fiesta de la noches

[phinnia]

Sixteen days to go nanannananana i wanna be sedated

Comments

[tsuki_no_bara]

"ms maki" just makes me think of, like, futomaki. i kind of expect her to show up wrapped in rice and nori. good for lunch, not so great for someone who's going to have to teach your kid.

[purridot]

"Use the Force, Luke Phinnia!"

[amy_119]

Not to mention the wildcard in any sped class wherein the parents treat gimpy adults potentially like children because they go into Disability Mode.
Oh, man. That would be so frustrating. :(

[kibbles]

What does the AIT entail? The boys had something that sounds similar...did we discuss this already? I forget. I have brain-fog.

[phinnia]

I'm not 100% sure - it's something about attending to different tones? I'll have a beter explanation tomorrow. <3

[kibbles]

Sounds very familiar!!!!!

[phinnia]

Ooooh. How did it work for your boy(s)? Sean has ten days worth of sessions, two half hour sessions per day (they come to the house) starting tomorrow...

[reannon]

I just have to believe that somewhere at one of these gatherings, you're going to meet another sped parent like you and me. I mean, by the law of averages. While my school doesn't have sped-only gatherings like yours does, I know a lot of sped parents whose kids are similar to Kiddo, and very few are the crazy podmommies or morons who treat adults like kids. It's good to have fellow parents who get what you're going through to talk to, because parenting a sped kid IS different (way, way different) than parenting a non-sped kid, and they know how crazy it gets with the meds and the testing and the therapists and breaking in a new team every year. Together we conquer.

EDIT: Clarifying because I sound like a twit - I don't get why there's such a higher level of podmommy and crazy at your school than mine, but I keep hoping you'll find the non-crazy folks and have actual, y'know, adult conversation at one of these things with people who know what you're going through. I hope so, at least.

[ecwoodburn]

I would tend to agree -- at least give it a try. If they're all podparents, then go ahead and write 'em off for the rest of the year. But give them, and yourself, a chance first. Worst case, they're idiots, and you walk away saying "fuck 'em."

[jenk]

Might it be the podmommies seek out Phinnia & Tallin so they can "take care" of them?

[reannon]

I think that's a fascinating theory. Creepy, too.