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Started the Day off right.

With mia_mcdavid away I have to be always in charge of James, our son with Asperger’s Syndrome. Today he went through his morning routine with a minimum of complaints and fuss, and easily managed to catch his school bus. Satisfactory. I was able to get to work in a good mood, and in plenty of time for an 8 AM meeting there.

Since Tom moved out managing James is our main household stress point, so getting him through his morning and evening tasks in a reasonable time frame gives me a small, but noticeable, sense of accomplishment.

Saturday Morning

mia_mcdavid is at a campfire cooking session for colgaffneyis today. Rather to our surprise, the rain stopped and made this possible. I am skipping it: I have been overscheduled lately and need some time for my own projects.

However, those wiil have to wait a little longer. Our son James has had a bad cold all week, and it looks like it may have turned into a sinus infection. So we are now at the clinic. He is in the back being examined while I am out in the waiting room. He has been there a while–I expect he is doing a lot of sitting and waiting as well. That’s life…