Today is a very busy day in the Fishgod house. Fortunately, Steven arranged for us to have a few extra hours by starting our day at 3:30am. (How do I go about finding him a paper route?)
At 10:30, the GREAT STATE OF TEXAS is sending an evaluator to determine if Steven qualifies for a respite program and medicaid. They are unable to take the word of the State of Arizona, so we get to go through one of my least favorite pasttimes. Today, she will ask me about 300 questions relating to Steven's abilities. Can he dress himself? Can he tie shoes? Can he write his name?....the older he gets, the more questions there are. While we know how far he has come, it is disheartening to be reminded of how much we still have to work on. The only positive is that the less he can do, the more help we can get. I'll try to remember that when answering questions.
Between 12-4, Directv is coming back to reinstall our service. We decided to try bundling with Verizon, but found that the DVR service is severely lacking (in our opinion). Because we don't get out much, our TV is our entertainment. We love our family movie nights, watching the shows we have on tivo and hanging out. This week, we found that Verizon's dvr deletes our shows automatically because of the HD status.
At 4:30, the school district team is coming to help tweak our home program. This time, the team of 4 comes. Next week, we have Steven's ARD (IEP) with our team of 20 professionals. So, we have to get this out of the way today.
Our new nanny, Sarah, has had a rough week. Her uncle was diagnosed with terminal cancer on Monday and given a week to live. Yes, a week. Then, her friend died unexpectedly on Wednesday night. She has time off until Monday.
Somewhere in there, we have to take Megan's school supplies up to school, buy her PE uniform, take Steven's school supplies to his school, go to the store, go to the bank, and tidy up the house. I guess I should get off the computer and get started on the house now.
Then, we can go out in the tremendous thunderstorm to run our errands!
Tonight, I get to go out with the girls from my book club. We are going to a movie house that serves full meals while we watch the movie. I'm looking forward to getting out of the house! And, Troy is equally looking forward to a night at home because he's still working crazy hours and entertaining the South African team that is visiting the US for two weeks.
Whew. I'm glad we have the weekend to recover from today. Oh, and school starts in 72 glorious hours. I'm feeling like the dad in this commercial!
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/back-to-school-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/4018121236
Enjoy your day!
B
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