Summer's Over :(

We all seem to live such peaceful, joyous lives when summer starts. Then school time comes around and the stress jumps in and kicks everything up a notch.

Yesterday:
-I had to drive to Rayland to pick Cory and Jessicah up from school then drive to Steubenville to pick Trey up from school then drive to Wintersville to Dr. Shabab's office then to the mission to drop off 17 bags and one box of clothes to donate.
-All the kids had to get two shots.
-Trey screamed and cried and it took four of us to hold him down.
-Brinxx hurt his foot.
-Jessicah caught a bad cold.
-I forgot to send forms back to the high school.
-I forgot the medical forms to give to the doctor for the school.
-I forgot to drop the clothes off.

Today:
-I slept in and didn't get up until the time I normally leave to take Trey to the bus stop. Five minutes later, the bus people called to tell me his bus was there early.
-The kids are all sore from the shots.
-Jessicah's cold is a nasty one.
-Jessicah had a terrible bloody nose.
-Jessicah had to miss school.
-Cory missed the school bus.
-Brinxx's foot is still tender.
-Cory went to get Trey off the bus for me and they wouldn't let him have him. I had to give permission over the phone.
-Found out that Trey isn't allowed to get on or off the bus unless I'm there with him.
-I was supposed to take the medical forms to the doctor to be filled out then take them to the school. I gave up and took the day off and didn't go anywhere!

Those are just the things I can remember right off hand and just for the last two days! Insanity.

The shots were awful! Cory and Jessicah did very well with it, but poor little Trey cried and screamed. It was heart wrenching. He always did great with shots and blood drawing before he had to have stitches in his leg over the summer. They gave him the numbing shot right in the cut and that must've been what scared him so bad for the shots yesterday. Poor Jessicah didn't cry when she got her own shots, but the tears flowed freely when her little brother got his. It was so sad. Thank God he won't need another one for a couple more years.

Cory is 5'7" and weighs 163 pounds. Dr. Shabab said he needs to lay off the carbs and get more active. I'm just glad he's not under weight like he was when he was younger. I used to worry about that so much. He also has a pulled muscle on his side so he's sore and isn't allowed to lift anything heavy.

Jessicah is 5'5" and a half and weighs 97 pounds and is finally no longer under weight. Thank God! I've been worried about her too. If she hadn't caught up by this visit, I was going to talk to Dr. Shabab about it. She has a nasty cold and had to miss school today. She had a terrible bloody nose earlier this evening.

Trey is 4'6" and weighs 76 pounds. His weight was always good for his height, but he was always short for his age. He'd normally average about two years behind in physical growth, but he's finally within the "normal" range! Barely, but he's there! I was so excited to hear it!

It's very upsetting to know that all of your children have been under weight. It's always troubled me so much. My mom was always like that too when she was growing up so Dr. Shabab says it's most likely genetics because they're all obviously very healthy. I understand what he's saying and I believe him, but it's still something that's hard for a mother to accept. I'm just so extremely glad that they're all on target now!

Cory's actually enjoying school this year. I don't think he ever gave a specific reason other than mentioning that he likes all of his teachers this year. Thank God! Maybe this year I won't have to complain about them so much. Now if he'll just behave and figure out when to stand up for himself and when to keep his mouth shut and if he'll do his work when he's supposed to, maybe we'll actually finally have a good year!

Jessicah's not so crazy about school this year because she's taking honors classes so her work is harder this year and she has some classes with kids a grade ahead of her. She'll do great with it though as long as she doesn't let the stress get to her.

I finally got Trey into an Autism school. It's the Jefferson Regional Spectrum Center in Steubenville and I love it! More importantly, he loves it! There is one teacher and three aids and only seven students! At the most, there will only ever be eight students in the class! Excellent teacher/student ratio! He hasn't had a single homework assignment since school started last Tuesday, he's made new friends, likes his teacher and looks forward to going to school! I still get nervous about him being gone, but not nearly as bad as it was before. This school has already made a tremendous difference for us all.