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I can't believe it has been so long since I posted. Life did get busy! I see some familiar faces still here. I hope everyone is doing well. My update... Kanga is doing okay. She is enrolled in college and seems motivated to do the work. She did need to fail her first class this summer before...

Kanga wants to be a door to door makeup salesman for a major distributor. She called and told me that she gave my number to the recruiter as a reference. I was stunned. The main thing I know about her job history is that she has been fired from every job she has ever had due to sexual...

husband and I were joking around with Tigger. Here is the best part: Tigger: I will torture you! Me: oh no, tickle torture!!! Tigger: No, regular torture husband: Where did you learn how to do regular torture? Tigger: I'm sure I can find out how on YouTube ! You Tube.....the ultimate guide to everything!

Piglet made the school musical. This is a big deal. She had rehearsal today to work on singing (large group, about 40 kids). It was a 60 minute rehearsal during which she sent 24 texts. I am disappointed that, once again, I give one of my kids some rope and they hang themselves. Since she...

I usually advocate for children whose parents are trying to get them into Special Education or into a more supportive placement. I was just asked to help a family that is already at the filing for due process step in trying to prevent a placement change. It sounds like many things have gone wrong this...

Background: My kids are black. Our schools are 89% white, roughly 5% black, 5% hispanic and 1% asian. Racism is not usually a huge problem. Eeyore lacks many 'true' friends due to his weak social skills and inability to join a club/team and stick with it. He has already been 'rejected' by his...

Starting over....again. My new motto: Carpe Diem I am constantly telling my kids that their lives are the results of their choices and if they don't like their lives, then make different choices. Time to look in the mirror and get that girl to start walking the walk. Long term goals: Healthy...

Kanga has yet another plan to move out of treatment and into a house with a couple of guys. She wants that goal added to her treatment plan. :hamwheelsmilf: She also did not get the job she applied for because when they called to invite her back for a second interview, she was rude and...

:rofl: Piglet has ADD, much more spacey than impulsive but she does have her moments. While she was gone today, I installed a bidet onto our master bath toilet. (I'm sure you can see where this is going...) She went in our bathroom and saw the new button on the toilet so she pushed it. A...

Eeyore has been a disaster for the last two weeks. Finally found out that an aide asked about Kanga. It also explains why Tigger asked about her -- Eeyore said something about it to him. Oy! Even gone, she can still stress us all out!

I'm taking the boys to see the psychiatrist today for their regularly scheduled medication check. Eeyore is a trembling ball of anxiety. Four different school staff has called this week expressing concern. His Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is off the charts and he is miserable. I'm really hoping that she can add something for the...

Kanga has found a single mom to take her into her home. Currently, they will do transition visits as Kanga finishes the school year. I'm very concerned about the woman's two children (11 & 13). Supposedly, this woman knows about Kanga's issues as she worked for a few months at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). I find...

Kanga called because treatment team did not grant her request for an off campus pass to a classmates house. I confirmed that the younger (16) year olds mother did request it but treatment team denied due to Kanga's past actions. "I don't know what they mean. What have I done?" OMG SERIOUSLY...

The hardest thing for me to accept has been that our kids (via adoption) have low IQs. Most members of my family are MENSA level and this has been a source of intense grief for me, even more so than the difficult child behaviors. In the nature v nuture battle, nature wins by a landslide. All of their...

They have lost their flipping minds. A child with rage issues, slow processing speed, significant issues with problem solving...currently 'recovering' from a major patch of instability and violence...yep, lets give her a 2000 pound weapon she can drive over the next person who ticks her off...

Has anyone else seen this SyFy show? Tigger and I watched the entire first season yesterday on Netflix. One of the lead characters is a young man with Autism. There is also a second character with Autism for a few episodes. Tigger was fascinated with them. He commented that they both had Autism...

Late Christmas Eve, Kanga texted me all upset that she is still not pregnant. She wanted to know if something happened to her when she was little that made her unable to have children or cause her children "to get born with no arms or legs". She said she knew it couldn't be "fiances" problem...

How well does everyone supervise their child's online activity? Piglet was driving me nuts because random phone checks were useless cause she deleted her messages as they came in. She is now on a smartphone with parental control software so even if she deletes them, I can still see them. Now...

I really, really hate being a mom. This is by far the biggest regret of my life. I would never, ever recommend it to anyone. I was so disappointed that the Mayans were wrong.

Eeyore was told that he had to have a 2.7 to get an allowance. He did not earn it first quarter and has been 9 weeks without an allowance. Three of his six classes are done and grades posted. It is not possible for him to get high enough grades on the last 3 finals to get to a 2.7. He MIGHT be...