Update November 23, 2024

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Saturday

Saturday I played D&D and read. I also looked up more about the government’s/Harvard/Mayo recommendations on diet, and discovered I’ve not been including enough grain, and eat too much meat. With the huge amount of grain suggested by dieticians, the 30g of fiber is reachable.

M12 was still at Boy Scout camp, D14 watched a lot of Dexter, and IL5 played on his phone. Aaron played D&D with me.

Sunday

Sunday Aaron, dad, IL5, and I went to the zoo. IL5 wanted to see the bears, but they weren’t out. Maybe hibernating? Then we went to see the bats, which IL5 says are his favorite zoo animal. IL5 was very disappointed that the playground was closed for the season.

M12 came home from Boy Scout camp, and D14 played D&D.

Monday

Monday didn’t feel like Monday. D14 said it felt like Tuesday. I thought it felt like Sunday. Even though I did weekday stuff.

I dropped dad off at cardiac rehab (my sister wanted to pick him up). Then Aaron and I ran some errands. I went shopping with D14 to buy her birthday presents from dad (formal dress) and me (shoes with lower heels). Driving home was terrifying because it was dark and raining hard and the lines on the highway were so old they didn’t have reflective properties. But I clutched the steering wheel hard and didn’t let D14 know we were about to die. The rest of the evening, I spent coming down from that anxiety only to have to drive again to work. Though a good part of that drive had good lines…only the last couple miles had old lines. M12 had Boy Scouts. IL5 wrote a letter to his grandma (Popo).

Tuesday

Tuesday I did a lot of little tasks on my to do list, then relaxed for the second half of the day. IL5 was in a playful mood, and we played airplane (where I carried him around as a plane) and we played our dinosaur game on my phone. M12 hid in his bedroom so I wouldn’t tell him to do stuff. And D14 watched Doctor Who with my friend Liz, Aaron, and me.

Wednesday

Wednesday I took dad to his cardiac rehab appointment, then he took Aaron and me to Perkins, where I blew most of my planned calories for the day. Afterwards, I talked to an administrative assistant at Children’s Hospital psychology department about finding IL5 a therapist to deal with a fear IL5 has. His last psychologist discharged him as a hopeless cause, and IL5’s doctor wanted us to try a different psychologist. In order to get on their 6 month waitlist, I needed to get a referral from a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital – meaning I had to switch pediatricians. Nope. And what’s with a 6 month waitlist? How can so many people be willing to set aside helping their kids for half a year? Fraser, another really good place to go, only had a two month waitlist.

In the evening, IL5 played a computer game, M12 prepared for his HAM Radio Merit Badge, and D14 watched Dexter. I started writing a letter, but was unsuccessful due to conversations.

Thursday

Thursday was filled with a lot of stress about interviewing a psychologist for IL5. She suggested occupational therapy in addition to psychology. And suggested the school psychologist. I called the school psychologist, who said she doesn’t deal with that kind of thing.

The endocrinologist and physical therapist agreed that occupational therapy was a good idea, and I got a referral for the same place IL5 had that occupational therapist for eating that disliked him. So I need to be careful not to get her this time.

Now I still need to find a psychologist because I’m not sure the person I interviewed is interested.

Friday

Friday I took IL5 to speech therapy. He had an articulation assessment and came up 2nd percentile. That’s down from 3rd Percentile a year ago. But he tries.

Then I took dad to cardiac rehab, where he said he broke a sweat for the first time since starting.

D14 went to her mom’s for the weekend, IL5 watched YouTube and M12 played on the computer.

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