Journal

Thursday is the day that my son gets his official medical diagnoses of Aspergers. We have him diagnosed by the school and his primary dr. but insurance requires a diagnoses from a specialty dr. Thursday's not coming fast enough. After he is diagnosed, then we can get therapy, which in some areas he needs a lot! He is very excited about homeschooling, I hope everything goes well for us. I know that I'll need a lot of patience, so I'm turning that over to God.

The 4th of July is very exciting for my girls. Rides and fireworks are the highlights of their day. My son, on the other hand, loves and hates today. He likes some of the rides, and the ones he really likes he doesn't want to get off of. The fireworks, he likes the lights, but not the sound. So I have him on my lap covering his ears with my hands so he doesn't freak out. I keep thinking this year may be different, but it's the same every year. All in all, today should be a pretty good day. I hope it doesn't rain, the weather said 40% chance of showers. I love the food at the carnival, but it doesn't like my kids. My girls are allergic to everything and my son won't eat anything there. I'm hoping that today is a good day for everyone.

It all started last Saturday when a friend of mine came in from out of state. She wanted to meet up at the zoo, so the kids would have something fun to do. She has three kids like me, her husband was there and we had a great time, but mine decided he wanted to stay home and do yard work. I had to bring my mom along to help me with the kids, actually just my son. My son has no sense of danger and I can't handle him and the girls all by myself. I don't think it's right that I had to enlist my mom to help at the last minute, we had this planned for a week! All week he's been like this, not helping with the kids. He comes home from work and takes a shower, it's really hot here and he sweats a lot, and then he plays that STUPID NintendoDS game. I want to take a hammer to it. Well, today it's going to end. I have made plans with his sister to go to yard sales, so he's stuck with the kids all day. Now I have to go wake prince charming from his slumber.
If you got this far, thanks for reading.