Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Spring and school vacation

It has been a while since i posted, the reason is simple: School vacation. It means for most of us parents NO vacation, it means stress and bored kids. For us, it runs from a bored 5-year old to a hyper boy on the autism spectrum. That exactly means that the house has not seen a mop in over two weeks, my washing machine is on vacation too (b/c i have no time to even fill it). We wake up, we eat, we keep the kids entertained, we eat again, we try to keep Nicky quiet, b/c all windows are open due to the temps. We do all the things kids love and still he is so unhappy right now. It's depressing for us, we are not moving an inch forward.
So, it's been hard, but the weather is great, temps in the 80's, we eat outside on our little terrace, or we sit on our balcony over viewing the lake while watching the kids.
I have to admit, with the nice weather and spending the evening on the terrace, i am back to enjoy 1-3 glasses of Riesling wine. It's just sooo good, and it's my treat for a long, hard and frustrating day. No worries though!
And i have Wolfgang, who fights with me through the day, who makes me lough, even when i am close to tears. Did you know 80% of parents with autistic kids getting a divorce or getting separated....?
A Roller-coaster this last two weeks; we are going on a short trip Friday through Monday, let's hope Nicky is doing o.k. with it.
Happy spring!

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