School was cancelled today which means the meeting we had at the school was cancelled and needs to be rescheduled, sigh. The kids are with Nana and Grandad. They love storm days because it means going to the grandparents. They do fun activities like make muffins and do crafts.

My van is still in the shop. I’m spoiled I think. It feels wierd and inconvienient to not have wheels. Mind you with the running around with the kids, it’s a neccessity. And the bus system in Fredericton is terrible, running about once an hour and not going to many places like where Kevin lives. I was thinking about that today. It would be theoretically impossible for me to get Bram to daycare, Alec to school and myself to work if I had to take the bus. I don’t know how some people do it in Fredericton.

Well I figured when I started getting emails from people asking me if I was ok, that I’d better post again. I’m fine. It’s just that, surprise, I’m busy. Outside of work and kids, I’ve watched The Flight of the Phoenix and The Anchorman. I played basketball twice this week and I chatted with old friends. That’s about it for fun, work consumed most of my time. Oh wait, last week we took Alec to the Velveteen Rabbit ballet at the playhouse and he loved it. This week is March break and is packed full for Alec with a couple of days of art camp at the art gallery and a day at another day camp place. Today they are both home with Kevin. Bram has been somewhat crabby lately and eating all the time. He’s definitely going through a growth/developmental spurt.

I have to say that tonight I had the best game of basketball I’ve had since I was probably 16 years old. It was one of the games where you know you’re on, all the moves were right. Defense, offense, sigh, I suspect it may not happen again for a long time. The sweet, sweet sound of swoosh. Damn, it was good.

Well, it was bound to happen. I found my first gray hair on my head this weekend. I guess once it starts it doesn’t stop, guess I won’t be passing for 28 much longer, lol.

This week we met with the district psychologist, the principal and Alec’s teacher. The meeting went very well over all. Mostly because I felt the psychologist was very perceptive. Her assessement of Alec’s behaviour was very accurate considering the little amount of time she spent with him. In fact she pegged him quicker than his teacher had in the amount of time she has been teaching him. In some ways it is frustrating because we are starting to learn that we really are dealing with something but at the same time, it’s liberating because we may be able to do more. It’s looking more and more like Alec really does have Asperger’s Syndrome. She said much of his behaviour was characteristic of it but she also said that there were somethings that didn’t. (Much like the conclusion I had already come to a long time ago). She did an IQ test (WISC-IV) and she said that he is gifted (something else we had figured for a long time too). So, not only does he have trouble relating to his peers socially, he also has trouble relating to them in his interests, etc. She has recommended that Alec have some OT for his fine and gross motor skills. She’s also recommended that he have some enrichment programs and that he be buddied up with an older student that may be able to help him with some social skills and also act as a mentor. Next week, we see a pediatrician for further testing on the Aspergers. The ADD results have come back negative although he did say that if Alec’s IQ was above average the results may be skewed, so it will be a matter of isolating all these variable. But at least we’re making some progress and that’s a good thing.