Saturday, September 26, 2009

Ding Dong, the psycho cat is gone!!!!

Forgot to update you all, those who questioned my sanity as to why we have kept psycho cat so long (you know who you are!)
When we moved, she was so freaked out, she moved her kittens and we couldn't find them. So, we moved to our new home (.5 miles away) and I felt so guilty just leaving her and the kittens there! Especially when the animal cruelty commercial came on!
I took McKay over and we looked and couldn't find her and he just bellows "Kitty" like he has for the past two years and she comes trotting from across the street. He picks her up and gives her loves and then opens a can of cat food for her and he starts looking for those kittens.
He finally started asking the neighbors and she moved them to a neighbors home 3 houses away. McKay got them all and got Minerva and we brought them to the new house where they stayed...ONE night...then Steve took them all to the pound. Thus the chapter ends on psycho cat and ALL cats in our home.

Thoughts on moving....


This is our new house. It doesn't look so big on the outside but somehow, it is HUGE-almost too big. I think it is 4700 square feet.
We are still unpacking and we have been in here for 3 weeks now. I think with each move, we can tell we are getting older because of how long it takes us to recover! We are just sooo tired. I slept in today until 10-10:00!!!! I mean I haven't done that since I had pneumonia...last May...ok, it hasn't been that long since I have slept in. BUT, I woke up to Steve bringing me his delicious banana pancakes (inspired by Jack Johnson song) If you have not had them, come and visit and Steve will make you some, they are delicious! Steve is the king of breakfast food an bbq-what more does one need?




Thursday, September 3, 2009

What happens when you start a job...

that you don't love? I am on my second week training working for Central Valley Autism Project (CVAP). It is a great organization that uses Dr. Lovaas' ABA program and it has been written about and is thought very highly of and I was really excited to work there but I don't LOVE it.
Am I expecting too much? Should you LOVE the job you are in? On Monday, I was working with a child that is young and fairly new to the program and I spent the whole morning on the bathroom floor because we are potty training him and trying to do the program with him (make eye contact, give me a high five, sustain 15 seconds of looking at something) and I am sorry, but I don't want to spend a morning on the bathroom floor with another child-totally would and HAVE with my own-but not too thrilled with it. But someone needs to do it and I know that they will and can progress!
Maybe I should have had a clue when they talked about arm guards for biting, and head butting etc on my first day. I keep wondering if I need to just stick with it and maybe I would enjoy it more. I also think I can't just quit-I mean, I just don't quit-that just isn't me-especially only after 2 weeks.
On the positive side, I have started tutoring two students for dyslexia and LOVE that!!! SO, excited how this will change their lives. I would love to get more students and do more of that. I would REALLY love to tap into the home schooled kids so I can do it during the day when my kids are at school. (would that make me a hypocrite because I don't homeschool my kids?)

So, ideally, I want to get more dyslexic student to tutor and go and get my masters. So, I guess I better figure out how to do that.
AND move with all this going on-yes we are moving on Saturday-ugh!!!!