As the boys and I took off to Thailand with my family, Drew's father was supposed to come from South Carolina to help care for Drew after his knee surgery...but he unexpectedly passed away a few weeks before. It was unexpected and completely devestating! He called me about an hour before we got the news that he'd passed...and that alone, haunts me, and probably always will. Why didn't I answer, just because I was in bed and sleepy!? What did he have to say?! Was he calling to say 'goodbye' and was hoping I'd be more likely to answer?! Why didn't I just answer the fucking call?!? And there's just nothing I can do or really say to ever make this devastation Drew's going through go away. He's been holding up all too well...but I just know how heartbroken he is...every time he wants to discuss sports...talk about life...tell him about his accomplishments...share the latest Timmy quote. Honestly, part of me has been avoiding writing this blog because it's been too hard to come to terms with and actually write about. So, I'm not going to hang on this topic, I just can't, unless I wanna sob all night.
The autistic evaluation went well. The doctor scoffed at the fact that just because they don't speak much, that we would be led to believe anything was wrong. He said just the simple fact that both boys fully engaged with him and interacted with him when he did his Donald Duck impersonation was a 'tell-tale' sign that they aren't autistic. Such a huge relief to know they're perfect, just a little slower with their verbal skills.
They did great in Thailand...at least as well as one can expect young children to handle it when taken out of their comfort zone, put around strangers, surrounded by a language they don't understand, and food they've never seen before. Timmy had a few meltdowns and by the end of the trip would breakdown in tears if you mentioned Drew! And it was so hard for me to leave him behind, after his father passed and then his knee surgery! I felt like the worst wife ever. We skyped a lot while I was over there, but two weeks is a long time to be away from my heart! His knee is like new though! It's truly remarkable, and he's taking very good care of it, as he should!
Timmy's last preschool teacher sold her house, and thereby isn't carrying on her business...so we had to find Timmy a new preschool. It's hard to find one that isn't too expensive and that don't have full day and full week schedule. We luckily got him in at one, which is quite a drive into town (25 minutes on a good day) but offers a flexible schedule and isn't a 2016 car payment! ((Edit: a few days before school started I called the local elementary to see if I could get him in for speech therapy, and they asked if he'd be attending preschool there, which I didn't know they had. They enrolled him and evaluated his speech and because of his personalized education, he qualifies for free preschool, which is a relief because this one was a nice car payment!)
Speaking of long drives...it's long because we moved into Airway Heights! That's right, we bought that HUD house I briefly told you about! It all happened so fast! It's been a crazy summer for our family! We love the new house, but more so the neighborhood!
Drew's been working a ton lately and I've been working way more than I normally do...but hopefully it'll calm down soon and we can start enjoying life a bit more. We need to go on a picnic and go to Silverwood and just take advantage of life, cuz it's happening right now!!
I just got my Mirena taken out on Monday (it was a whole big ordeal because the strings curled and they couldn't get it out in the office, so I had to be prepped for 'surgery' to have it removed!) so we can possibly have one last little babe! I'm excited and completely terrified all at the same time. I've been wanting another one...but some days, life feels so overwhelming as it is! Guess we'll see...stay tuned!
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