Today Was A Good Day
Today was a good day. My day started off with my husband getting the kid’s breakfast ready and I got to sleep in an additional thirty minutes; that right there is an absolute treat. He even took my son to school; he didn’t have to be in to the office until later in the morning and takes him in when he can. Unfortunately my kids don’t attend the same school, or even the same school district, so my mornings are busy shuttling the two to and from schools that are twenty miles apart. I had a little break and was able to spend some quality one-on-one time with my daughter before taking her to school. She’s only in school for two hours and my son is in school for two hours and forty-five minutes so that leaves me a whopping one hour and ten minutes alone in my house before I have to go run around to pick them up; first my daughter then my son.
Once I picked my son up from school we headed out to a local Chinese food restaurant, PF Chang’s, for lunch. Yes I am crazy taking a 5 year-old and a 3 year-old to lunch all by myself. However we were there right when it opened, the restaurant is usually quiet, and the lighting is subdued so I knew that neither of them would go into sensory overload and have a meltdown. Service is quick and we were in an out of there in 45 minutes with no meltdowns and only slight restlessness as we were preparing to leave.
After that I decided to head to the mall to do a little shopping; I wanted a new outfit for the upcoming Easter holiday. Ava was great and Alexander was a bit antsy; I had promised him some time at the indoor play area and he was getting impatient. He managed to hold it together until we made it to the play area. My son barely made the height cutoff but was able to play. As usual it was pretty busy but both of the kiddos had fun. Ava didn’t really seem to care about the other kids but always wanted to know where her big brother was stopping often and saying “Alex….Alex” - it was cute. I never showed her where he was, I always made her find him and she usually did. If she didn’t she’d come to me and wait until he came by and then she’d follow him off.
After about 45 minutes at the play area it was time to go to a physical therapy evaluation for Ava. Good news, she doesn’t need physical therapy. Thank heavens - shuttling the kids around to therapy appointments, school, doctor’s visits, etc is really starting to wear me thin. I’m looking forward to the summer when the kids won’t have school. We’ll get them involved in some fun activities so they’ll have something to do but it just won’t be so much. Of course therapy will continue but that’s not something I’ll ever complain about.
