You Are the Mother |
 You have an abundance of love for humanity. You care about all the people of the world. You love helping others more than anything else. You love to be needed. At your best, you unconditionally love people. You are very nurturing. You are a wise and gentle teacher. You are happy to guide anyone who needs your advice or explanations. At your worst, you are controlling and overbearing. You smother people with affection and gifts. And with this attention you give, you are expecting something in return. |
Sunday, September 28, 2008
LOL - I Guess So
Friday, September 26, 2008
Funny - Can't Imagine This For Me
You Should Live in Mississippi |
 If you don't want to live in Mississippi, you might also consider: Alabama Alaska Arkansas Indiana Missouri |
Monday, September 15, 2008
Fun
Your Learning Style: Competent and Cooperative |
 You have a great head for facts and figures. You can remember and use any fact you've read. You Should Study: Dentistry Education Environmental Science Finance Nursing Nutrition Science Medicine Law |
Saturday, September 6, 2008
3 Cops
This morning while I was sleeping in, my husband got Jonathan started ..ing his cleaning up from Sunday. He mostly needed to finish picking up. When I got up, my husband mentioned that Jonathan started to rage, but after giving is a lot of consideration, he decided not to rage. Then, soon after I got up, Jonathan started raging. I'm not even sure what got it going. I was just kind of working on my own things. Hubby suggested we retreat to the bedroom again. We did and checked on him frequently again.
Shaving cream on my chair this time, TV on again, hubby tried opening the breaker, but Jonathan figured the breakers out and had the TV back on again. My hubby went out and disconnected the cable. He hasn't figured that one out yet. I went out and told my son that I heard he put the shaving cream on my chair. I just wanted him to know that even if he was treating himself like garbage, I didn't think he was. His therapist talked to him on Thursday about him treating and viewing himself like this. We are watching "24" again. We decided that in one more episode we will go out and baby him.
BUT, my dear husband just got a surprise when he went out to check on our sweet son. There were 2 cops in the living room and a third one arriving. Jonathan had dialed 911. He told them he saw someone driving by and he was scared. With the cops appearing on alert, but not too sure how to take the situation, my husband explained that he was raging and we retreated to the bedroom. They asked if we usually do this. He told them we started trying this last weekend. They noticed Jon's pants were wet. He admitted that he sat in my wet chair - lol. My husband asked if they had received the memo about RAD and they all nodded. He explained that Jonathan had been throwing things at us and this was a lot better than it had been last week when he raged, and that he is making progress. He told them what the kitchen floor looked like last week and that that is what the smell in the house is from. Somewhere between pinesol and mentholatum. They all nodded in recognition of the odor. As they were leaving, one of them noticed some white foamy stuff on the porch, Jonathan admitted to spraying something out there. My husband thought it was my shaving cream. My husband had Jon start to clean it up and said it dries like latex paint. We just found out, as Jon showed us the empitied bottles in the garbage, that it was white shoe polish. My husband said, "man, Jonathan, I'm glad you told me that! I was getting concerned about was mommy was putting on her legs." They thought my husband worked nights. He told them he works days and where he works. He told them, "that my wife is a stay at home mom and gets the brunt of it." With recognition on their faces, they all nodded to this. They looked a bit uncomfortable with the whole situation and unsure how to assess it. He said the older officer looked a little more comfortable with it. This officer told Jonathan that he didn't want to discourage him from calling 911, but it's only for emergencies. They asked for our cell phone numbers. I am sure they are all talking about the crazy parents at this house.
Shaving cream on my chair this time, TV on again, hubby tried opening the breaker, but Jonathan figured the breakers out and had the TV back on again. My hubby went out and disconnected the cable. He hasn't figured that one out yet. I went out and told my son that I heard he put the shaving cream on my chair. I just wanted him to know that even if he was treating himself like garbage, I didn't think he was. His therapist talked to him on Thursday about him treating and viewing himself like this. We are watching "24" again. We decided that in one more episode we will go out and baby him.
BUT, my dear husband just got a surprise when he went out to check on our sweet son. There were 2 cops in the living room and a third one arriving. Jonathan had dialed 911. He told them he saw someone driving by and he was scared. With the cops appearing on alert, but not too sure how to take the situation, my husband explained that he was raging and we retreated to the bedroom. They asked if we usually do this. He told them we started trying this last weekend. They noticed Jon's pants were wet. He admitted that he sat in my wet chair - lol. My husband asked if they had received the memo about RAD and they all nodded. He explained that Jonathan had been throwing things at us and this was a lot better than it had been last week when he raged, and that he is making progress. He told them what the kitchen floor looked like last week and that that is what the smell in the house is from. Somewhere between pinesol and mentholatum. They all nodded in recognition of the odor. As they were leaving, one of them noticed some white foamy stuff on the porch, Jonathan admitted to spraying something out there. My husband thought it was my shaving cream. My husband had Jon start to clean it up and said it dries like latex paint. We just found out, as Jon showed us the empitied bottles in the garbage, that it was white shoe polish. My husband said, "man, Jonathan, I'm glad you told me that! I was getting concerned about was mommy was putting on her legs." They thought my husband worked nights. He told them he works days and where he works. He told them, "that my wife is a stay at home mom and gets the brunt of it." With recognition on their faces, they all nodded to this. They looked a bit uncomfortable with the whole situation and unsure how to assess it. He said the older officer looked a little more comfortable with it. This officer told Jonathan that he didn't want to discourage him from calling 911, but it's only for emergencies. They asked for our cell phone numbers. I am sure they are all talking about the crazy parents at this house.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Ups and Downs of Being RAD
Some interesting things came out tonight. We went to attachment therapy. We discussed Jonathan's rages. We discussed the 7 hour one. We talked about all the fish oil pills. I had forgotten that everytime my husband saw Jonathan he was munching on one of those pills or putting another one in his mouth. Well, at therapy tonight I found out the consequences of this. Jonathan got one of those old time fall cleaning outs. Guess he made a few trips to the old outhouse. By the way, I decorated the main bathroom with outhouse decor.
We got home and I wrote Jonathan's reading time on his reading log for school. I had already seen that he had written one in this morning and signed my initials. I had already talked to him about it. I pointed it out to my husband. He was questioning the date that Jonathan wrote down. 10/3 - didn't make sense for yesterday. It was the third. Then he noticed that the first entry was in August (8), next was in September (9) and so of course the third entry had to be in October (10). We about died laughing. My husband very dearly defended the sweet boy - he said, "it makes sense."
In therapy tonight, I helped Jonathan remember what he said to me this last week. He didn't want love because it makes him feel sad. He feels sad about love because he thinks about his birthmom and that she didn't love him. The AT talked with him. After a bit, I told him that the caseworker had told me that his birthmom had said that she just wanted him to be loved. Jonathan said a serious, "WHOA" and got quiet and serious. He had a totally contemplative look on his face. The AT then talked with him about how would the birthmom feel if she knew that he wasn't weeking to let his parents love him. Big things for an 8 year old to thing about.
We got home and I wrote Jonathan's reading time on his reading log for school. I had already seen that he had written one in this morning and signed my initials. I had already talked to him about it. I pointed it out to my husband. He was questioning the date that Jonathan wrote down. 10/3 - didn't make sense for yesterday. It was the third. Then he noticed that the first entry was in August (8), next was in September (9) and so of course the third entry had to be in October (10). We about died laughing. My husband very dearly defended the sweet boy - he said, "it makes sense."
In therapy tonight, I helped Jonathan remember what he said to me this last week. He didn't want love because it makes him feel sad. He feels sad about love because he thinks about his birthmom and that she didn't love him. The AT talked with him. After a bit, I told him that the caseworker had told me that his birthmom had said that she just wanted him to be loved. Jonathan said a serious, "WHOA" and got quiet and serious. He had a totally contemplative look on his face. The AT then talked with him about how would the birthmom feel if she knew that he wasn't weeking to let his parents love him. Big things for an 8 year old to thing about.
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