Fortunately, I was able to make the migraine go away using Advil.  It usually doesn't work. Yay.

By 9 am, I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore - I was trying to read but I kept reading the same line over and over... I decided to do my body a kindness and take a nap on the sofa. Not wishing to indulge too much, I set the alarm on my cell phone for 11 ( Read more... )

Procrastination has lasted long enough, time to crank the pressure one good notch and get down on the living room re-organization. I started, didn't finish, time for another shot at it. Not tonight though :P ( Read more... )

Saturday, we had a shire meeting and a potluck at our local seneschal's house. I dressed my son with his Birka tunic, I put on my Norse garb, and my son and I attended. Alex needs to have opportunities to train his behavior in social situations. So, I'm taking him more and more with me, for short periods at first, and gradually extending ( Read more... )

Among the conditions frequently associated with ASDs (Autistic Syndom Disorder), there is sleeping issues.

My son takes melatonin every night; this has improved his condition, but nothing does miracles. So, tonight, it did not work out so well. He's been babbling, wide awake, for about an hour, in his bed.

Now that he's back to sleep... I'm the one ( Read more... )

Around November 6, I received a phone call from the school principal. She wanted to let me know she was in the process of scheduling the meeting for my son's PIP (Personalized Intervention Plan). She added that she was aiming at doing that "this week or early next week". Good thing she could not see my grin just then... In the past, I had to ( Read more... )

Alex's specialized educator at the CRDI will not be leaving!

They opened the position of the person she is replacing, and the position got filled today... Isabelle applied but did not get it, not enough seniority.

However, the lady who got the position is pregnant. So, Isabelle is replacing that lady for the next year!

I could never foresee this ( Read more... )

Many things since my last entry: Fall Harvest, Nina, IKEA, my Quest for Space, my cell phone mix up, the pediatrician delay, the speech therapy, the upcoming school PIP (Personalized Intervention Plan) for Alex...

On October 24th, I went to Dragon Dormant to run the gate for Fall Harvest. I did the best I could, with what I had. People were nice and ( Read more... )

It's almost midnight but that's noteworthy.

Many good things came out of the flock of appointments I had last week. I could finally get updated on my son's integration in his new school, and things should be smoother now. It was a very constructive appointment. I'm glad I waited instead of blowing a gasket. (That expression is kinda ironic when I ( Read more... )

Last May 15, I was writing about how the pediatric clinic staff were late in calling me to set my son's appointment. He's been seen in October 2008 and the pediatrician wanted to see him again in six months.

They still haven't called.

My week is booked with appointments for Alex: speech therapy, revision of the intervention plan, meeting for update ( Read more... )

I've been busy all day and I can't seem to make a dent in my to-do list. WTB 8th day a week, PST.

Alex has gone back to school after 1.5 weeks of break... It shows. He's having lots of nightmares. Noisy. By noisy, I mean he actually screams and shouts in his sleep. I can't quite make out what he says (due to his speech impairment, otherwise it would ( Read more... )