Day 3

Hi. We had a quiet day at home today. I don't think we left the house at all. A friend stopped by at 11 and I still had my pajamas on. Oops. Tonight my cousin came over for dinner. That was tons of fun. She's so good with the kids. We had a good dinner and then made chai smoothies and watched a movie after the girls went to bed. It's 1:14 a.m. now and I'm thinking I should go to sleep. The movie was Mozart and the Whale...very interesting. It's about 2 people with Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism) who fall in love and try to work through their challenges. Love is complex enough without extra challenges! I always love movies that give me insight into someone else's world. I used to tutor a boy with Asperger's Syndrome, and his mother was very patient in teaching me how to help him. For example, I used to whistle while he worked until she told me that that sounds like fingernails on chalk to him. He used to get really distracted by the high-pitched whistle of the fluorescent lighting, too, which I never even noticed. And if we switched to a different table, he was in a foul mood for the rest of the session. I don't understand much of how the brain works, but the rest of us definitely take sensory input for granted. OK. I'm going to bed now. One more day at home and then we travel. I'm excited to see Hubby. So is Big Sissy. She is starting to talk about Daddy a lot. Today she pretended she was having a birthday party, and Daddy was meeting her there. It's a little sad, but it is motivating me to get excited about the trip.