Dad reports this morning:
Tommy received medicine at 6:30 and first rousing from bed at 7:40, then 7:50 and now he is being ignored as the carpool has to leave.
Dad reports yesterday:
Tommy handled his crash very well. Look here for my description. He was angry that I didn’t “fix the scooter right.”
Tommy had a good day at school according to his teacher. That’s all she ever says to us. He had a scooter wreck and ripped through one of his two pairs of jeans. The damage is too severe to repair so they’re going to become shorts. His knee is scraped pretty good and he did lots of whimpering and complaining. Otherwise a good afternoon. Lights out already because of T-caps.
When I cleaned his room today I found two empty boxes of Girl Scout cookies under his bed. We NEED a food pantry. Right now our food is on a shelf in the corner of the kitchen. The kitchen is so tiny that the cabinets only hold glasses, dishes, pots & pans.
Dad reports this morning:
Tommy’s watch alarm went off at 6 am and I had to turn on his light to find it. So we awoke and I’m pretty certain he stayed awake. Got his meds at 6:30. Had breakfast from 6:40-7. Was on the porch at 7:10ish (an indication that he is sneaking something-in this case D&D books). He has TCAPs this week so he must be focused. He seemed very cooperative today.
Tommy went to the park and sat in the middle of a climbing gym reading D&D. Afterward he went in the store with me and got angry when I left his side, so he had me paged. He has me paged a LOT. It used to be embarrassing. Now it’s just routine. When we came home Tommy and Dad had a little tiff in the yard but Tommy recovered quickly. He bathed, ate dinner neatly and now he’s in bed. Early lights out because of T-caps for the next 10 days.
The Tommy and Doug head-butting resumes.
Tommy started his day at 9:30. Why wouldn’t he sleep in last week when I was home alone and he was so horribly out-of-control?
I got a quote back from one of the specialty boarding schools. It cost $6000 per month. So, if we had no other bills, cancelled all our utilities and stopped eating we could work 3 months to pay for one month so that Tommy could get an education instead of the babysitting he’s getting at school right now. OR some celebrity could buy one less Oscar outfit.
I think he stirs but stays hidden under the covers.
Dad reports this morning:
Tommy stayed up late last night reading Dungeons and Dragons books. I need to work hard to get him in a game. We had to put the motion sensor back in the kitchen to keep him from grazing. He is sleeping in now. I am torn between waking him and giving him his medicine and leaving him alone. I think I’ll give him 15 more minutes.
Tommy tried hard to keep it together today. I think he did great considering the crowds and the babies taking attention away from him. He does have an eye-rolling, head-turning tic that is so out-of-control he can’t even look at you and have a conversation for all the eye-rolling, head turning. Now we are trying to convince him to take a bath and he is so over-stimulated that the least little thing sets him off.
Tommy has gone to the grandparents. I hope he can hold it together tomorrow. Tommy’s behaviors can make or break a family outing.