Aspie Mom

One of these days

One of these days I will post regularly again. With moving to MO from NY and then moving from my dad’s home to our current home… it has been hard to find any time to be online. We are doing well though and Kiddo is doing very well herself.

We are still doing the homeschooling. My job starts next week and I will be working evenings… 2:30 to 11pm or something like that. While it would be so much easier for me to just send Kiddo to school, if I do that, I will never see her so that just isn’t going to work. And she really likes homeschooling because it is so much more relaxed and it is at her own speed rather than everyone else’s. If we have to spend a week on a single math page, that’s what we do. And we can talk about subjects that SHE likes. It makes it more interesting and fun for her. Gotta love that!

Not to say that homeschooling is always fun and easy. It is far from easy. I have a million things on my plate right now so finding time to get it all done and get homeschooling in can be a real challenge. But if it is what will be best for us, then I will suffer with the extra work.

Been a really long time!

Sorry for the lack of updates but I have been ultra busy. We still have not moved into a home yet. We will be doing that on the 1st of April. YAY!!

I do have some big news though… Starting Monday, I will be homeschooling Kiddo. This may only be a temporary thing but I’m kind of hoping that it might be permanent. Getting a job has been a problem as well and whether or not I can homeschool permanently will depend mostly on my schedule.

I went to our local teacher store and bought some books to work out of and will be coming up with other things as well. I just needed something to get started with. I finished writing out lesson plans for the first week and am so excited about starting on Monday! Kiddo is looking forward to it as well. While she is never excited about school work, she likes the fact that we can work at our own pace. The pressure is off and she can relax. If it takes us three days to get through a particular math page, then so be it. At least she will have the opportunity to really LEARN it rather than being rushed through whether she understands it or not.

I have looked up the state laws and will be following them. They are pretty simple requirements really. Need to document attendance and hours and I need to keep a portfolio of sample work that Kiddo has done. Won’t be any trouble.

Been a long time!

Well, we are back in the Midwest and I’m glad for the most part. The only trouble is that landing a job has proven to be a very slow moving task. And even though we have the severance pay to put towards rent or whatever, no one will accept an application without a current income. So we have been stuck here at my dad’s house for the past three weeks. It has been thoroughly frustrating.

Kiddo is doing ok but is pretty crabby. Understandable I suppose. She’s been bounced around so much. I’m rather crabby myself right now. Just so much stress.

Just wanted to post and say that I am still around. May be a little while longer before I can post regularly again though.

On Hiatus

I will not be updating for a little while. We are getting ready for our big move next week. I have no idea when we will be settled into a new home or when we will have internet service set up so I have no idea when I will be back online just yet. I will be able to check email from time to time at my dad’s house though.

See you soon!

Why didn’t I think of that?

I posted yesterday that I was really worried about how I would make things work after our move… with having to work nights and not be able to see Kiddo most of the week other than right before school. I was worried that this situation just wouldn’t work well… especially for Kiddo.

A HUGE thank you goes to Kara for reminding me that there is always the homeschooling option which would give me that time with Kiddo and at the same time, it would relieve a huge amount of stress that she’d be feeling. It would solve a number of problems that she faces with school including work related stress, bullies, etc. I am most definitely going to look into the Missouri laws and see what I need to do. It sure would help a lot. I can’t believe I never even thought about doing this.

I thought about homeschooling here but decided against it only because we were getting ready to move and I didn’t want to get Kiddo used to it when I might have to put her back in public school again. But for some reason, it just never crossed my mind to homeschool during the day and work nights. It does make a lot of sense doesn’t it? Thanks again Kara!

Yesterday was our last appointment with Kiddo’s social worker. I almost cried because I really will miss her. She has been so good with Kiddo and has really helped a lot. She gave Kiddo a gift of colors, paper, and a big bag of Oreo cookie Minis because she remembered that Kiddo loves Oreos. She wanted to give her something fun to do in the car when we move. It was so sweet.

She also gave me some catalogs for specialty items that relate to Asperger’s/Autism, social skills, anxiety, etc. There are books (most of which I’m familiar with) and games. There are several I want to get when we can. That also may coincide with homeschooling too.

I am feeling so much better about all of this now.