Update

Just a quick update on my goings on. Christmas was great, New Years was fun and we are all well...

For New Years Eve we had some friends over who had kids, the kids played most of the evening and into the night until they could play no more...lol...had about 6 kids crashed on the living room floor!! The adults proceeded to indulge in some serious nerdgame play...I enjoyed my favorite champagne...Asti...I was turned on to the Asti by my step-mother...and have been hooked ever since. I will admit that I got pretty tipsy but it was worth it...Asti tastes sooo good.

The boys are going back to school on Monday...R is just getting over a cold and S is as usual healthy as a horse...That kid rarely gets sick!! Thank GOD!! Especially with our recent health insurance debacle, which is now over. Hubby was absolutely sick of his job, we were not qualified for any programs that have health care, his job did not offer health care and we have been with out for 4 months...bad news since R has had SEVERAL therapy appointments prior to our finding out we didn't qualify for Medi-cal. But, fortunately, with hubby not working and going to school now we qualify again and R can return to his therapy.

Speaking of which..they still dont know what the hell is up with him...fortunately the raging has ceased. It has literally been months since I have been called into his school for any "incidents". But he still gets plenty angry and has many of the less violent issues he has had before...easily distracted, makes repeated noises at inappropriate times, says words that get reactions from people over and over (e.g. "guts, guts, guts"), stares off into space for periods of time, still not completely potty trained, jumps on everything, etc. I have noticed a new thing though...I asked him to count some blocks the other day, there were 25 of them and he was supposed to stop at 13, he several times continued counting past 13...having forgotten what number he was on...he does this all the time with different things...just only really noticed it the other day with the blocks. His therapist is leaning towards ADHD of course...I am sure I have posted this but you know me, I like to repeat myselt. He has already been diagnosed with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and this is what is believed to have been causing the "incidents" because when ever he feels unsafe or vulnerable he will lash out and get frustrated or angry lightning fast. This explains the reason I never saw it at home (yay...my son feels safe at home...lol) and it was always at the day care or preschool, until...he met his Kindergarten teacher...she is totally awesome!! She has a way of dealing with him that he feels good and safe with her... There are obviously other contributing factors to his behavior but the ability to eliminate the violence is a big relief.

S is doing good, he is still smart as a whip...reading Harry potter 4 right now and also just got the next Lemony Snickets book...think he is on 5 in that one. He is excited about school even if he doesn't claim it. He got legos and an erector set for christmas and is having a blast building things with it. He has been challenging me to a duel (Yu-Gi-Oh) at least one time a day...sometimes more often. A friend of ours got him a deck that is really good and he kicks my butt 9 out of 10 times.

Still missing my friend in Michigan...she is going through a rough time right now, being separated from her husband (not divorce separated but distance) and she will be moving soon (I hope) to meet him...She is doing very well considering the stuff she is dealing with. Told you I knew you were strong...love you.

Dad had surgery on his foot last week, had to have some arthritic bone spurs removed from his toe joint...he is doing better and is going to be back to work on Monday (first day of school for him so that is good news). He really needed the surgery...am beginning to think foot problems run in the family...me, brother, dad!!

FIL had surgery too today...had an angiogram(I think) they go in and open the arteries in the leg at the hip because he has been having such problems with his legs. He will probably be comming home tomorrow...hubby drove him up today.

Other than all this I have been blathering about life is pretty darn good!! I am going to have to go though...have to make some hot cocoa...with marshmallows!!!

C