Summer 2013

Where have I been?  We went on a fantastic Alaskan Disney Cruise.  The Strong Willed Wonder went camp.  SWW and I went to the mountain house for August.  I arranged for a mothers helper through C.are.com and she was GREAT.  What was not so great?  It was lonely w/no husband and my mom got on my nerves.   Actually both parents did.  I had forgotten how uptight my mom is and that the two of them bicker constantly.  Anyway, after 3 weeks we came home.  My parents paid her for the full month which was super nice of them since we had hired her for the month of August.   Also the SWW was homesick and missed daddy.

We are meeting with a group about wraparound therapy for the SWW's behavior issues.  I finally got the govt insurance so it will be paid for.  These places won't even take cash if you offer it.  Of course if your child has au.tism that's state mandated coverage so your employer has no choice, but behavioral?  Nada.  

Admission?  I wish I was still working.  I left a nice job w/a very healthy salary when when we adopted the SWW.  Now we don't have any extra money at the end of each month.  We're refinanced, we've revised our home/auto insurance, cut pretty much every extra we can think of.  The only one left is cable and that's sitting on the chopping block right now.  We have Net.flix anyway and I hardly ever watch it.  It's my husband and sports is the reason for hesitating.


Growing up I had 1 brother and 2 cousins, but a pretty small family.  I didn't grow up with babies, relatives having babies or anything.  You know how you can watch parents with their children in public places and it seems so great?  I now have the SWW and it's not that great.  I had totally romanticized the idea of motherhood.  Now that I am a mother I'm disappointed.