Long time readers know that I’m hardly shy when it comes to politics. I’ve had lawn signs since I’ve had a yard to put them in, and I’ve grown up with my family knowing politicians, or being involved in issues…
So we’re already into the 2016 electoral cycle, as it would seem, and I of course am already getting requests for money from campaigns. Continue reading
Autism and illness don’t really mix in our house.
It’s hard enough with R, who isn’t particularly helpful in describing when he’s not feeling well… but then you have the Monster, who’s positively non-verbal when it comes to how he’s feeling. Continue reading
This is the last year we’re celebrating Father’s Day in our house.
No, I’m not moving out, and nothing’s happened to the kids. I’m not getting a gender reassignment… nothing like that.
I just don’t see the point of it anymore. Continue reading
Yesterday, my wife asked me to take the day off so that we could take the kids to Sesame Place. Baltimore City schools let out early for the summer this week – on Monday – and while the rest of the state seems to still be in classes, it seemed an ideal opportunity for us to fill some time for both children by taking them somewhere fun.
As my long time readers already know, I love how Seaworld Entertainment accommodates guests with disabilities. Sesame Place has been the top of the heap in this regard – they’ve been so easy with regards to accommodating the Monster, and their policies in general are very disability friendly – so we’ve always looked forward to our trips there. We’ve even bought season passes, despite the fact that it’s twice as far away (if not more) than the nearest Six Flags park.
So a visit to Sesame Place is fairly standard for us – we park, we go inside, the wife goes to Guest Relations just inside the gate to get the bracelet and RAP sheet for the Monster, and we go about our day. And then… this year came with a change. Continue reading
Every summer, my company finds something for us to do with our families. For several years in a row, it was the company picnic at a local swimming club, but… then we grew a lot. So it got moved, first to Six Flags America (see On the Road – Six Flags America), and then the last two years have been at Hersheypark. (Given where the staff at our company live, it just makes more sense to have it north of the office than south.) Continue reading
We’re used to the Monster saying weird, random things out of the blue – it’s part of how his Autism presents. A lot of the time, it’s a fill-in for another word – oftentimes, the word is “banana” or “Sesame Street” or the like. And every so often, he says something new that we’re not quite understanding.
A few weeks ago, it was random earworms – an Ariana Grande song, then “Bills” by Lunchmoney Lewis – but today, he came into the media room while I was cooling off, saying something about “criss-cross.” Continue reading
I’m only home for a short bit between trips – the wife and I returned from the Dominican Republic last night, and I’m off to Minnesota today for the weekend – so I’ll keep it a little bit short and sweet.
I’ve mentioned in another post that we have a communication log for when the Monster’s at school. Our communication system isn’t fantastic when it comes to how we handle things when we’re not around at home… Continue reading