I'm picturing me on the tightrope again, with all the things I have to do sitting on either side of the 10-foot balance pole in my hand as I'm gingerly walking across the tightrope. It is scary, but I can see the end of the rope and the safety of the platform ahead. I know I will make it there.
Yesterday, I saw one thing drop...getting the books & maps from AAA for our upcoming Florida trip. I am letting that task fall off the bar and into the great blackness below the tightrope to the circus tent floor. The task could bounce back up to knock me off, by thinking that I have to read the books and plan for some side adventures on our way home...but then I realized with sweet relief: I have hours upon hours to read and research where to go on our road trip down south, along with the full attention of my husband to brainstorm with. Ah - the weight is a bit better knowing I can defer that for a bit. Seems like a small thing to do, but it was lingering...which adds to the stress...which is now lessened {ahhh}.
The next thing should be finished today...a new war I waged with the school district's director of student services. I didn't mean to wage a war and I'm going to take the firm stance that I'm really not, though the director may disagree. What I am doing is simply raising the level of standards that this person is doing to support the special education families. Today I'll be writing my final reply for the topics we are requesting to have the administration cover, in an ad hoc, interim meeting they have setup on our behalf for next week. After today's email, I don't foresee any other work besides attending that meeting next week. The good thing...it's not a war I'm in by myself, I've got a great network of some awesome parents that are all working together.
We also finished 3 surveys, totaling 365 questions of how our child acts...helping the psychologist examine and diagnose our child's problems. Man - it's hard to assess and commit to some of the answers. Together, Wonderful Husband and I have spent a few free evenings and weekend afternoons completing it. Now all I have to do is mail it back.
So...what else is on the tightrope balance bar? Lots before St. Patrick's day - the kick off to our much needed vacation bliss :)
> Finishing 2 projects at work...I'm on target to get done on the 16th with no time to spare
> Get a birthday present for a party this weekend
> Fish out all the boy's summer clothes to prepare a list of needs/wants for the clothing resale this weekend
> 8 hours of meetings over 2 days next week with the child psychologist for testing
> Preparing a parent agenda for the IEP meeting and sending it to school
> Packing...and all that entails :)
I can do it. I can do it. I will do it...and I'm going to try not to stress about it. Thanks for listening.
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