It is 11:46 am and today is already a really good day. This morning I handed out chore scavenger hunt lists and Link went right to work. Usually he looks at the list, feels overwhelmed, and disappears into a game. Today he systematically finished the items on his list. AND half the items on Patches list. AND some items from Gleek’s list. He was cheerful and happy and felt wonderfully accomplished. Kiki also finished her list in record time. Then she went right to work stamping numbers into books that are slated to be numbered sketch editions. Yesterday she spent 4 hours on this task, she probably has another couple of hours before the job is done. Gleek and Patches haven’t been so enthusiastic about work, but since I didn’t have to endure any whining from the older two, I had plenty of energy to manage the younger two.
And we have books! They arrived yesterday and now I can finally begin to get some of these orders processed so that they aren’t weighing on my mind. We still have lots of preparatory work for the upcoming mailing parties. Howard has to sketch 200 books per day between now and then. He also has to sign about 150 books per day. We hope that he can be all done before the mailing days and the launch party so that he can enjoy himself rather than spending the events drawing until his hand curls into a crippled husk.
Perhaps best of all we’re getting a surge of orders yesterday and today. I’ve been able to play click. We’re narrowing the gap between book sales last May and now.
Wonderful news about Link. That doesn’t sound like a compliant zombie at all 🙂 It’ll be neat seeing, down the road, how much of this is the medical treatment and how much is the confidence boost.
I remember being *relieved* to find out I had dyslexia. It meant my problems in Calculus weren’t due to me being an idiot, a goof-off, simply refusing to apply myself, a girl who should have known better than to try and major in real subjects like statistics, and all the other things that had been said by others and internalized by me until I felt they were all true and I was worthless. Nope. There was actually something we could point to and say “THAT’S why she is writing down equations that bear little resemblance to what is being posted on the board. Coping mechanisms developed over the years hid the symptoms until they finally weren’t sufficient any more. Time to develop new coping mechanisms.”
(I still struggled with calculus all three years I had to take it in uni, but it was a less emotionally-charged struggle that didn’t bleed over into my self-worth as much)
Are you going to be going the same route you did last time with frozen chimichangas, lasagnas, chicken fingers, and other goodies that were not seen on the dinner table for some time?
I need to place our pre-order. I completely forgot about it after losing the earlier order LOL (one of the side effects of peri that I’ve got, in spades, is forgetfulness. Drives me NUTS. And I REFUSE to use it as an excuse!)
Wonderful news about Link. That doesn’t sound like a compliant zombie at all 🙂 It’ll be neat seeing, down the road, how much of this is the medical treatment and how much is the confidence boost.
I remember being *relieved* to find out I had dyslexia. It meant my problems in Calculus weren’t due to me being an idiot, a goof-off, simply refusing to apply myself, a girl who should have known better than to try and major in real subjects like statistics, and all the other things that had been said by others and internalized by me until I felt they were all true and I was worthless. Nope. There was actually something we could point to and say “THAT’S why she is writing down equations that bear little resemblance to what is being posted on the board. Coping mechanisms developed over the years hid the symptoms until they finally weren’t sufficient any more. Time to develop new coping mechanisms.”
(I still struggled with calculus all three years I had to take it in uni, but it was a less emotionally-charged struggle that didn’t bleed over into my self-worth as much)
Are you going to be going the same route you did last time with frozen chimichangas, lasagnas, chicken fingers, and other goodies that were not seen on the dinner table for some time?
I need to place our pre-order. I completely forgot about it after losing the earlier order LOL (one of the side effects of peri that I’ve got, in spades, is forgetfulness. Drives me NUTS. And I REFUSE to use it as an excuse!)
Is Link on meds already? It sure sounds like it.
Is Link on meds already? It sure sounds like it.