I've started 2 or 3 posts this week but never finished them... Wonder if I'll finish this one... I'll try. The week has been a whirlwind of recovering from last weekend, trying to catch up on projects, actually working for money some, and getting ready for my house to be invaded by a bunch of boys tonight. D is having his pirate birthday sleepover tonight! It is his first real sleepover, and he is very very excited about it! I would like to say I am as well, but I am just now recovering from having a bunch of girls over last weekend and am not really looking forward to the havoc that is bound to occur... It will be fun though, and I am excited for him.
I can't believe that he will be turning EIGHT tomorrow! He's still such a tiny little guy. It seems like just yesterday that he came home to America one month past his 5th birthday... He has matured so much in the last 3 years, and he is doing so well in school this year. I am so proud of him. I just found out that next year, he will be spending most of his time in his regular ed class and only going to his special ed class if he really needs help! That is a HUGE step for him. He is catching up with his peers.
Next month will be his 3 year adoption day! Another big milestone. I got an email last week from my social worker reminding me that my FINAL homestudy report will be coming up! Russia requires home visits for 3 years after adopting a child, and we are in the final stretch... Crazy. In some ways, it feels like he he has been here forever, but still I can't believe it has been 3 years already!
Meanwhile, I am dealing with Big A's journey into puberty... This is scaring me. I have to say that this week her attitude has been much much better than the last two weeks... This is funny because, I realized that the week before last I was PMSing... She seemed to be as well.... just without the period. This week all is good with me hormone wise, and it seems to be for her as well. Yikes. Maybe her teacher was right. Or maybe we are both just werewolves... My cycle seems to go along with the full moon! Ha! We are very hairy people! Hahahaha!! Anyway, I have GOT to deal with this new and unwanted aspect of my child's behavior. And I am not prepared. I am going to take us both to talk to someone... a child psychologist. I think I need more help dealing with her emotional issues than she does.... Hell, I can't even deal with mine, how can I begin to show her how to deal with hers? No sticking my head in the sand for this one. I have got to step up. Otherwise, poor Big A just might grow up to be fucked up like her mother... We can't have that now can we? Ha! Only room for one crazy, hormonal, werewolf in this family.... :)
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