A much better day

today than yesterday. I am now teaching him how to do his own laundry.

This week is TCAP testing at all TN schools. Adam is taken to a separate room with his teacher and one assistant for the test. He did well while completing the test yesterday, until the students returned to the room he was in, and proceeded to have a party and he was told to leave the room. OF COURSE he had a meltdown!

Adam loves to play Skylanders. Yesterday he told me that I looked like this one, "except for the skinny part".

Today was hell. That is all.

Photo shoot

We just returned from a photo session. I'm so glad the photographer was cool and I didn't have to explain to him that Adam has autism and was doing the best he could. I've got some great photos headed my way!

Catching up

Seems I've been pretty negligent on keeping up here, so here is what's been happening.

Adam has been mostly doing well in school, with fewer and less severe meltdowns than previously. Not that he doesn't still have some doozies, but I feel like his school placement has been pretty successful for the past couple of years. He is so incredibly smart and imaginative, the conversations we have leave me either scratching my head or laughing my head off. As is typical with boys his age and/or kids with autism, he finds things to be obsessed with. He seems to be moving away from Transformers and into Skylanders, a game that is played on our wii system. That's partly my fault, as I've always been fond of Spyro, the little purple dragon, and enjoy playing it myself, so I've been buying the characters and printed out the walkthrough (cheats) for him. We have been home this week on spring break, and have spent most of it just hanging out and relaxing. He's not too fond of the bugs outside, and the pollen has made me feel terrible, so we haven't ventured out much. He did take a trip from our home in TN to MI with Mack, the man I am dating, who is a truck driver. I think he enjoyed it, but he was anxious to get back home to his game.

Fall break

We are out of school this week on fall break and have done nothing but be lazy. My goal for the week was to get Adam's room cleaned up, but here it is Thursday already and it's not happened. Oh, well.

I have learned how to blog from my cell phone. I'm awesome like that.

Trying to catch up

I'm a really bad blogger. Now that our lives have settled down a bit and the worst seems to be behind us, I'm going to try to do better. We made it through Bobby's illness and death, and are looking toward the future. I have started seeing a great guy who is having a positive impact on all of us. It can only get better!

Adam: When Grandma's trees start hatching pears, can we have some?

Adam: Footloose? It sounds like their shoes are untied.

Me: You're the biggest pain in the butt there is! Adam: Well.... in the United States...

Adam: Once I invent a time machine, I'll show ya!

Adam: Wow, this is award-winning fog!

Adam: What if we had a voodoo doll of Mom? Imagine what we could do then! Me: How do you know about voodoo dolls? Adam: Well, I do watch a lot of TV...

Adam: I don't have the diarrhea anymore, I just have the pee-arrhea.

Adam: Why are you out here? Me: To enjoy the quiet. Adam: You've come to the wrong place.

Adam: I can't help but notice that Aunt Ruby found her false teeth.

Me: I was so proud of you today. You did a great job! Adam: I don't think you should be all that proud.

Adam, to teacher at funeral home: Well, this is awkward.

Adam: I'm not civilized.

Adam: Are you going grocery shopping today? Me: I don't know. Adam: I can help you with that decision.

Adam: Rosie isn't skunky stinky now, she's just regular stinky, can she come in?

Adam: Did you eat that cookie? Me: No. Adam: That's what happens in court. Suspects always say no.

Having a hard time with the boy lately

I don't know if it's because of his dad being in the hospital on life support, or autism related issues, or just Adam being Adam, but the past couple of weeks have been horrible. I just can't get a break from him and he won't even go to sleep at night anymore. I need a nap.