Now that I've calmed down..

I have a beautiful son. He's sweet, and charming, funny and amazingly smart.  But he's also a special needs child.   To look at him, you would never know it.  To talk to him, you really wouldn't know it the either.  But he's bi-polar, ADHD, ODD, a touch OCD and the hardest to accept...conduct disorder with childhood onset.  

Thats a long story for another day, but its something that you have to know for me to tell my story.

Because of my sons issues he's in an RTC or Residential Treatment Center.   You can take a look at a great program run by the people at I Believe in Me Ranch. 

To say that having my son in a place like that is hard, is an understatement.  But I also realize that he is getting the help he needs and I cannot wish that away. Which brings us to the events of my weekend. 

Every two weeks I will be going to visit my son and have a therapy session with him.  This weekend was the first one and I decided it was time to have transport take me the 4 hours from home to the place he's calling home right now.  This is not something I do easily, I'm a control freak and it drives me nuts to let anyone drive me some place, much less a stranger.  But I took the chance, besides it would give me a chance to catch up on my reading.

Well, the weather and my driver did not see fit to let me read, but I got there in one piece.  I saw my sons therapist and filed in the blanks for her...and then I got an hour to spend with my son.  After two hours they were not back to pick me up.

What the heck?  I have to get home, my girls will be home and they need me right?  well, the people at the RTC went out of their way to try and get me a ride home....or a place to stay in town, and that was not to be.  I spent the night at the RTC because no one could come and get me until 11 the next morning.   What a mess!!!!!

But they had TV and Wifi for me to use, they fed me and were most hospitable during my crazy night.  My girls were safe at home with a sitter and of course my mother in law only 2 miles away.

Yet how did this happen???  HOW DID THEY FORGET ME?!?!?

OMG...they forgot me!!

How in the heck do you set up a round trip transport for someone, get then to their destination and then FORGET to come back 2 hours later and get them???

I'm furious!  

YAWN....

I'm getting better..I think.

So, Saturday I brought my hubby home and enjoyed my time with him.  Always to short of course.

Monday I wake up and have to be in a town 101 miles east of home by 7 am.  That means up and out of the house by 5 am.  Thank goodness he was home still or I would have had to take 3 grumpy girls out of school and hauled them along.

I get home at 9 in time to climb back in bed with my nice toasty warm husband.  Too bad by the time I got warm enough to sleep he was ready to get up.  Oh well, life goes on I'd only been awake since 3 after all.

About 1 we get the deadly email that says, hey we have a load for you it loads at 7 am.  So, we have to haul ourselves back to the terminal 186 miles west of home!  

Did I mention that I was called by the animal shelter back in that first town.  They had a dog for me if I have room.  Yes I have room, a beautiful Shetland Sheep dog, tri-color, less than a year old.  SWEET dog.  When am I going to get this dog? Too bad I didn't know in the morning, I'd have brought him with me! But alas, I got hubby back to Denver yesterday and went North East again today to get this beautiful pup.  Pictures tomorrow!

Soooooo...if you were to adopt a dog, what breed would it be?  Do you prefer to rescue, adopt from a shelter or other organization?  Or buy from a breeder?

I'm a horrid delinquent

Yes I am, I'm a delinquent blogger. Its with the best of intentions that I set this blog up, and I was determined to post religiously.  Even if that meant I had to schedule posts.  But somewhere I've fallen off the wagon.   So, I'm back and I'm going to do all that I can to keep blogging, because honestly I'm loving it.

So, let me tell you about my weekend.  

My husband is an over the road truck driver as I've said so many times before.  Well, he's stuck in Denver until Monday.  A mere 3 hour drive one way to go and get him.  hmmm what do I do?

Well, at 2 pm yesterday I got in the car, left the girls to enjoy a day without mom.  My oldest daughter is a great baby sitter!! And headed out to get him. After I got there he surprised me with a fantastic dinner at Red Lobster.  You have to know that we live 186 miles from the nearest Red Lobster, and I LOVE CRAB LEGS!  

This was a rare treat.  After all he HATES all sea food.   And thats why I love my husband, because even though he wasn't feeling well.  He hurt his back, sounds to me like the pain is equivalent to being hit by a freight train, and he doesn't like sea food.  He took ME to my favorite restaurant and helped me eat crab legs.  

We got home late and I treated him to a deep tissue massage of his lower back even though I was so tired I only wanted to pass out.  And yes, all night I slept light afraid he's wake up needing something.  

Tomorrow, I may have to take him back to Denver, and honestly I'm not ready to let him go.