I am doing great. I love my job, my coworkers and bosses included but my schedule is kind of strange. Last month I worked mostly days but this month I am on nights (10pm-6am) and it is hard to get used to having sleep broken up. Four hours in the morning and 2-3 in the early evening right before I go to work. Has anyone ever had to do that before? Am I the only lazy cow that needs at least 7 hours of sleep? Compared to Mr. D I feel like a sloth. This man needs 4 hours and he is fine. I could just smack him for being such a hyper show off. But he has more gray hair than I do so HA! It has nothing to do with the 8 years in our age difference either. I can wish, can’t I?
M-Boy’s autism is coming into a new phase. It is funny how the syndrome seems to evolve as M-Boy ages. Before we dealt with rigid schedules, picky eating (only wanted junk food) and needing solitude. Now he is setting long term goals yet he has the cognition to understand that some careers would not be right for him because of his autism. I have real hope that he will be independent and productive in his adult years. For the first time I see him making changes in his behavior without my prompting. In return for his hard work, he is having better social exeriences. Way to go M-Boy.
16 responses so far ↓
kimananda // October 18, 2007 at 3:56 am
Yay M-Boy! And Yay, you! I hear you about the sleep thing, too. I haven’t worked a night schedule, but I have had times where I’ve worked in the morning, and then again in the evening, and they’ve been the only times in my life where I’d normally nap during the day. Sleep became like an obsession. So, it’s not just you…at the very least, it’s you and me.
Rick // October 18, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I’ve worked every imaginable schedule, including graveyards. It was kinda fun in my twenties, inconvenient in my thirties, irritating in my forties, and IMPOSSIBLE today. Yay, M-Boy!
sangroncito // October 18, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Go, M-Boy!
Etchen // October 20, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Woo-hoo M-Boy! My heart leaps at your phenomenal news. Yahoo!
Jayleigh // October 21, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Yay!!!!!!
**hugs**
findingheart // October 22, 2007 at 8:55 am
Autism still baffles me with it’s different degrees and kinds of behaviors. I’ve never had formal training but have had several AU students while wife has had training and a good number of students. I’m still amazed by the parents who do so well with their AU child, as it has always sounded like you and Mr D do.
Loved working graveyards for a few summers during college. It’d kill me now I’m sure.
tara // November 7, 2007 at 8:35 am
that is beautiful daphne, glad everything is going well with you and the family
ahBONG // November 17, 2007 at 4:58 am
oooo….. just blog whoring and i’m in the blog of a woman in Kansas. hehe
nyway, I presume Mboy’s ur boy? hoorah! hehehehe… and nope u’re not the only cow who needs 7 hours of sleep everyday… i need as much as 12 hours sometimes. hahaha
etchen // November 26, 2007 at 1:07 am
yoohoo? Anybody home? Where are you? I hope all is well and that you had a nice Thanksgiving!
Jayleigh // December 25, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Merry Christmas, sweet friend! Miss you!
Jayleigh // January 5, 2008 at 5:29 am
**hugs**
Just hoping all is well in your little corner of the world. Lots of things to talk about. MISS YOU!
Kunstemaecker // January 10, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I think M-Boy fooled people into thinking the fast-food phase had something to do with autism. I bet he was thinking: ‘I pwnd them, hahaha’.
findingheart // March 6, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Hey sister. I’ve been blogging much less these days, but thought I’d drop a line. (Thought of you during Steroid Clements TV time. Glad he moved on to NY before that all hit the media.) Anyway, hope all is going well. Take care.
Jayleigh // May 16, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Still miss you. *hugs*
Jayleigh // August 12, 2008 at 11:16 am
Still here. Still thinking about you. *hugs*
Jayleigh // May 5, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Still miss you!