Well, I apologize, I know that it has been a while, well to be more exact a F-ing long time. I am sorry, I have just had a little more than normal going on...and it was just enough to keep me away.
I am breaking the Intertron Silence today. I need to get it all out, and there is no better place than here.
It started as an awesome day off. The first day off from work in weeks, weeks, yes, weeks I said. I had plans, too. Plans to sleep in, take Gunnar to get enrolled in school, go to the grocery store, do some of the bagged up lice laundry, and then get some sleep...some blissful, much needed sleep...oh, and unfortunately, none of this included blogging (sorry).
Did not get to sleep in. Had to wake the munchkins up for school, I always do, but the plan was for the hubby to get them ready...but he had the right idea of not waking up. I did try really hard to go back upstairs and go to sleep...but the sun had already warmed my bones...and I had the chance to see the downstairs and the dishes, and the laundry...so up it was.
I did get to take Gunnar to school, however, due to some, well, we'll call it insane rule. Gunnar can only be enrolled in school between the hours of 10 and 1 and only on Wednesdays. So if you are a parent that works...you're kid can't get enrolled to go to school in the fall? Stupid rule. Needless to say, me being me, the principal having been my 1st grade teacher, and someone who has become well aware of the stink that can be made...Gunnar got enrolled to attend Kindergarten in the Fall. He will go to be evaluated for main stream or special ed in August right before school starts.
We did get to go to the grocery store. We only had one major meltdown, in which the threat of putting everything back on the shelves and go home was able to thwart. Why the meltdown? We made him wear socks (his feet smell like vinegar, I wanted to try...sue me). We managed to rack up a total of $379.98 in groceries that after gift cards, coupons, and Red Card discount came to...$128.74. Hold your applause.
I got none of the blessed lice laundry done as of yet, but the night is young.
Got the kids off of the bus and the groceries put away...opened Brenna's backpack to find a note stating that children would not be allowed to attend the field trip to the zoo tomorrow without walking shoes or sneakers. Brenna tried hers on...for the first time since March...and of course, they didn't fit. So we needed to go to Target to get a new pair.
I suppose the next part is kind of my fault.
We got to Target, Brenna tried on 1 pair of shoes...really the only pair that would fit her size 3 foot and were still cute and girly. Gunnar wanted shoes. I said no...so he took his off and threw them down the aisle. I tried to snatch him up, but he ran...and he can run. I did my best to keep up and still have the other 2 remain in sight as well as him. I finally caught him and he started to rip things down off of the shelves and kicking and punching me. I finally had to push him to the ground and sit on him. We managed to calm him down, so I put him in the basket...mostly so he couldn't sprint off running again, and we headed to the check out lanes.
Well when we got there, the shoe box was empty because Brenna only grabbed the box and didn't pick the shoes up off of the ground...so we had to go back to the scene of the crime. It reignited the you are not getting shoes. He started screaming, one woman pointed and shook her head. Honestly, I am aware of how things look, but I was using all my patience up with him. I had yet to yell, I was still holding him tight like in a bear hug like I have been taught to do by his doctors, I was closing my eyes, counting to 10, I was not giving in, I tried to make things as safe for him and others as I could in a Target. But that woman, well I used all my patience up on and with Gunnar, so doing my best not to let him run again, I pointed at her and said "He's autistic, what the hell is your excuse for behaving like a child?!" Honestly, not my finest moment.
I broke down into tears. I was thankful that Brenna was there to help keep Odin calm and safe in the cart...or I don't know what would have happened.
On the flip side of the coin, 1 woman did come over, offer a tissue and ask if there was anything that she could do, I told her that she just did. I picked myself up, got Gunnar back into the cart that he had flipped jumping out of it, and did my best to hold my head high as we went to buy my daughter a pair of shoes to go to the zoo in.
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