Summer in the City

Today was Andrew's last day of Junior Kindergarten. It has been such an eventful year, I am kind of glad that it is behind us. His report card showed us everything that last week's assessment showed us, so it was a bit anti-climatic.

The question becomes what will happen for the next two months. Of course, Andrew will get some old-fashioned summer school work, thanks to having two parents who are teachers. We have no money, so there will be no vacation.

I still have some personal goals to accomplish. There are the last 5-8 pounds to drop. I imagine that my visits to the gym will increase to about four days/nights a week. I still have a ton of writing to do on my "book." Next week is the start of a writing class, so that will give me a conducive work environment.

I have to get ready for school and I don't even know what I am teaching. I have to get ready for Student Council and I haven't even contacted my new officers. This last month has been such a haze and maze of Andrew-centric activity that I have let the ball drop in other areas.

I have the new goal of not getting lost in Andrew's diagnosis. I still need to go out and have fun and be me. I'm trying to convince some people to go to Long Island to see a certain singer (GT) in September. I have to keep vigilant to simply be a mom who happens to have a child with autism, not the Autistic Kid's mom.

That's enough to keep me busy for a while.