Ok, someone really needs to smack this bitch around a little bit.  Things like this really piss me off and put me in a bad mood.  The courts really need to make an example out of these people and throw the book at them. 

I have decided to start a list for all the mommies birth mothers who lack common sense.  Please use it as a checklist daily. 

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Do not place children or adults in the trunk of a car while the car is in motion or in park.  You are the parent.  You are supposed to have more common sense than the children.

If you do not have room for children in your car, RENT or BUY a bigger automobile.  There are these things called minivans...

Do not leave children in the car with the windows rolled up on a hot day.

Do not leave children in the car with the windows rolled down on a cold day.

Just to be safe, don't leave children in the car at all.

The trunk of your car is not a form of punishment.  Have you ever heard of a time-out?

Neither is the roof. 

Yesterday wasn't as bad as feared.  Until I found out there was a big important meeting at our job.  My boss wanted me to make my son scarce for an hour.  Huh?  What the heck was I supposed to do with him? 

I did the only logical thing.  I brought him to Mr. Big's domain.  You could tell his kids are grown when he let DJ loose in a huge bag of packing peanuts. 

Call the people at the loony bin and send them my way.  I brought DJ to work with me today.  God help me.

Check out this story about special needs children left on their bus.  It's every parents' worst nightmare.  I almost spit out my water after reading this following excerpt: 

Santicola said the police were going "a little overboard" with their investigation.

Yea, a little overboard MY ASS.  Not only is the bus drive stupid, but I think his lawyer is even MORE stupid.

I spent yet another day lounging by the pool.  I don't know what I'm going to do when I move out of here.  It's not like I can afford a house with a swimming pool in the backyard or anything!

PIC, DJ and I went to the movies tonight to see, FINALLY, Revenge of the Sith.  It really was good.  DJ had no problems through it whatsoever.  I wasn't worried too much about it though because DJ's seen many graphic movies.  The good thing about the Aspergers is he has no empathy towards characters on the screen.  He does have empathy for real people though.  It all worked out good.  Except he kept asking me questions.  Drove me crazy. 

Then on the way home we see fireworks so I wind up driving all over Northeast Philly to actually watch the fireworks.  We stopped at a few places then moved on when they got boring.  It reminded me of St. Patrick's Day.  Here in Philly, there are buses that bar hop all day long so noone has to drive.  You pay one fee and you get to ride this bus all day and go to different bars.  I totally felt like we were firework hopping.  I felt so COOL!

I opened the freezer to get an ice cube.  Instead I find one of DJ's books.  Upon questioning, DJ tells me it's easier to read when the book is frozen.  I think I have basically given up trying to understand his logic.  I moved the book to the door of the freezer and shut the freezer.  I then went on with my daily activities.

I was NOT one of the estimated 1 million sitting on the Parkway.  I spent my day by the pool, thank you very much.  Pops asked me Friday if PIC and I were going.  I looked at him like he was crazy.  PIC and I had no intentions of hopping on the bus to down there.  Maybe, just MAYBE if U2 were going to be live in Philly, I would have mulled it over.  I still would have come to the same conclusion.  At least I would have thought about it though. 

If you didn't know, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is going to be in stores on July 16th.  I was originally going to drag DJ to Barnes & Noble at 12am to get one of the first copies because I am crazy like that.  Until I noticed that Walmart is going to be selling the book cheaper then B&N.  Instead I'll get up nice and early and be in front of Walmart at 7am when the doors open.  I plan on spending the day by the pool reading my book. 

True, it's not that much cheaper.  B&N is completely out of my way.  As big as Philly is, we really don't have any bookstores.  Honestly.  I think we have 2 downtown.  None anywhere else.  I hate that.  I love books.  I have to trek out of city to go to a bookstore.  Even in other cities, there's not that many and I think they are all B&N's.  That drives me crazy. 

Here I Am
posted 07/31/2005 @ 11:00pm

An Asperger Adventure
posted 07/24/2005 @ 11:52am

Last year, DJ had an inner tube he swam around the pool with.  He absolutely hated getting water in his face.  It took him almost the whole summer to get used to splashing in the water from other kids.  He still refused to put his face in the water.

This year I had to buy him an adult inner tube which sucks because it makes it harder for him to use his arms.  The child ones just don't fit him anymore.  This weekend he wanted me to go out and buy him one of those noodle things.  So I did.  He likes that alot.  He refused to use one last year. 

Then yesterday he started holding his nose and dipping his whole head under really quick.  I was SO proud of him.  I couldn't believe he actually conquered his fears.  He told me he's scared of drowning.  NO, I've never once drowned him or almost drowned him:)  Wait, it gets better.

Today, I hear him call out, "Mom, watch this."  Threw the noodle to the side and went underwater!  And he was swimming!  Under water!  Ok, major exclamation point usage today.  Get over it.  I'm half laughing, half crying because this is a huge accomplishment for DJ.  I mean HUGE.

So I jump in with him and he swims under water to THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL!  OMG!  I was totally freaking out!  I am so proud of him right now.  I just can't believe it.  Two days ago he wouldn't wet his face now he's under water swimming like a fish. 

I'm in the pool today thinking...this is what it's all about (being a mom and all).  Nobody helped him with this.  He didn't want any help.  He did this totally on his own.

Then he came home and told me his penis is huge.  Yea, this is just what I wanted to hear:)

Ok for a while there I was going crazy with home life and trying to figure out how to balance fun in DJ's summer with the goals we are aiming for.  Pops isn't much help and it just seems like every day he throws a wrench in my careful plans.  But it's an adjustment and DJ and I are trying to work through it.  It's a shame.  I feel so bad for him.  My dad lets him watch tv the whole time I'm at work.  Which is definitely not good for him.  So that means no TV for the rest of the night for him.  So he's not a happy little camper right now. 

I realized I accommodated my dad way too much when he came here.  I understand he wants to do "grandfather" things but he just CAN'T.  When he moved in, he started letting DJ watch TV before school and after school.  DJ was never allowed to watch TV on school days - neither before or after.  I mean, I'm trying to work on attention span and get him into other things.

DJ is not allowed to drink soda.  Why?  Because he NEVER drinks water.  My dad doesn't understand the meaning of the words "once in a while".  DJ's best friend came over to spend the night on Saturday and I bought a bottle of orange soda for them.  That one bottle made my dad think it was now a free for all and bought a few bottles of Pepsi.  It just pisses me off.  Then when I say something it's like, "Well you gave him orange soda...."  It's like that with EVERYTHING.  I've just about had it.  But I'll get over it.  So that's where I"ve been at the past few days.  Just plain old going crazy.