I'm still here!

The world has been on fast forward these last couple weeks, seems like the minute I get some down time, something else needs to be done! I guess my new mission is to update this blog more often! I've never looked forward to spring break as much as I am right now, 7 more days of classes (1 project, one quiz, one paper and 5 exams in those seven days) and I now 'get it' as to why we need a spring break!

We've had some new news lately, 'The Little' got to go see the OT again last week, and she shared some things she noted during his evaluations. We're being referred to both a physical therapist and a developmental pediatrician, fun times. I'm trying to move past the anger and guilt of the whole thing and focus on what we need to do, but it's hard. The good news is that even though he is a bit older than most kids when all of these things are discovered, he can benefit from the therapies. He's such a great kid, I'm constantly amazed at him, and the improvements he's made just in this last not even two months are awesome. He sat in on a meeting I had with a dean today and the dean was just so impressed with him, saying he's the best behaved kid he's seen in a long time and I should be proud...darn tootin' I am!

In other big news, 'The Little' has finally started karate, we shopped around and found a program that he liked, and bonus, it's cheaper than anything else we've looked at. He's had two classes and of course I'm biased, but watching him and comparing him to the other new kids, he's definitely taking it more seriously than the others. I know it'll be good for him, and his OT said that kids like him benefit from things like that, so yay!

We spent this past Saturday in New York and minus one full on panic attack coming off the subway, he had a great day! The weather was horrendous-rainy cold and windy all day long-but we still had fun. As we walked up to the front of the AMNH, he looked at me and said "thanks for making one of my lifelong dreams come true!" He was so darn excited to go to that museum and he soaked it all in and wants to go back. We'll have to see, he's got a lot of 'dreams' in that head of his, touring DC, Philadelphia, even right here around Baltimore, the zoo, etc. Busy spring and summer ahead for us!

My mission to improve my health/weight is slow going, but it's about to get a boost. Thanks to my Nurtrition class, there are some foods I no longer want to eat or give to The Little. Y'know, stuff like conventional meat/chicken, that kind of stuff. I need to figure out how to swing the cost of the occasional organic/local/free range meats but for the most part, we're going to base meals around veggies with less meat/poultry. Even The Little gets it and as we discussed it this afternoon, he summed it all up "you can't put a price tag on your life". This was his response to me saying that the 'good' meats are more expensive. I love this smart kiddo I've got!

I'll be back to update again soon!