How was your week? Mine ho hum..I just cant get the writing thing down these past weeks..I have so much to say {yes I doo} but stuff is getting in the way. Life is getting messier despite my simplicity vow. I am missing it though its part of me but my kids, husband, mother and father they need me and so I must try to do both with unfortunately something or someone losing out.
Yet husband went back to work this week and so I am determined to get sorted for once and for all. I have even written a list and well when you write a list it makes it more accountable yes? Well I hope so..
We had Christmas last weekend and it was the best ever..the cousins and brothers came from in and around for our day and it was amazing we are all so different and yet for just a few days we get along. We do it for the kids. Country kids mixed with station kids makes for messy fun.The house as normal was bursting at the seams with kids, adults and dogs and it was perfect. The noise, the mess the chaos I live for it..this old house was made for it…its what Christmas and family is all about..
Now it was a crazy week a crazy month and I thank you for sticking around..
In the mean time here are a few things running through my head
1. One of my children has been formally diagnosed with high functioning autism..you can’t imagine how much I hate that label but without that label he wont get full benefit of what the educational system can offer {or so I am told}. We have known for ages he has quirks and never wanted to go down this path he is just he however he is falling behind educationally at speed. Now before you say anything re his behaviour his behaviour has never been an issue its his learning capacity as he has an immature nervous system, audio processing disorder and speech dyspraxia the education department has been made aware and yet all they want to do is talk about is his behavior which has never been an issue before now rather than the audio processing or anything else which I would rather talk about ..and they keep calling him ‘Autistic’..he is the same kid who walked into that doctor’s office as he was when he came out.. I’m distraught truely..my heart literally aches because I fear I have done wrong..someone tell please this will all be okay..
2. You can’t imagine how smug I feel about Christmas being over for us. It’s like a weight lifted off our shoulders. I seriously am already buying school supplies.
3. My mum is living close by after breaking her ankle..its the first time I have had her so close for so long..I could seriously get use to it. It’s not having her as a baby sitter it’s just knowing she is close by..its knowing my kids can see her every day. Its knowing that when I get sick like i did last night I can send them there without worry. Its been awesome and when she goes I {we} will miss her. Our relationship has come so far in five years and you can not imagine how happy that makes me feel.
4. There is a young man in a little red ute who drives around my town like a wanker. Last week after a concert in the park he came so close to hitting my son and husband I was in hysterics then Thursday evening he became airborne in his little red ute after hitting the curb of my mothers front yard at the time I tried to hunt him down and whilst I didn’t find him then I found him today. I just don’t know what to do with my new-found knowledge. The one thing I can not stand is hoon behaviour in the suburbs especially now I am a parent and especially as someone who has hit a child because if we are to be honest I was going to fast in a suburban street yet I knew better but thought I was way to clever.
5. I’m a free range parent I said to them…I will let all three of my children go to the park without me..sadly we don’t get many play dates any more..for my children I am sorry.
6. A new font to help dyslexic read here.
7. The new names headed to be popular for the next generation here.
8.Mick O Rourke proves you’re never to old here.
9. A naked man on top of building here.
10. Some candid hollywood snaps here.
Much love
Deb
