Well Alec is finally back to school and on the mend. Looks like the antibiotics did the trick. Bram has been sick too, but so far it seems like the standard cold.

I feel lately like I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I have an Uncle that has been in a special care home and I’m the contact person for him. He has Parkinsons and recently he had a fall and ended up in the hospital. Fortunately, not seriously injured but they have upgraded his status for care from a level 2 to a level 3 which means he needs to go in a nursing home. So, I’ve been busy dealing with his social worker, contacting nursing homes, going through the process to have him admitted. It’s hard to find the time to do all of this between sick kids, work, my business (which suddenly became really busy over the past week), and life in general. I’m just going to tackle each project one at a time until I’m done them all.

And a very big concern is Alec’s school environment. He has had problems since the beginning there and they got better for a while but now they seem to be getting worse again. He’s bullied and teased on a regular basis. At first the staff seemed to take it seriously but now they seem to think he is just tattling all the time. I recognize there is a balance, but I think it’s happening so frequently with Alec that they are getting tired of hearing it. He is a different kid and stands out and nearly ALL the kids in his class seem to zero in on him. We took him yesterday to start the process of having him tested for ADD. Since he was an infant people have told us that he probably has ADD but I always looked at it as he had certain behaviours that he needed help with. I hated labelling it. And it was always manageable but now that he is in the school system and of course having trouble conforming, it’s becoming more of a problem. Now fortunately, the counsellor we took him to, is not a proponent of medication except as a very last resort with extreme cases. And it will also let us find out if there is really anything to the potential Asperger’s aspect as well. So we have a lot of decisions to make regarding Alec with school, life, etc.

I think when I get overwhelmed, I’ll do like that taxi guy in that movie where Tom Cruise is the hitman. Take a moment to visit in my head some beautiful get away vacation place:)