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[felicula]

OK, so I thought tomorrow's sonohysterogram appointment would be smooth in logistics: Aidan gets on the bus, we go there, I have my appointment with the support of mechanchaos, we come home and unwind, then I go to my other appointment.

Only one catch.

Aidan doesn't have school tomorrow. I don't know how I missed it, but it's on the school calendar. He has a tendency to not behave during waiting room episodes, and if my husband has to be out there with him, I don't have someone who can pinch my hand if I need it. Yes. I'm a big girl. Yes, I can get through it without a hand hold. But so much other stuff is going on that that hand hold is precious to me.

I called my mom, who was going to come get Aidan for the weekend tomorrow afternoon from Buffalo. She hates driving at night so picking him up tonight is not an option. And it's way too early in the morning tomorrow for her to nab him then. She can get him at 10am before my other appointment, but that doesn't solve the problem of the sonohysterogram.

Aidan's probably going to have to come with us to the appointment. I love him to pieces but it is not easy to take him with for an appointment like this. It is boring and antsy-making for him, and it makes the experience much less serene for us. Considering the nature of the appointment to begin with, I was already stressing without this mess.

Edit: I guess we'll be making the trip to Buffalo and back tonight to drop him off, after his open house, and after picking mechanchaos up from work. This makes the appointment in the morning much more bearable, but it keeps the stress on stressing tonight. Tomorrow afternoon I'm likely going to take a nice long bath, and slather myself in Chrysanthemum Moon. Yay for mostly-natural highs.

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[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm lucky in that if I want Tash to be settled and good for a specific amount of time I have to get her a NEW book in a BELOVED series. And um...that's it. She's out until she's done with it. *whew*

Is there anything like that you can do with Aidan?

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

At home, he'll sit in bookworld for hours. In a doctor's office, we're lucky if that lasts 15 minutes. Crayons, after 15 minutes become projectiles. Sometimes an activity pad might be good for 20 minutes, but after about a half hour of waiting room time the antsiness makes it very difficult to re-engage his attention.