Tonight, I am sitting in my hallway of my very small house. Without getting up, I can see all four exterior walls. I can also see into the bedrooms of two small children who are having a difficult night.
Neither one of them is good with changes and transitions. My daughter has always been that way; it's part of the potpourri of Asperger's that she got. I think my son's difficulty is primarily the age he is. Both of them had a hard time this week, maybe not harder than mine but they act it out more honestly.
My son is begging me to sleep in the same bed. Unfortunately, I have a couple of hours of chores to do before I can sleep, so that can't happen. If he were to relax and stay in bed, I could get started. But right now I'm having to guard the door to keep him in the bed.
The hardest part--the only hard part, really--of this transition has been seeing them have to adapt. I hope they do better than I did. I was my son's age when my parent's divorced, and it wasn't fun.
The first act was the homeschooling, SAHM. What the second act will bring remains a mystery. I'm no longer homeschooling, no longer SAH, no longer married. Blogging is cheaper than therapy, so I'll keep it up.
I'm working out the kinks
Quit sniggering, Kris, not that kind of kink. First off, I'm going to use the blogger version of a blogroll, not the official blogrolling blogroll. I could never remember my daggum password to that one. But you'll have to be patient for me to add them all on there, I'm busy fighting over every $8.36 that I get from NoNick. And next, see that little "subscribe" thingie? If someone could tell me, like, how they use it, that would be great, 'mkay? Cause I see that on all the srsly kewl blogs, and I wanted one for me. (Just call me Veruca.) Except now? Now I feel sort of foolish 'cause i doan geddit.
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2 comments:
Change can be so hard. Before you know it, you will have a new routine and a new "normal". Your past doesn't need to be their reality- you have the wisdom to guide them in a better direction. You will all be ok(but you already knew that). Big hugs(and a pitcher of magaritas)
Toss in some chocolate and vodka on MA's gifts and hugs, and we'll have a party. The kids can have some benadryl ice cream topping on their sundaes.
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