Keeping an eye on the world going by my window... taking my time.

It's been really wild seeing everything happening outside our living room window the last week. It went from one giant hazard, to a completed deck and fully functioning lift! I'm still struggling to wrap my mind around it. I'm beyond excited to have Liam try it out. Hopefully he'll be willing (and we'll be able) to tomorrow!

I'm grateful to have had that silver lining today, because it was a crazy one, for sure!

We found out late afternoon yesterday that on top of the lift install, the electric company was going to be doing some work on a transformer around the block, too. Normally, this would be no big deal, but both of Liam's suction machines aren't holding a charge right now. His pulmonologist is out of the office, and the on call is working on getting a new prescription (because, why wouldn't we need a new prescription? Just makes sense. Hahaha.) Anyhoo, we couldn't go without power and without a suction, with how junky he's been, and we haven't used our big generator yet. So Scott went to Walmart and grabbed a portable generator last night. Not only is it adorable, but it saved the day. I'm quite sure it'll come in handy down the road, too.

I think what I'm struggling with the most today, is that Andrew's teacher wrote me a note that he hurt three staff and another student today. I really wish she'd have called me, because I have so many questions; are they okay? What happened? Why was he upset? All to figure out how we can avoid this in the future. I feel awful that those people were hurt. Truthfully, I get pretty teary any time I think about it. Andrew is such a sweet boy... I hate that he doesn't have a better way to communicate when he gets that frustrated. I feel like I've tried so many different approaches to try to find a way that works for him, and I keep coming up short.  I just feel like I'm failing him. I don't mean to be dramatic when I say this... I just feel like of all the people in this world, I should be able to help him find a way to not get quite that upset. He feels so badly once he calms down, which makes me feel that way even more.

I just really hope I can figure something out for him before they decide he's not safe to attend school there anymore. He truly loves it already, and I'd just hate if that was taken from him.

Anyhoo. Pity party done. Tomorrow is a new day. I'm hopeful he'll have a better day tomorrow. Fingers crossed. 

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