First its getting sick and fighting off pneumonia. Finally at the end of February Sightseer and I were planning a "everyone's healthy" BBQ for March 15th.
March 13th Mother Nature had other plans. Gall Bladder attack put me down for 3 days, what an adventure that was.....from the ambulance taking 26 minutes to get there to being left in a hallway and parade waving to everyone coming by....now to doing all the follow up cause they don't know what's wrong. Everyone has a different opinion.
I have to say though, we are in the process of moving out of this wonderful 4 bedroom house with half an acre and a hot tub to a 3 bedroom house with a small yard. The landlord here decided to give the house back to the bank. We are now on our way.....So with all the packing and cleaning I have to share an incident with Kirby and how truly proud I am of him for keeping his wits about himself under a stress and panic moment. Ok...for me that would be a stress and panic moment. :)
Monday, Kirby was home after school by himself like he is everyday. Keep in mind Kirby is 14 and very responsible. He was working on his laptop when he saw someone pass in front of the living room window across the front porch of the house.
He was able to give a very clear and concise description of this person and exactly what they did while they were outside. He managed to call me after the fact. The only issue at hand is that he should have called 911 instead of mom. He went into a room of the house and hid with the phone. He had a very clever hiding spot too!
After all was said and done he did good....we didn't find who it was but we know that Kirby is prepared for almost anything. He had a plan and did great....we went over emergency procedures again and instead of calling mom first to call the police first. I think he's got it.
I was just so amazed at his very detailed description of the person. When the police went around the neighborhood with a description almost everyone said they saw someone matching that description within the past 2 weeks.
When all is said and done, we are moving our move out date up 2 weeks and moving out sooner. But until then I have full faith in Kirby's ability to keep calm under pressure.
One more step in the process.....
For those that are reading this and don't understand why it's a big deal; Kirby is autistic and we have challenges, schedules we keep and processes to think things through for. What may take you and I a few seconds might take him a minute, a lot of times less. As he gets older it gets easier but yet harder.
His comment of the week, "Guess what mom! I am going to be 15 this year and I will be able to drive."
OMG!!! When did that happen!?!?!?!!?
Until next time....
~Kasey~
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