"Home Visit"
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sherron0A euphemism for home inspection. But it went well. She seemed favorably impressed with the facilities, the zoo, the boys, and the Keeper (me).
I've been cleaning, emptying that room where you put things that you don't know what to do with, so it can be Shelby's bedroom. The most difficult has been the closet, which I'm not through with. I have thrown out and or given away at least a room's worth of stuff. Because some of the stuff (furniture) that moved out of there had to be put somewhere else, which meant we had to move something to make room, and on and on. Mark said he felt like we were in one of those tile-moving puzzles.
I finally got a "scrapbook" put together as a slide show and printed it out on card stock and bound it, for her to take to Shelby, so he will get a (falsely clean and organized) idea of us. It turned out pretty well. I may try to figure out how to add the slide show to the Ostrander website.
So our first in home visit with Shelby will be next Friday, Sept.26th. We will meet at the bowling alley and bowl with the Asperger's Young adult social group. Then Cheeburger, Cheeburger for food, then we take Thomas back to class for an hour, and I have no idea what Shelby and I will do, then home. If he's still comfortable, he'll stay overnight. I'm both excited and terrified. Mark, of course, won't be here, because he'll be rappelling off some cliff in N.Carolina as a warm up for Bridge Day.
So now, after an exciting day [ TB test, taking Mark to work so I can have the car t get to the AS support Luncheon, then back to pick up Mark, to come home for the home visit] I've moved on to the wine and relax portion of the evening. Whoo.
I've been cleaning, emptying that room where you put things that you don't know what to do with, so it can be Shelby's bedroom. The most difficult has been the closet, which I'm not through with. I have thrown out and or given away at least a room's worth of stuff. Because some of the stuff (furniture) that moved out of there had to be put somewhere else, which meant we had to move something to make room, and on and on. Mark said he felt like we were in one of those tile-moving puzzles.
I finally got a "scrapbook" put together as a slide show and printed it out on card stock and bound it, for her to take to Shelby, so he will get a (falsely clean and organized) idea of us. It turned out pretty well. I may try to figure out how to add the slide show to the Ostrander website.
So our first in home visit with Shelby will be next Friday, Sept.26th. We will meet at the bowling alley and bowl with the Asperger's Young adult social group. Then Cheeburger, Cheeburger for food, then we take Thomas back to class for an hour, and I have no idea what Shelby and I will do, then home. If he's still comfortable, he'll stay overnight. I'm both excited and terrified. Mark, of course, won't be here, because he'll be rappelling off some cliff in N.Carolina as a warm up for Bridge Day.
So now, after an exciting day [ TB test, taking Mark to work so I can have the car t get to the AS support Luncheon, then back to pick up Mark, to come home for the home visit] I've moved on to the wine and relax portion of the evening. Whoo.
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Date: 2008-09-20 06:23 pm (UTC)I'm thinking you need minions. :)
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Date: 2008-09-20 07:27 pm (UTC)I used to have minions. Then my best one went away to college and isn't here. Now #2 has started college and is so freaked out and overwhelmed by it that he can't do anything else. Plus he needs a lot of instruction and supervision (which I used to lay off on #1, by having them work together) that even having him help is tiring!
Maybe I can capture some elves and turn them into slaves...