Just popping in again...our computer crashed (Again, just after we got it fixed) and would not be revived. So we bought a new one...two more weeks sans computer, but we're finally up and running and if this new one crashes I may just give up and burn down the house.
OK, not really, but DH has interviewed several places but no job offers yet. He's going up to the teacher conferece in Anchorage this weekend so maybe he'll be able to make some good contacts there...really we just want to stay here though.
Wolf's evals are in progress...though it feels like nothing is happening very fast. I know that they are doing them, they just have a lot of parts and pieces. They held the initial team meeting less than a week from my phone call, and we returned our paperwork (our observations of him) the next day. They have some testing, a speech eval, and I'm not sure what else before we can meet again to go over all the results and start talking about what to do next. They think ADHD is a more likely dx, because he's so social. Well, I see a kid who really WANTS to be social but 'bumbling' is putting it lightly...he's socially fairly clueless and ends up being a target for bullies and things like that and it's just ugly. Some skills training will definitely be part of the plan, regardless of what official diagnosis they come up with. We're discussing homeschooling next year, but he's going to have to make some real personal changes if I'm going to take that on, because he's VERY needy in order to get anything done (I literally have to stand over him for 2-3 hours to get him to finish a homework page that should take 20-30min) and I have a toddler and a baby who need my attention so I can't spend 6+ hours a day helping him get an hours worth of studying done. We're thinking of giving it a week's trial run this spring or summer, so we can all get a real feel for how it would go. I think he still has it in his head that homeschool = not in school = vacation and that's why he wants it. I'm willing to hs, but only if it's not at the expense of being able to care for my other kids.
We're all kindof in a funk here. Finances are stressful (esp since we had to get the computer, which we had to put on the credit card that we had JUST finally paid off with the tax refund
), DH is down over not having a job, Wolf is down over all the junk at school, so I'm kinda down over all of it (and toddlers are great emotional barometers for the family so Bear isn't sure what to make of it and I confess I'm letting him spend way too much time with movies and LittleBigPlanet because I don't have the mental energy to do much with him). Hopefully I dont' scar any of them for life. 
It's just not been a great month or so here.
I guess there's nowhere to go but up, right?
OK, not really, but DH has interviewed several places but no job offers yet. He's going up to the teacher conferece in Anchorage this weekend so maybe he'll be able to make some good contacts there...really we just want to stay here though.
Wolf's evals are in progress...though it feels like nothing is happening very fast. I know that they are doing them, they just have a lot of parts and pieces. They held the initial team meeting less than a week from my phone call, and we returned our paperwork (our observations of him) the next day. They have some testing, a speech eval, and I'm not sure what else before we can meet again to go over all the results and start talking about what to do next. They think ADHD is a more likely dx, because he's so social. Well, I see a kid who really WANTS to be social but 'bumbling' is putting it lightly...he's socially fairly clueless and ends up being a target for bullies and things like that and it's just ugly. Some skills training will definitely be part of the plan, regardless of what official diagnosis they come up with. We're discussing homeschooling next year, but he's going to have to make some real personal changes if I'm going to take that on, because he's VERY needy in order to get anything done (I literally have to stand over him for 2-3 hours to get him to finish a homework page that should take 20-30min) and I have a toddler and a baby who need my attention so I can't spend 6+ hours a day helping him get an hours worth of studying done. We're thinking of giving it a week's trial run this spring or summer, so we can all get a real feel for how it would go. I think he still has it in his head that homeschool = not in school = vacation and that's why he wants it. I'm willing to hs, but only if it's not at the expense of being able to care for my other kids.
We're all kindof in a funk here. Finances are stressful (esp since we had to get the computer, which we had to put on the credit card that we had JUST finally paid off with the tax refund
), DH is down over not having a job, Wolf is down over all the junk at school, so I'm kinda down over all of it (and toddlers are great emotional barometers for the family so Bear isn't sure what to make of it and I confess I'm letting him spend way too much time with movies and LittleBigPlanet because I don't have the mental energy to do much with him). Hopefully I dont' scar any of them for life. It's just not been a great month or so here.I guess there's nowhere to go but up, right?
We're loving the warm weather and can't wait for the snow to be gone from our parking lot here at home.
), the roads and driveways are a pitted, muddy mess, the superintendent has closed the river road to district vehicles, and... SPRING! Did I mention SPRING?!?!?!
Yummy! I can't wait for summer!
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