unusual

This week feels like the Twilight Zone.

Brennan is in Virginia visiting close friends for fall break. I miss him terribly. I also know that he would be having a terrible time if he was home. Every fun thing I plan is boring to him, and he doesn't do well when he is bored. Or hungry. Or jealous. Or told to do something. Or ... When Brennan ain't happy, ain't noone happy.

Thursday we went to WalMart at 715am for a last minute item Brennan needed for his trip. Met the bus at the bus stop at 740 and sent the girls off to school. I took JJ to a sitter at 8 because he was suspended, got Brennan to the airport at 830, saw him off at 1040, picked JJ up at 1115, met Brennan's therapist and case manager at my home at 1130 for a CFT meeting. Very quick lunch at 1230, and back to the bus stop by 1240 to pick up the girls since it was a half day. They got off the bus at 1250, which made us have to FLY to the school for parent teacher conferences. Yes, if I had been more organized, I would have asked the teachers to keep the girls at school, but ...

A parent teacher conference at 1:00, which lasted until 1:40 even though it was only supposed to be 10 minutes. We got a rough draft of a behavior intervention plan together, though, since four days of suspension in two weeks is a huge red flag that he needs more than he is getting. Our 1:10 parent conference was able to be rescheduled for 1:45, and then we flew to the library. I was five minutes late for my first day on the (volunteer) job. My little ones play happily on the computers, and did so while I trained. For two hours. They rock. Then dinner, movie, showers and BED.

That was Day One of my vacation.