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Connor has gone away to my parents before, but for some reason yesturday's leaving took my by surprise. My cousin and her mother showed up Friday so my cousin could visit a college near us. She'll be graduating with her BA in Psychology soon and she wants to go on to get her ABA in it and the college she wants to go to is very close to where we live. Anyway, after touring the campus she came back to our place for lunch and asks if she can take Connor up to Green Bay until Wednesday. On Wednesday… Continue

For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear. My daughter seemed pleased wi… Continue

As you may or may not know, my son has issues. I mean that in a completely loving way. This past year has been nothing but one big learning moment for my family because of it. We've changed quite a few of the time honored parenting methods because they just don't work for connor and have had to buck the societal norms like no other to make life easier for all of us. But it's not over yet. Now we're facing the nutritional crazed people. Everyone, including the therapists, doctors, and even the na… Continue

Friday!!! Yay! It's my day off. Connor is at daycare today for his weekly socialization and playtime. Some people think I'm silly to keep paying for daycare when I'm home, but he needs to play with kids his own age and I need to have time away from him, so every friday morning I wake up early and tote his little behind to daycare.

And for the first time in 6 weeks, I actually have today off, completely. I don't have chores to do or homework that piled up. I have had such a productive week that… Continue

First let me start by saying....*screams* ARG!!!!!!!!!!

Ok now that that is off my chest I feel alot better. Well not really, but at least I don't feel like screaming anymore. This week has been one of those weeks that has me flabergasted. To start, I'm going to school completely online so everything that we have to do has to be done online. In my paralegal class we have been assigned to teams and our first team project is to decide who will be the team leader for each of the next 5 units and w… Continue