Raising Bipolar

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D’jew find jew anything, Mae?

Yea,  sissy, I found me a really nice Bible.  Who’d've thought?  Right here in this store.

And it’s beautiful.

This was the conversation I overheard in the Goodwill store yesterday.  Don and I were in a town south of us that I would definitely consider to be the deep South.  It looks like it’s been lost in time, and that description would be generous.  We like to shop for books at the Goodwill store there because the store is large and bright and welcoming and hardback books are $1.00 each.  And you’d be surprised what a great selection they have.  Apparently these ladies felt the same way.

This week has been a long one over here.   But things are looking up.  Rye seems to be really decompressing now that he is out of school and will be for this coming week as well.  His whole body and psyche seem to be relaxing.  It’s nice to see.  This is not to say, however, that he will do no schoolwork this week.  I am going today to buy workbooks so that we can work on math and reading comprehension every day this week.  I need to see where he is and get him caught up on what probably is a great deal of material.  I have a feeling I’ll have my work cut out for me.  But that’s ok.  I’m ready.

In other news, I am starting my consulting business back up.  I started this business a couple of years ago and had good success with it but then had to put it on hold due to some extenuating circumstances.   I am uber excited to start it again.  It’s time.  I have missed it.   Substitute teaching is nice but I’m ready to go back to being my own boss.  And go back to having adult conversations.  And client visits.  And client lunches.  And checks made out to me.  And all that jazz.   And in all honesty, I see a decent amount of homeschooling  in my future with Rye as I’m not holding my breath on the school to do the right thing so this will provide me with a good balance of adult world and child/teen world and ultimately a much better income.  And I can do it part time.

As far as the school situation goes, we are making headway and are getting an IEP meeting scheduled.  I have a special needs advocate from a non-profit agency coming to the meeting with me that knows the laws and this county’s schools inside and out.  This will be a huge, huge help.  She has helped me before and is an angel on earth, as far as I’m concerned.   This will happen in the next week or so.

And, that’s about it for now.  There is much to look forward to over here.

Onward and upward.