An Agreement is Reached and the Fun Begins

At last we have reached an agreement with the local education authority, WooHoo, and now have a place at a school with a fantastic SENCO who is enthusiastic and willing to help. They are able to adapt to my boy and take it very slowly and gently. It will all start in September when the will start with outreach at home from the school along with his current tutors. I am so relieved and although I know it will be hard work I am finally feeling rather positive that we will finally be able to ease my boy back into formal education. I can now relax and enjoy the holidays.

We kicked off the holidays in style as my sister arrived to spend the weekend with us. We had planned a visit to the cinema to see the new Harry Potter. My boy prepared for this by watching all the previous 5 films and reading ALL 7 books in the week before we were due to go. He was so excited! We all thoroughly enjoyed the film and jumped out of our skin at one point.

Back at home there was a leisurely evening meal with many glasses of wine and a dvd of Marley and Me. This prompted the need for lots of tissues as it is very sad at the end especially as the wine had made us more sentimental. My poor sister had to sleep on the sofa as my boy wasn't giving up his bed for anyone! She fit the sofa quite well being a bit of a shortarse.

The goodbyes were very tearful next day as she is leaving to live in Spain at the beginning of August and I will be sad to see her go. She will be staring a new life there with her partner and I think they will be staying for good as the business he started there 3 months ago has really taken off.

It has been nice to relax and not worry about getting my boy ready for lessons over the last couple of weeks, although not having that routine has been difficult for him. I think he's finally settling into the holidays, just in time for our annual visit to the cottage in Norfolk that we hire each year. I cannot wait to chill out in the hot tub! We leave for the cottage at the weekend and once I have finished all the frantic packing I shall head off to bed safe in the knowledge that we shall be there soon.

Nearly the Summer Hols and a Dead Dyson

Decided to have a really good clean through today, get everything up straight before the summer holidays. Unfortunately things didn't quite go to plan. In the middle of cleaning a fur covered landing the Dyson packed up. It was just the fuse, changed it, vacummed a bit, it stopped again. Ok I know when i'm beaten, it's obviously got something very wrong with it. Just got to find a couple of hundred pounds now to replace the bloody thing. Still, I did manage to finish the landing, which was beginning to have more fur than the cat. It's her favourite place to sleep. It's dangerous, you get up in the night to go for a pee, trip over the cat and nearly launch yourself down the stairs. Then on the way back to bed, decide to go downstairs for a drink and she will weave through your legs. I'm sure she's trying to kill us! Far safer to cross your legs, ignore the thirst and go back to sleep.

The boy has had his last tutor session for this academic year. It went rather well. They were studying physics, so decided to test forces. This lead to the fun of making mini parachutes. His design was extremely good. He managed to make one which descended gently whilst carrying a LEGO mini figure. His tutor was most impressed as it was better than hers. It was definately a proud mum moment.

He will be starting his secondary education in September once we have sorted out a school. We are still in negotiations with the local education authority at the moment and if that doesn't work we have a tribunal to got to later in the year. I'm really very worried about his education as although he is extremely bright, he struggles due to his sensory processing disorder, lack of self esteem and anxieties. We'll just have to see what we are offered and if we think he will cope.

Bye for now x

One Grumpy Bump at the Weekend

A long lie in, aaahhhh bliss.

Was expecting a visit from my sister in law and got the cream cakes in ready. Hoping she would arrive with her boys so they could all play together. Sadly it was not to be, no phone call, nothing.

Enter one very pee'd off boy who hates it when things don't happen as planned. It was hard listening to him trying to make sense of his disappointment (mainly swearing and being generally obnoxious). I did try to explain that sometimes things don't always go as expected. It didn't help lighten his mood and he was a real grumpy bump for the most of the day.

He eventually decided to take his anger out by playing Smash Bros Brawl on the Wii. It really did seem to help. Not bad really, considering a few months ago he'd probably thrown a humdinger of a tantrum. You have to be grateful for the small mercy's in life.

The morning after Torchwood - Children of Earth Finale

I have never seen a tv progamme that left me so wrung out after it had finished. It was a stunning, utterly devastating and wholly gripping piece of drama. To everyone who thought John Barrowman could only play himself it showed what a high calibre actor he really is. The writers and actors of this edge of your seat, 5 day rollercoaster ride should be justifiably proud of what they achieved.

Always wanted to do this

Well that's it I've finally done it. I've started a blog. Can't promise I'll update it everyday as life here can be exhausting to say the very least.

This a blog of work, housework and a special child, my boy, who has Asperger syndrome. I am using it as a way of helping me survive each day, celebrating triumphs and letting others see the reality of life with a special boy. My boy. Whom I love more than life itself.

It's not always easy living in our house, but you have to take the rough with the smooth. It is worth it for all the good bit's. A smile, a hug, being told those three words and seeing him progress, to succeed and overcome previously insurmountable difficulties.

Bye for now x