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Busy Sunday!
Feb. 1st, 2009 09:21 pmToday I ate out twice! Mother and Larry were on their way to Montgomery today, and called from I-65 as they passed into AL and invited me to meet them at the nearest interstate interchange and have lunch. So I dashed over to Athens. (20 mins, about the same distance as they were at that moment) We met at Ruby's and had a pleasant lunch and conversation. Then they headed on down the road.
I went with Thomas to his violin group. Shelby couldn't go because when I got into the car I could smell him and indeed, he hadn't had a shower, and I wouldn 't let him go. Personal hygiene is a struggle for Asperger's people, I'm not sure why, but it's fairly universal. It took me forever to convince Thomas that boys just had to take a shower every day and it didn't matter how not dirty you thought you were, others would think differently. He's really good now, mainly just because I wore him down. Nobody's ever bothered to be insistent with Shelby, so now I'm in the wearing down process with him.
Then Beloved called just as we were in the parking lot starting to go home, to warn me that he wanted to go out to eat, just the two of us. We met at the house so he could wash up and change, and went to . . . wait for it . . . Ruby's. Not in Athens, here in Madison, but. There's just not many non-fastfood places to eat that don't require driving into Huntsville. Even then, the selection is not that exciting. But I was still full from lunch anyway, and just wanted a beer and to be away from the boys, having real adult conversation, with my beloved. I'd have settled for Arby's if they sold alcohol.
I went with Thomas to his violin group. Shelby couldn't go because when I got into the car I could smell him and indeed, he hadn't had a shower, and I wouldn 't let him go. Personal hygiene is a struggle for Asperger's people, I'm not sure why, but it's fairly universal. It took me forever to convince Thomas that boys just had to take a shower every day and it didn't matter how not dirty you thought you were, others would think differently. He's really good now, mainly just because I wore him down. Nobody's ever bothered to be insistent with Shelby, so now I'm in the wearing down process with him.
Then Beloved called just as we were in the parking lot starting to go home, to warn me that he wanted to go out to eat, just the two of us. We met at the house so he could wash up and change, and went to . . . wait for it . . . Ruby's. Not in Athens, here in Madison, but. There's just not many non-fastfood places to eat that don't require driving into Huntsville. Even then, the selection is not that exciting. But I was still full from lunch anyway, and just wanted a beer and to be away from the boys, having real adult conversation, with my beloved. I'd have settled for Arby's if they sold alcohol.
