoons I myself take virtual school classes. I am a 51-year-old Latin woman who began to learn the English language as adult, so maybe you find some deficiencies in my writing, however, I was very moved by how proud you express yourself about your son. Referent your mother, I liked the humorous tone that you give when your talk about her, so I did not want to miss this opportunity and stopped my assignments for a moment to let you know that your words do make a difference, since they reach the heart of at least those who have opportunity to read you. I want confess you that is the most long I have written to someone I don't know, because your words inspired me, thank you...
Gavin Bollard · 209 weeks ago
Thanks for this post. I've been very distracted of late and so this was how I found out about our friend Kate. Kate's struggles were very real but they were so constant and so wide-ranging that it was difficult for people around her to address them. I think it's going to take a while longer for me to process all this.
I learned so much from Kate because she was always quick to point out the many injustices in the world. In her glory days, she was very much a crusader and she cared for everyone. Over the years, as her situation took its toll, I came to realise that it was the fact that she couldn't be put in a single specific category, that made the system fail her. She needed help that they weren't set up to provide.
She needed more care and she needed to be less alone. I'm so sorry that this has happened.
For a long while we were corresponding almost every day but a couple of months ago, I realised that she had become so stressed that nearly every interaction I had with her was starting to trigger her. I backed away to give her a bit more space. She only had a little time that she could stand to be online and there were too many things that she wanted to do in that time. I thought that by taking a step back, she could reach out to more people who might be geographically closer and able to assist.
Kate was a beautiful soul and she will be sorely missed by all of us.
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Spoil your cat · 121 weeks ago
Many of these living arrangement aren't good, and many of the people who run those places really don't have the residents' best interest at heart. Those places are like old age homes and foster homes, where you sometimes hear horror stories. They're hard to trust. But then there are good ones, of course.
The best thing for an autistic adult is either to go on living at home or working and renting an apartment and living independently, but that isn't always an option.
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