It has been one hell of an exhausting week! Arley has been very challenging to be around. Poor bugger. On Friday of last week he asked if he and Carmie could have a sleepover at Lolo and Dida’s that night. Jeff and I were stoked, of course. Sadly Arley and I got into it - I don’t even remember what it was about - and he ended up in a meltdown. I eventually got him calm and thought he was fine, so I still took the kids up to their grandparents’. All was fine until that night when Arley wanted to have a shower but he realised that he had left his clothes in the car and I had brought them home. Cue huge meltdown, and I wasn’t there to calm him down. Jeffrey and I had gone out to dinner, and I had a margarita, and couldn’t drive to go get him. I was on FaceTime with him, and it was awful. Lolo and Dida aren’t really trained in what to do, so it was a bit stressful to say the least!
He has been out of sorts all week. It’s like he turned 10 and his ADHD is off the charts. Every morning he is full of energy and determined to antagonise Carmie. Or so it seems. And then it continues on and off all day. Then at night time, he is a jumping bean, all energised again. We are all losing our minds. I can’t even imagine how he is feeling. Carmie is over it. :(
This morning I had to get the kids to the paediatrician at 9:15. It was raining torrentially, and I was stuck in so much traffic. I had to get off the highway and navigate my way there while hydroplaning. We were 20 minutes late, and I was calling the paed the whole time from the car phone to tell them. But the phone just kept ringing and ringing, then going to answer phone. We finally got there and ran through the downpour, into the reception where I saw the receptionists sitting and chatting together, the waiting room completely empty. I told them I had been trying to call them the whole way there, and they looked at me dismissively and told me my appointment wasn’t until next week. Oh my God, I was ready to kill them. I was so frazzled, and I’ve been ever since!
We started back at Taekwon Do and horse riding again this week. Arley refused to ride again, but he groomed Lisa’s new horse. Carmie is learning how to slow down smoothly from a trot, and she is doing really well. And it was great to be back at Taekwon Do. I haven’t been exercising as much since we moved, and I really feel the change. Carmie went back to her girl’s Wolfpack group too, and both kids saw Clint as well. I’m so glad the kids’ activities have started back up. Perhaps that’s why Arley has been dysregulated. Changes of routine are never good.
Hoping next week is better!
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