Rain outside my window

Posted by Deb on Sunday March 12, 2006 at 8:08 pm

My car window, that is - or it will be, tomorrow. We’re going to see our homeopath. It’s about a two-hour drive, in good conditions. The forecast is for torrential rain. We were planning on spending today with friends who live closer to the homeopath and staying over with them tonight, but yesterday just left me feeling drained and I cancelled those plans. If wasn’t for the facts that we’ve waited several months for the appointments, and that she’s set aside the whole morning for us, I’d postpone the homeopath too. But also I don’t want to have to wait for another appointment for George, because things aren’t improving for him. Something isn’t working. He managed three meltdowns before 11 o’clock this morning - I think that must be a personal record. I’m worried about what will happen as he gets older if things don’t change.

But he can also be the most delightful, charming, sweetest child. Tonight he and Barney made dinner - lemony fish-fingers (proper home-made ones) and potato wedges. And he got stuck in and did all the necessary tasks - even the part that left his fingers covered in flour, egg and breadcrumbs - with enthusiasm. And ate quite a bit of it too. And chatted and smiled and interacted with everyone in a very pleasant way.

And that can come and go in an instant. His mood can turn from misery to delight, or vice versa, in a heartbeat.

And somewhere in the background, Freddy is usually being the voice of sanity, despite being nearly two years younger. That can be quite amusing, I must admit. I’d rather he didn’t have to be, though.

Scratchy and Jack will be seeing the homeopath too, both for their eczema - Scratchy’s improved dramatically when he was last treated (about four years ago) and Jack’s disappeared completely after the first time he was treated, then returned and was treated again and got much better, but it’s getting bad again.

Otherwise this weekend was as expected - swimming, trampoline, watching fish… our half-cat re-appeared briefly - I don’t know where he’s hanging out these days but he’s obviously fine anyway. We also finally hung some (not all, because we ran out of frames!) of the pile of certificates for various things that the boys have amassed: swimming, Cubs, Clay Creatures, ju-jitsu, circus skills… terribly deprived isolated, these home-educated kids, you know