Trast got shoved into the concrete today from behind by a kid on the playground. I spent the evening in the ER getting him CAT scanned for possible bone fractures since his eye is swollen shut and nasty looking. The school promised to get to the bottom of this, since the kid gets picked on a lot. Beyond the pain of looking at your kid with a ( Read more... )

I am not exaggerating when I say that I have the most well behaved baby in the world. He goes to work with me. (Oh, I am working now) Nobody there has heard him cry even once. He's so good that I feel like I am pulling something over on the world. Seriously. I feel like I am lying about how good is he because it is imposiible to have such a ( Read more... )

An exerpt of a bad parenting conversation with Ayden ( Read more... )

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Okay, tonight I taught the kids to play poker. I am gaga over poker.
First, let me say that I should not be allowed to teach anyone anything ever. Not ever. I am too impatient to teach.
Now, let me say that Trast is a hell of a poker player. That Asperger's Syndrome may be good for something yet.

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Today I hired a sitter for 22 hours a week, giving me more time to spend at the hospital ( Read more... )

Beneath the lights

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This feels so wrong, this spot in my body where the baby was ( Read more... )