Aspie Mom

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.

Well that’s frustrating

In the past 2 years, since we found out Kiddo has Asperger’s, no one has ever once mentioned the NNY Autism Center. I don’t know if it would be something we could have made use of or not… possibly not but it irks me that it was never once mentioned. I just found out about this place a moment ago because I saw it on a school/business weather related closings list. Sure… we are moving in less than 3 weeks so now we couldn’t make use of this place even if we wanted to. *sigh*

A little worried

We will be moving in just a few weeks now. Coming up really fast. One great thing about the move is that I already have a job waiting for me. I just have to go through the formality of the application project but the job is guaranteed. It is not a glamorous job by any means. I’d only be a packer in a plant but it pays unbelievably well and has complete health benefits plus some other little perks. Here’s the bad news though. I would most likely be second shift which would be around 3pm to 11pm. I will work whatever I have to because we absolutely need the income and benefits. But that is going to mean, I will only see Kiddo in the mornings before school and on weekends. In the summer it won’t be so bad but during the school year it is going to be a big problem.

I don’t know what to do. Do I turn down the guaranteed job and guaranteed income so I can find a lower paying job with better hours somewhere else? Or do I make us all suffer with it and hope for the best? There is a very slight chance I could get a different job with the company but that isn’t guaranteed. The guy said we would talk about it when the time comes but can’t make any promises of course. I don’t know what to do.