It's been a slow week but I am still utterly exhausted. It's because Arley woke us up last night at 2:30am, too scared of the dark to walk down the hall to the bathroom. By the time we woke up he had been crying from his bed for ages, and he was quite worked up. Being scared of the dark is a new one for him. After I got him to the bathroom he decided he was hungry, so I had to go to the kitchen to find him something to eat. One of the meds he's on makes him not hungry in the daytime, so he gets in all his calories from dinner time onwards. The good news is that this is the best combo of meds we've had him on in a long time, so he will be staying on them and I don't have another paed appointment for Arley for three months. I have one for Carmie next week though. Carmie is sleeping better, but some nights she gets zero deep sleep, which is worrying. I guess we will discuss it all next week.
On Friday I organised a playdate for Carmie with a girl called Annabelle over at our house. Her mother Naomi brought her. Arley was of course upset because he thinks Carmie has a million friends and he has none (wrong). Carmie was annoyed because we met Annabelle and her brother at a homeschool meet and Carmie and Annabelle barely spoke. But it turned out great! The three of them played a game for quite a while, and then Arley was losing and started being difficult, so he went to his room (not as quietly as I might like!). Carmie and Annabelle proceeded to have a great time! So, Carmie has a new friend, and she's going to her house tomorrow morning for a few hours. When Arley found out he was very upset, but he just has to get used to the two of them having separate friends.
On Tuesday Arley went to his mentor's place and played Minecraft with the other little boy, and today Carmie went there and their mentor took her to the arcade. Arley had his friend Chayse over, and they hadn't seen each other since before Christmas, so it was good for them to reconnect.
On Wednesday the kids saw their other mentor at Chambers Island. I guess the crazy rains have brought out all the sand flies, because I got eaten alive. It's awful. And it turns out I have developed an allergy to mosquito bites and sandfly bites, so I'm pretty much in fiery itching hell right now. Anyway, after that I took the kids to the mall to shop for Jeffrey's upcoming birthday. I sat the kids down for lunch and went clothes shopping myself because I guess all this exercising at the gym is paying off, and nothing is fitting me. Carmie wanted sushi for lunch - this is a first for her, and she liked it! If only the same could be said for Arley...he had a bag of Burger Rings (a ring-shaped Australian chip).
So, I guess it was a good week. Arley is still pretty angry and Carmie is still very emotional, but what's new?!
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