On the Couch with Chocolate: Almost to the end of Senior year!

On the Homefront

You know it's been a crazy week when I start with the homefront first. Our calendar has looked like a mosaic with all of the different colored boxes overlapping and butting up next to each other. This week the boys have had 3 medical appointments, 2 meetings, an SOL test, and college placement testing. This is on top of regularly scheduled activities - horseback riding, youth group, and gymnastics practice. And, my husband had a church meeting squeezed in there. My husband and I are tired!

Although it was a crazy, busy week, these were all necessary things that were accomplished. That is always a good feeling.

We have a fairly relaxed weekend ahead of us, so we are looking forward to that. We are going to a cookout Saturday evening. We have 2 invitations for Sunday. Not sure we will make it to both. S is volunteering all day Monday. As long as the weather is nice, my husband, J, and I will hang out at the beach during that time. Looking forward to that!

The Senior

S has had things on the calendar every day this week - Chiropractor, Social Security meeting, College Placement testing, Youth Group, meeting with DBVI Vocational Rehab counselor, and horseback riding.

With all of the various agency meetings S has had to attend lately, there have been a lot of discussions at home about his future. They are always interesting conversations as S’s ADD starts to run rampant. My husband does a good job of summarizing our conversations in his post, Simple problem solving.

This was a week of getting answers and planning the next steps forward. All of the frustration S has felt in the weeks building up to this point is gone as he sees how it all fit together. He got through the wave. Last night was one of the first nights in a LONG time that we didn't have things we needed to get together or discuss or finish something up. He enjoyed that very much.

The big news this week is that S is done with English!!!! He has one class to finish up for his senior year - German IV. As he told me yesterday, “You know, I can sit and do that for hours.”

He hasn't volunteered all month since he has been working hard to cross things off his to-do list. He will be volunteering for 6 hours on Memorial Day.

Tonight we are going to Busch Gardens to partake in the Food and Wine Festival while J is at practice. J figured S could eat his way through the park tonight and make recommendations for when he is able to go. The Food and Wine Festival is S's favorite activity there!

The Sophomore

J had a busy week also. He started his week with bloodwork for his allergy testing. He has ended his week with a 730 appointment with the Pediatric Nephrologist for a follow up for his high blood pressure. My husband took him to the early appointment.

In between his bookend appointments, he had an SOL History test for school. He has some projects to work on this weekend. He finished up a project last weekend and is turning it in today (early) for extra credit.

He only had practice for 4 days this week since his coach was just returning from vacation. J was glad to be back in the gym although he got a nasty rip the first night of practice this week!