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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[my_thestral]

My older son is 10, nearly 11, and he's been having these problems for years. As an Asperger child he will have medications available to him, but I was hoping I could delay that for another few years, until he hits the puberty for real, because then the problems tend to escalate considerably. But with the rate he's going, I'm going to have to put him on pills prematurely if things keep going in this direction. There is literally zero filter from his explosive mind to his actions. To be honest, we're all quite temperamental, but as an adult you are socialised enough to keep your more hot-headed impulses to yourself and act civilly - but he isn't, at least not yet.
It doesn't help, that he also has ADHD and dyspraxia, so his attention span is super-short, his attention is all over the place and he's not very good with motorics, so he finds it hard to establish himself and create some kind of status for himself among his peers. At least his brother is the complete opposite - he's 6 and he has girls fighting over him already, so there's that. :)
Thank you so much for your encouraging words, I know you've got your own problems galore so I really appreciate it! :)