Bleh...

[my_thestral]

One of those dreadful weeks again - the little one is still ill, vomiting for nearly a week now, so we went back to the doctor and we're hopeful he'll be better by Wednesday, when he has his 7th birthday. The bed we ordered for him as a present 10 days ago is still not here, so I shouted at the shop assistant today and I blackmailed him into free delivery if the bed is not here by Wednesday - it's only good customer service, in this Slytherin opinion. ;)

I went to pick up son no.1 today at school only to find him shouting hysterically - apparently he had gotten in a fight with five other boys, broke up their ice sculpture and smacked a boy - an innocent bystander at that - in the mouth and gave him a split lip. His father was absolutely livid when he phoned the school, apparently. How will this impulse-driven Asperger son of mine ever avoid jail in the future, it's anyone's guess. *sigh* We try to explain the working of the system to him - if he becomes uncontrollably or too impulsively violent, he's going to end up institutionalised one way or another - and there won't be a damn thing I can do about that once he grows up. Not a very optimistic thought, I reckon. :(

In fandom/Lj related news: after digthewriter 's post about LJ no longer sending out friend notifications, I went to check out mine, just to discover that I have 3 new friends I never added back. :( That was immediately rectified, however it's hard not to feel a complete and utter idiot after that, so dear new friends, here are my profound apologies. (And a kick in the butt to you, LJ!) Because of the younger son's illness I'm also awfully behind on my Ron/Draco entry - it's literally been going nowhere lately, so I hope I can pull it together in time - if this prolonged stay at home continues for much longer, I might have to ask for extension (hopefully, I won't embarrass myself completely and drop out).

I haven't watched the Inauguration, but the first moves of The Orange One is taking are not promising: Withdrawing from Trans-pacific partnership or the proposed bill to pull the USA out of the United Nations - not to mention the monstrosity that is The global gag rule he just re-instated - now, these developments are not something that fills me with optimism - but then again the Dutch are more than up to the job of cheering me up with this "welcome" to the most megalomanic president ever - it made me giggle out loud and because it has English subtitles, you'll be able to enjoy it as well. :) I suppose as long as there is humour in this world, there is some hope left. Never mind the gloomy ol' me, I'll get over myself. :)

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[themightyflynn]

You know, I've had a few days recently where smacking some idiot in the mouth nearly became an option as well!
But, yes, having him react that way as a first response is never good. I have a feeling that my Asperger-having cousin is heading the same way. He's about 10 years older than yours, though, so he'll make it there fist! *sigh*

I checked mine and I only had one who I needed to friend back. But I have discovered that if you go to the profile of one of your friends, you can see a button titled "Modify Friend". If you click it, it takes you to the settings for that friend. From there you can check the notification thingy for birthdays if you're not getting them. Hopefully it will work, because I haven't gotten any bday notifications on here for months now. Kerrilee75's bday is in a few days, so I'll get to see whether that worked or not.

I am, as much as possible, completely ignoring anything political-related. Unless it's a certain friend on facebook who continues to post complete bullsh*t, in which case, I've been posting Snopes articles beneath his posts! :D I'm expecting to not be his friend on there for very long!

Hope your day is going well! :)

[my_thestral]

Well, to be honest, I was a bit of a wild one as well when I was my son's age (I broke a chair on someone's back but it was a wobbly chair and he totally had it coming, the bastard! LOL... I'm beginning to see the pattern) - but these are different times. If I came home with a split lip, my parents didn't even bother asking where I got it because they knew that the other person probably fared much worse. Today's parents are much more sensitive to their kids' well-being and that's not necessarily a bad thing, it just puts a person like my son in a position where he will eventually have to learn that actions like these can have serious consequences. Well, there are always pills for kids with autism...*sigh* I was hoping I'll have to use them when he's in puberty, but the way it looks right now, I'll have to start earlier. :P

I think the b-days are in person's profiles, for those who put them there, so I'll take some time one of these days and just write them out. I've got like, 20+ friends, it shouldn't take me long. :)

I'm politically engaged, to be honest, but not by belonging to any party, but by speaking out for things that interest me and my rights and my well-being. Because if you don't speak out, you can't say you've done all you can to make a stand for what you believe in. I'm a pretty passionate person and that extends to all areas of my life. I get smacked over the gob - figuratively, of course - for such attitude sometimes, and I can't say that sometimes I don't deserve it. But I believe in speaking out and staying informed. :)

Since my son's a bit better and will probably be going back to school tomorrow - I'm splendid! :D