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Now that I've finished dinner and Rafiq has reminded me twice, I need to get this done. Time flies, especially when you have an obligation that's time sensitive. I'm sure those of you who share all of us as friends have quite a busy friends page the last couple of days of each two weeks.
Yesterday was a good day, and relatively stress free. We don't get those kinds of days very often. It was nice to have some time with just Amber and me. As much as I love my kids, sometimes it's good to have them do their own thing while we do ours. They seem to have had a good time with their grandparents, so we all came out on top.
I am a little tired today for whatever reason. Maybe after having the chance to relax yesterday, my body has decided that it's a good thing to try and keep it up. I might just have to go to bed early and try for some extra sleep. Markez needs to cooperate a little by quieting down, however. We sleep downstairs, and he likes to run around upstairs, and it sounds like a herd of elephants down there when he's doing so. Who would've thought that one kid could sound like an entire army?
This thing about Rafiq going back to school is something about which I have mixed feelings. I'm very glad that he thinks he might be ready for it, but my natural impulse is to worry about how he's going to handle it. While he does better in crowds now, he's still not completely up to par with it and gets jumpy. Hopefully that'll be better come September. We're going to discuss it with Dr. Ashby at his next appointment and see what he thinks, but I'm sure he'll tell Rafiq to do what he feels he can handle. I hope he can do this. He already feels abnormal enough as it is. This would help him immensely, I'm sure. And Jason will be going there at the same time, so he'll have someone there he knows and can connect with. They won't be sharing any of the same classes since they'll be in different grades, but Rafiq will know that Jason's there and they can meet on occasion. We're going to talk with the principal and school counselor about it so that they know there might be times that Rafiq might need to see Jason just as a familiar face so he can feel more grounded if he's having difficulties.
It's going to be very stressful for all of us for a little while, at least. Until he gets settled in and feels completely secure, I'm sure I'll be pacing the floor with my phone, just in case. Another thing we're going to discuss with the school is Rafiq keeping a cell phone with him at all times in case he needs to call me at any point. We're going to have to discuss a few arrangements, but I'm sure it'll work out. If I tell myself that enough times, I might just come to completely believe it.
I think I'm going to suggest that we put in a DVD and try watching a movie. Hopefully we can get Markez to sit down long enough for that. I wish there was some antidote for sugar out there. Sugar and caffeine both. Someone should invent that. They'd be rich.
Yesterday was a good day, and relatively stress free. We don't get those kinds of days very often. It was nice to have some time with just Amber and me. As much as I love my kids, sometimes it's good to have them do their own thing while we do ours. They seem to have had a good time with their grandparents, so we all came out on top.
I am a little tired today for whatever reason. Maybe after having the chance to relax yesterday, my body has decided that it's a good thing to try and keep it up. I might just have to go to bed early and try for some extra sleep. Markez needs to cooperate a little by quieting down, however. We sleep downstairs, and he likes to run around upstairs, and it sounds like a herd of elephants down there when he's doing so. Who would've thought that one kid could sound like an entire army?
This thing about Rafiq going back to school is something about which I have mixed feelings. I'm very glad that he thinks he might be ready for it, but my natural impulse is to worry about how he's going to handle it. While he does better in crowds now, he's still not completely up to par with it and gets jumpy. Hopefully that'll be better come September. We're going to discuss it with Dr. Ashby at his next appointment and see what he thinks, but I'm sure he'll tell Rafiq to do what he feels he can handle. I hope he can do this. He already feels abnormal enough as it is. This would help him immensely, I'm sure. And Jason will be going there at the same time, so he'll have someone there he knows and can connect with. They won't be sharing any of the same classes since they'll be in different grades, but Rafiq will know that Jason's there and they can meet on occasion. We're going to talk with the principal and school counselor about it so that they know there might be times that Rafiq might need to see Jason just as a familiar face so he can feel more grounded if he's having difficulties.
It's going to be very stressful for all of us for a little while, at least. Until he gets settled in and feels completely secure, I'm sure I'll be pacing the floor with my phone, just in case. Another thing we're going to discuss with the school is Rafiq keeping a cell phone with him at all times in case he needs to call me at any point. We're going to have to discuss a few arrangements, but I'm sure it'll work out. If I tell myself that enough times, I might just come to completely believe it.
I think I'm going to suggest that we put in a DVD and try watching a movie. Hopefully we can get Markez to sit down long enough for that. I wish there was some antidote for sugar out there. Sugar and caffeine both. Someone should invent that. They'd be rich.