So this is sort of day two of my attempting to get back on track. I didn’t write to you yesterday thinking I’d try to follow WW, but I would like to tell you about my dinner double date. We ate we Lindsay and Colin at Ru Sans. I actually got there first. IDK if you remember or not but the last time we met them it was raining and I hadn’t driven in that area for a while and had no clue where parking was. This time though I parked behind the Station Inn, which was free and luckily I didn’t get towed. There was a concer going on so that may have had something to do with it. Hopefully there will be a concert or shin-dig going on next time we dine there. I enjoyed myself as always and found out some extremely interesting house talk that I won’t describe here if there is some strange reason a stranger happens upon this and reads. I will say that it def. opened my eyes to new living. On to dinner shall I?... I thought hubby would order the sashimi plate again, but he didn’t. Since I had the menu printed off from last time I knew some of the things I wanted to try and made two separate choices: one for just me and one in case hubs did order sashimi and would share. As just previously mentioned I got the pleasure of ordering my own dinner: Albacore Tuna Nigiri, Tuna Maki (tuna wrapped in rice w seaweed on the outside), and Tiger Shrimp Appetizer thing. IMO the albacore didn’t seem that much better than the ordinary tuna. The shrimp app was way different than I read the description. I can’t really remember the description, but on the plate there was this MASSIVE serving of semi bland guacamole. Probably about two avocado’s worth! Off to the side of the guac was some deliciously marinated and cooked shrimp. And surrounding the other edge of the guac were these weird chips (that I know were described as crisps of some sort) but kind of had the consistency of Muncho’s and felt really strange on the tongue. I’m pretty sure that the chef/creator included one shrimp per chip and assumed the guest would use a quarter of a cup of guac per chip/shrimp combo. Def. not worth the eight + bucks they charged, but oh wellz, at least I tried it and found out. Not everything can be a win right?
Now on to today since that extremely long paragraph just recapped dinner!
Bfast was a banana and some blackberry carbmaster. Nothing fancy or plated/dished.
The day was pretty amazing. We had three out of six kids, all there are on my case load. My CT was nice and stayed in the room with me the entire time. All three had some amazing days: Burrows made some amazing eye contact to request help several times, vocalized for his SLP during therapy, used his fork with only one reminder, took a nap, and several other positives; the biggest one being that he didn’t have any meltdowns! Blondie actually actively engaged in several activities. She made choices by pointing, requested a song, babbled, and walked on her own without any outside ‘pushing’: she got out of her chair and walked to my CT. Oh yeah and she spoon fed herself ¾ of a cup of yogurt! Sassitude participated a lot today too. She also vocalized for several things and showed us that she knew body parts! When mom picked up Sassitude she mentioned that the SSI lady though she had Autism. My CT and I just gawked. The child was/is a Shaken Baby, which of course is going to have/display some sort of ‘issues’. The SSI lady thought that the child stemmed and played to focused on one activity. For heavens sake she’s got brain damage! Maybe her stemming is b/c she has vision trouble? Or maybe she’s two and likes dolls! Anyways I could go on and on for many pages I’m sure about how stupid the SSI lady is, but I think you get the point – brain damage not Autism! And while I’m on my soap box this just goes to show ya how over diagnosed Autism is!!!
Since today is Thursday I did half my afternoon time in the baby room and other half w the big kids. The AT in the baby room is back (she was out due to her son getting tubes – he did well and hasn’t slept comfortably yet, but that’s it really). I went in a couple of minutes late, my CT doesn’t think getting in to our rooms on time is very important. I as trying to leave and she kept trying to talk to me. However when I got in there the AT was already doing DN’s b/c the floater was in there, so I didn’t feel too terribly guilty. When it was time for me to leave though she wasn’t done and I went to the next room late. I really need to say something to the DR about this again. I think I’ve asked before what to do in that case, but don’t really remember what she said to do.
Both of the teachers were out during my time w the big kids. Not a big deal really. I actually enjoyed it too. I got to work on doing a jigsaw puzzle with the DR’s daughter, which was fun trying to get her to look at the box and try to create a picture. I’m sure Aaron would insist that was a reason to have kids; so he could do it too. The bad part about both teachers being out is that they’ve changed their aftercare routine a bit and I’m not familiar with it so I didn’t keep the kids on schedule. My bad. The AT said it wasn’t a big deal that they would just all play together.
Earlier on in the day I asked the DR if I could work on Sassitude’s metro sheet if numbers were low this afternoon and she said it was fine. However when four o’clock rolled around and I tried to get the Giraffes room covered she, the DR, told me to go ahead and let the chick out doing paperwork complete her time and I could just take some from her tomorrow. Wonder if that will follow through?
I was able to get out of the classroom at a quarter till and complete my TEIDs I didn’t finish due to my CT wanting to talk.
When I got off I was torn btwn going/coming home to make dinner or go to hubby’s game. I ended up coming home and told myself that since his game should be at seven next week I can do that better. I’ll at least have time to eat something before that hour.
At the casa I prepped bfast – strawberry and mango for a parfait, lunch – a salad to top w Mexican chicken and fruits and veggies, and then dinner. I used an idea from here and tweaked it a bit.
1 Serving:
ingredients
1 cabbage leaf
3 inch chunk of leek
1 serving sun dried tomatoes
1 serving canned chicken or chicken of choice
22 g dried pasta of choice
Parmesean cheese
Spices/seasons of choice: mine were Italian seasoning, chili powder, and garlic
To make
Heat skillet Sautee cabbage, leeks, and sdt’s. Stir in seasonings and a bit more oil for taste. Toss in chicken. Stir. Toss over pasta, sprinkle w cheese, add S & P if you’d like. EAT.
I liked it. Next time I’ll probably use a bit more oil maybe? It wasn’t quite as moist as I’d like, but good flavor.
While eating I went through the circulars. It was a right around seven when I finished and Aaron wasn’t home. So I washed dinner dishes and sat down to a cup of lemon cream pie yogurt from Aldi. It was okay. Their banana cream pie was much better.
Aaron got home around 8:30 or so, which I though was unusually late. His game was at six, ends at seven, and should have been home by eight. He said his game didn’t end till late b/c it started late. He had a strange auror about him and his eyes were really red. He said nothing was wrong. After a bit longer he did confess to pretty much drinking all afternoon. He had a couple at lunch w his coworkers. A couple more at the lot while working on his own car off the clock. And a couple more at the game, since it’s a drinking and playing league. I’m surprised he’s up and walking and driving. However I know it’s been over a course of several hours, but still makes me a bit nervous.
Well now that he’s home and we are going to watch Tudors. Most excited about my kids doing so well today!
Thanks for reading about my day…
