And more stuff..

Categories: rejoice-with-me, news-from-depressionland

Date: 21 February 2011 17:24:12

Well, here I am again, and whaddyaknow, I haven't blogged for three weeks. No idea what's been happening, except that it was more stuff that happens.

Actually, I do have a few ideas. Genius Brat, the Grouch and I paid a visit (my second but their first) to a possible new sixth form for GB, in a school which has a unit for kids on the autistic spectrum and which is just about to take the first sixth formers in the unit. As well as being about to have a fantastic new sixth form building built, supposedly by June although at the moment it's a car park with no signs of building. We all loved the place - the downside is that they only have two places in the unit on offer and there are already at least two kids interested. I've alerted the local authority to our desire for him to go there, and the admissions panel meets on March 15th. We need a miracle - please! By the way the unit is headed by a lovely woman who knew GB when he was little, as her son was in Montessori with him. It all comes around... he got his statement of special needs in the first place because the head of the borough's autism team had a kid in Montessori with him. I'm afraid it's not what you know, it's who... (or should I be correct and say 'whom'?)

What else? I did some more, rather sporadic, work on the book - now almost finished Chapter 8 of a possible nine or ten. I continued to visit the 'just right' therapist and more or less keep up with the homework she gives me. It does seem to be helping, although I have had a few dips - but overall, this is the longest that I've felt mostly well, for ages. And last weekend I went on retreat to the gorgeous seventeenth century house with the lake and the great library and and fabulous desserts. While I was there I think I really made a breakthrough on some things that have been bothering me a long time. They may well come up and bother me again, but I think I know what to say to them next time. Must go back there again soon, I failed to finish a good novel from their library and I want to finish it before I forget what it was all about!

Other updates: my mother is well and up to her old tricks of trying to run my life; hubby and I have decided to have a monthly date; kid is volunteering every day this week which is a big improvement on his playing computer games all day. Hope I can get him to continue after the end of the week. And I need to book a holiday. Don't let me forget, will you?