Mutterings Of A Mindless Mommy

My life is in absolute turmoil right now.  I am having to take a little hiatus but promise I will be back, with all the juicy details. 

Today was a sleep-in day for me.  My husband got up with the kids and let me get some rest.  When I woke up the kids were in the playroom so he hopped in bed and we chatted for a bit.  Then he reached over and gave me a hug - at that time my daughter (3.5 years) walked into the room and said “Where daddy go?”  We giggled and I covered his head up with the blanket and told him to stay there.  I replied to my daughter, “I don’t know, where is he?”  She paused for a minute and said “maybe he gone.”  Then she went on to show me the waffle she was eating; evidently she stashed her breakfast for later use as it was room temperature and kind of crunchy. 

So I told her “come in bed and give me a hug”.  Mind you there is this big lump next to me under the blankets; that lump being my husband.  Ava crawls up into the bed and as she nears the top of the bed she says “hey, daddy’s phone!” while she is leaning on the lump.  At this point my husband started to snicker so I talked a little louder.  I told her “Yes that’s daddy’s phone, where’s my hug?” to which she quickly leaned all the way onto the lump and gave me my hug.  After the hug she quickly progressed back down the bed saying she was going to “find daddy.”  I uncovered daddy’s head and she had this look of astonishment on her face as she said “daddy hiding under the blanket.”  Yes sweetie, that lump you leaned on was daddy.  She then gave him a big ole hug.

I really thought she’d have figured out that the lump was not me and that it was daddy but she was completely oblivious.  It was worth a few giggles on our part and it ended up being a story that I wanted to share.  Happy Thursday!

I haven’t seen a calgon commercial in awhile, heck I don’t even know if they still make the product.  When I was a child they had commercials for their bubble bath that had the line “Calgon, take me away!” as their slogan.  Today is a calgon day!

I am on day 10 without sodas.  Well I guess that’s not technically correct, I had a nasty caffeine headache mid-week last week and drank 3 oz of a Pepsi to help get rid of the headache.  I used to drink a Pepsi a day.  The epitome of healthy, right?  Hah!  Well sometime during my sleep last night the nasty caffeine headache snuck up on me again and here it is 6 or 7 hours later and I’m still dealing with it.  I took some tylenol which appears to have done nothing.  I don’t want to have any soda because I know that isn’t the answer.  I think I just have to suck it up and deal with this until it goes away.  In the meantime I’ll drown myself drinking my requisite 8 glass of water today.

Alexander is bouncing off of the walls.  School has been out a few weeks and he hasn’t adjusted to his new routine yet.  Our mornings are empty and afternoons have therapy.  Today Ava has OT and Alexander has play therapy; after that we’re going to my sister’s house to go swimming with her and my nephews.  Alexander is so enthusiastic - he needs to share some of this energy with me.  I’d rather go back to bed and lie there for the day moaning about my headache; that’s not an option though.  It’s going to be hot as Hades today as well - 104 or so.  Talk to me in a few months and I’ll wish it was only 104 but these first really hot days get me - I’ll have to reread this post in December when it’s in the 70s and everyone else is snowbound.

Not much to say today - just a little whiney vent from me.  I’m going to ask Alexander’s play therapist to discuss summer break with him.  He seems so lost without school and he’s out for two more months.  Hopefully he adjusts soon, if not it’s going to be a loooooong summer!

A little background on the players.

Bob and Suzanne Wright - Co-founders of Autism Speaks, grandparents of a child with autism

Katie Wright - The Wright’s daughter, parent of a child with autism.

David Kirby - Author of the controversial book “Evidence of Harm”

On April 19, 2007, Katie Wright was interviewed by David Kirby. I did not catch the original interview but Katie Wright discussed her views on vaccine injury as a possible cause of autism as well as discussing Autism Speaks as an organization. The interview was discussed at-length in the autism world from all points of view.

Fast forward to today and the issuance of a statement by Bob and Suzanne Wright.  The statement starts off with the following paragraph.:

Katie Wright is not a spokesperson for Autism Speaks. She is our daughter and we love her very much. Many of Katie’s personal views differ from ours and do not represent or reflect the ongoing mission of Autism Speaks. Her appearance with David Kirby was done without the knowledge or consent of Autism Speaks.

Hmm.  That’s a pretty bold statement.  I’m interested to see the direction this plays out in the public. 

Another blog entry on this topic:  Autism Vox:  Katie Wright Does Not Speak for Autism Speaks