My thumb is not broken, looks like it dislocated and then popped back in on it's own. the crookedness is due to muscle tension on the one side. I start physical therapy next week.
School.. art history is going well, and IS interesting. the other class Origins OF Liberalism (as opposed to AND) will also be interesting! I'm lucky to have gotten two good classes for my last "big" term at UCI.
In other news, Drew is having some issues with his speech and that is causing him to be physically agressive in gymnastics class, preschool, and at home. He tries to express what he wants with a toy setting or game, but isn't understood by his classmates, so they ignore him, that results in him totally interferring with the game/toy, for example, he'll sit on the matchbox track/mountain to prevent anyone from using it. At home, he hits, thankfully he saves that for at home, but it's still not good. We're having him evaluated for speech therapy through the school district. It is not uncommon for a child in his situation to act this way, and generally once the child can articulate their wishes they stop the aggressive behavior.
Tori is doing REALLY well with her Vision therapy, and might even graduate in 2 weeks, to celebrate she decided it's time to read "big kid" chapter books, so she's giving the Laura Ingalls Wilder series a try. We know it's a little above her grade level, and have a back up series ready if it gets too frustrating.. but so far she's enjoying!!! As is Katie, to whom Tori is reading the books. :o)
I think that's about it from here... Beth has a babysitting gig tonight... ahhh, my baby is growing big, earning her own money and everything. :o) She's sleeping over at my friends' house and watching 2 kids while my friend is at work for 4 hours. I'm 5 miles away, so if there's any problems I can help. :o)
Now, someone motivate me to do the dishes one-handed... yeah, it's as entertaining as it sounds.
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'Just wanted to mention that I have a cousin who I haven't had a lot of contact with in my life, but he has made an impression when I have.
He had (and still does) a speech problem and was also plagued by some kind of hyperactivity...which makes for a very frustrating combination! : )
I had to watch him for a couple of hours, once, when I was a young teenager. I will always remember how he wouldn't stop jumping up and down on every piece of furniture in the house. Ugh.... He was always hurting himself because of this kind of thing, though it seemed to hurt everyone else more than it hurt him.
It took some medication and some professional help to get him to unlearn bad habits, but by the time he was a teenager, he was a computer expert/geek and even used his strength to keep my younger brother out of fights a couple of times.
What's the moral of the story? I guess it's that you shouldn't be too discouraged, now, even though it may seem tough. Just being proactive and having a lot of love and patience will probably take care of it.
Good luck Jbear97. : )
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