I sit at the computer working on school assignments. This quarter I will be writing a full-length script, a short story (which will be substantially revised prior to the end of the quarter), and a paper on Rex Stout, as well as reading my classmates’ scripts and short stories and writing review/response letters. [...]
In my opinion the biggest challenge in dealing with a child with high-functioning autism is socialization. I worry a lot about how Breydon interacts with his peers and whether or not they will accept him, his fixations, and his quirky mannerisms. So far things have gone well – according to his teacher his [...]
As you may have noticed, I’ve been playing musical blog themes for a few weeks. I apologize if this drives anyone nuts, but I’m trying to find a theme that I feel best reflects me, my writing, and my site, without giving people headaches trying to read what has been written. Unfortunately, that [...]
When he grows up, Breydon wants to be a doctor. This is probably because after he dosed Jude with cough medicine Scott made it very clear that he is not allowed to “practice medicine without a license.”
Jude wants to be an extreme sports athlete. Preferably winter sports. And a police officer. [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about autism since the day the bottom dropped out of my world a few weeks ago. I even had a blog entry sort of outlined in my mind when the plague hit, and since then things have been so crazy that I haven’t had time to do much of [...]
Roegen’s favorite word these days is “naughty.” He is a one-toddler behavior patrol who marches around looking for infractions so that he can proclaim at the top of his voice “naughty (insert name here).” The culprits that he catches most often are Mickey Socks (because Mickey loves to swipe the leg of anyone [...]
We’re home. And so is Independence.
Independence has a love-hate relationship with our family. I got her the day after my grandfather died in 1997 and because of that, when I think of her/look at her/hear her, I still feel connected to him. She and I have been through a lot together – [...]
I’m tired. We’ve driven close to 2000 miles so far, and as of right now I’m somewhere in Utah still 2 days from home. We’ve survived - actually, we’ve triumphed over the challenges of illness (in multiple forms that you do NOT want me to describe in detail), snow (and I mean lots of snow [...]
What does a sick husband, a vomiting toddler, snowy/icy mountain interstate, and playing dodgeball with a porcupine l have in common? None of those items are things a sane woman wants to deal with. Of course, as we know I’m insane so the first three items are things I’ve been coping with recently.
We left home [...]
With the recent visit of the plague at our house (to our house? Where are Strunk and White when I need them?), there was a point where the aroma we were enduring left a LOT to be desired. On Monday I ran to the store and picked up a Glade Scented Oil plugin which I [...]
