Holiday cards

I want to send holiday cards to any and all of you who would like to receive them. A few of you have given me your address already, but in the spirit of being thorough*, if you could just respond to this message (Comments will be screened) with your address, so I can make sure I have the proper list, that would be all kinds of swell.





*and the fact that I am a terrible organizer

Holiday cards

I want to send holiday cards to any and all of you who would like to receive them. A few of you have given me your address already, but in the spirit of being thorough*, if you could just respond to this message (Comments will be screened) with your address, so I can make sure I have the proper list, that would be all kinds of swell.





*and the fact that I am a terrible organizer

In the News...

There is a lot about this story that just doesn't make sense to me. Why did the kid have a shotgun on him? According to the story he was dropping off the 14 year old girl at her home after they were out all night and the dad wanted to give the guy a talking-to. So where did the gun come from? And where does this 'I'm in an argument, I think I'll end it buy shooting two people' attitude come from? I read this in another article: "Their parents didn't approve of them being together" because of the age difference, she said. "It wasn't because he was a shady character, because he wasn't." Wonder what her definition of 'shady' is? And I also wonder how surprised the girl was, and wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't in on it in some way.

Sigh.

And this story about Gene Simmons getting sued is amusing. Ward's papers say that because a photo of her with Simmons -- though her name is never mentioned -- was shown during remarks about his sexual adventures, she was in effect portrayed as "wild" and "unchaste."

Right. Because I'm sure she was hanging out with KISS for the stimulating conversations.

In the News...

There is a lot about this story that just doesn't make sense to me. Why did the kid have a shotgun on him? According to the story he was dropping off the 14 year old girl at her home after they were out all night and the dad wanted to give the guy a talking-to. So where did the gun come from? And where does this 'I'm in an argument, I think I'll end it buy shooting two people' attitude come from? I read this in another article: "Their parents didn't approve of them being together" because of the age difference, she said. "It wasn't because he was a shady character, because he wasn't." Wonder what her definition of 'shady' is? And I also wonder how surprised the girl was, and wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't in on it in some way.

Sigh.

And this story about Gene Simmons getting sued is amusing. Ward's papers say that because a photo of her with Simmons -- though her name is never mentioned -- was shown during remarks about his sexual adventures, she was in effect portrayed as "wild" and "unchaste."

Right. Because I'm sure she was hanging out with KISS for the stimulating conversations.

Then they sent me away, taught me how to be practical

Just got back from what his laughingly referred to as a 'parent/teacher' conference. Considering the teacher in question wasn't bloody there, it was a bit useless. Instead I spoke with Charlie's social worker, Andrea. Andrea is a lovely person and good at her job, and she assured me she spends quite a bit of time in the classroom isn't the teacher.

The teacher has been out on some sort of disability for awhile now, subjecting a group of kids who have a really hard time with transitions with a bunch of transitions. There is now a 'permanent' sub, apparently, who still didn't seem to feel the need to meet with the parents and assure us that she was doing her best to get to know the children, but whatever.

My big problem is with the fact Andrea has again brought up the subject of putting Charlie on Ridilin, or some other kind of drug, because he is having trouble focusing.

I know some medicines have their place. I'm not going to go all Tom Cruise and swear that people don't need drugs ever, but I am really resisting the idea of putting Charlie on drugs. I have brought this up with his nureologist and his neuropsychologist several times, and they both didn't think Charlie needs to be on drugs, and his neurlogist is one of the best in his field, so I think I will take his word over the school psychologist.

On the other hand, I think I am reacting so severely because I have noticed Charlie is having more trouble focusing recently, and I'm afraid I will have to get him on medication. I am worried I'm being too stubborn about this and will be hurting Charlie, but the idea just really makes me upset, and I think I need to go with my instincts on this one.

Charlie is Autistic. He is always going to have some difficulties. That is never going to go away completely. I would rather he learned to compensate than just stick him on drugs and hope that makes the symptoms go away.

*The fact that it is 'recently' and not 'always' seems to me to indicate more of a phase than ADD, too

Then they sent me away, taught me how to be practical

Just got back from what his laughingly referred to as a 'parent/teacher' conference. Considering the teacher in question wasn't bloody there, it was a bit useless. Instead I spoke with Charlie's social worker, Andrea. Andrea is a lovely person and good at her job, and she assured me she spends quite a bit of time in the classroom isn't the teacher.

The teacher has been out on some sort of disability for awhile now, subjecting a group of kids who have a really hard time with transitions with a bunch of transitions. There is now a 'permanent' sub, apparently, who still didn't seem to feel the need to meet with the parents and assure us that she was doing her best to get to know the children, but whatever.

My big problem is with the fact Andrea has again brought up the subject of putting Charlie on Ridilin, or some other kind of drug, because he is having trouble focusing.

I know some medicines have their place. I'm not going to go all Tom Cruise and swear that people don't need drugs ever, but I am really resisting the idea of putting Charlie on drugs. I have brought this up with his nureologist and his neuropsychologist several times, and they both didn't think Charlie needs to be on drugs, and his neurlogist is one of the best in his field, so I think I will take his word over the school psychologist.

On the other hand, I think I am reacting so severely because I have noticed Charlie is having more trouble focusing recently, and I'm afraid I will have to get him on medication. I am worried I'm being too stubborn about this and will be hurting Charlie, but the idea just really makes me upset, and I think I need to go with my instincts on this one.

Charlie is Autistic. He is always going to have some difficulties. That is never going to go away completely. I would rather he learned to compensate than just stick him on drugs and hope that makes the symptoms go away.

*The fact that it is 'recently' and not 'always' seems to me to indicate more of a phase than ADD, too