Three Things Thursday. I won’t waste your time with some intro paragraph. That would be two minutes of my life wasted writing it and 15 seconds of your life wasted reading it. So, here we go, time to count to three.
1. My wife took my dog to get groomed yesterday and he got some kind of ridiculous shaving/hair cut. I think. Either that or she bathed him in paint thinner. Here he was last night:
2. I’m going to California tomorrow. For the weekend. 20-year high school reunion — I think it’s gonna be fun. There’s a group on Facebook and the activity has picked up lately. Sure does seem like it’s gonna be a good time. And if not, at least I’m going to In-N-Out tomorrow for lunch!
3. I’ll probably go into a little more detail next week, but we’ve been fighting really hard for Jack (if you don’t know who Jack is, click here and see why I even have this site) over the past few weeks. It’s heavy-duty, highly-emotional work to get your child with autism in the right school with the right program and the right plan. We’d fight to the death for him. We’re cautiously optimistic with how things are going right now, but we’re pretty happy with the direction things have gone over the past 10 days. Still, we’re exhausted. It’s consumed me and Tiff (Tiff 1,000x more than me, though). And while on the surface, this quick little paragraph seems like good news, autism is an ugly thing that ruins kids as well as those closest to them.
Me and Tiff are going out on a date tonight — I think bowling — and it’s going to be the first time we’ve smiled together in a while. Autism sucks. It has a trickle-down effect. And the worst thing is that it’s preventable.
I like this link. I’m kind of supposed to stay neutral on autism theories, but if I can one day save one kid through everything I ever do trying to help, then it’s worth it. So click it.
OK, that’s all … y’all have a great weekend!