A little of everything

I haven’t been back here much since the first new entry I wrote.  I was having difficulty getting my diary to even load.  It seems to all be there now and it’s not moving as slowly as before.  I plan to do some reminiscing and read through entries from when K was a baby.  She will be 13 this year.  I cannot believe it most days, but she’s so wise and mature for her age that it seems that she was 13 ages ago.  An old soul I suppose.

Speaking of K, she has a band concert tonight.  My little band nerd.  She loves playing the flute.  She’s considering not doing so next year because she doesn’t like her teacher. I hope I can talk her out of it because I don’t want one person to ruin something she loves.  I keep telling her to just ride it out until marching band because she is going to LOVE doing that.  My best memories from high school are from marching band and I was an awful clarinet player!

Little A is struggling at home.  I think I have finally accepted that she is likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.  I feel kind of silly that I missed it since I am literally a mental health social worker for children.  I have pulled out the parent check lists and she scored a 24 on a test that has a minimum 15 to match the diagnosis.  Even if I only count the ones she scored highest on, she still gets a 15.  I have a meeting with her teacher Friday to find out if it’s manifesting at school.  Thus far she seems to have been keeping it together at school but she’s only in kindergarten and it’s bound to spill over into school if we don’t address it soon.  The next step will be going to our doctor. I am hoping that they will listen to me and start immediately with a medication.  We have been doing all of the other things for well over six months with little to no change. Actually it’s been getting worse in a lot of ways.  I will continue to do the other things but I don’t see them working without the medication to help.

We have less than 90 days until our vacation to Florida/Disney.  I am a little worried about taking Little A there with the newfound mental health concerns.  I think it will help that I know what to expect and can plan ahead to handle and/or avoid meltdowns.  Our family really needs this fun time together though. I was texting with hubby’s grandma about when we would be down there.  We hadn’t asked if we could stay with her the day before check in or the day of check out but she was thrilled when I asked today.  It’s hard for her to be away from us but she can’t handle the weather up here anymore.  It gives us a little extra excuse to take a trip to Florida though so that’s a bonus.

I did apply for graduate school.  I think my last document was submitted today so now they can proceed with processing it.  If I can get my acceptance letter soon, I may be able to apply for a stipend through my work.  That would be quite helpful.

I suppose this is enough for now.  Back soon.

~Tav