Between school and school

This is now the second week Alicia has off until she starts ESY after the 4th of July. Her meds and biofeedback schedule has been adjusted to see if her behaviors can be modified. It has been a stressful couple of weeks especially for me and getting ready to sell my Mom’s house. Alicia is very much like a 3-year old. Yesterday, she decided to do her nails. Unfortunately, she also got her arms and carpet. Last night,...

Tired with a cold

It’s been almost a week that I’ve had this cold. It’s really got me down and not feeling much like doing anything. Our water heater also dragged me down last week by breaking. A lot of work getting the water out and drying out the carpets. Luckily my neighbor is a plumber and installed a new water heater that evening. Thanks, Jim. I probably should have called out service company with whom we have a...

Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!

How do you find out what is really bothering someone? Well, you would usually ask them. And you would hope that they would reply in a truthful manner. But what if someone could not (or would not) reply? What would you do? Some observations: My daughter gets into unusual moods and elicits certain behaviors. She rips papers, magazines, and books. She takes things apart (but can’t put them back together). She plays with...

60 and beyond

Well, I just hit this milestone last week and am still alive. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that life gets simpler as we get older. Not the case. But life goes on anyway. I had a couple of nice birthday celebrations. At my party, I had pizza and hoagies, home-made strawberry shortcake, and pecan cheese cake. Plus we had wine and Corona. we all had a good time. I just have to post my pictures now on my...

Improvements

Yesterday, when we took Alicia horseback riding, several people noticed tthat she was more vocal and communicative. We have noticed this for a while but as many things are, it is not concistent. However, we are hopeful that maybe a turn for the best is at hand. Alicia is getting more stubborn and demonstrative. Yesterday, when she was complaining and doing an inappropriate behavior, I turned the TV off and told her I would...