Time for an update

So, I am proud to say there really isn't much to report. We are living a relatively peaceful life these days. I credit the new doc and the new drugs; Oxcarbazepine and Vyvanse. He seems to have the right dosages going, too.

Overall, her grades are OK but she is failing Science for some reason. Unfortunately, she still can't seem to get along at school, so maybe she's just learned to pick her battles at home. (Although one day we had a HUGE altercation at home between her and DH over mayonnaise. It was delightful!) She got detention a couple of weeks ago. She is still bugging the nurse almost daily, but the nurse doesn't bug us anymore. She did jam a finger in PE the other day and apparently the drama got so big at school that the nurse broke down to tell us about it. Later that day, the nurse was gone and a volunteer parent was covering the nurse's office. DD returned to the office and worked her pity scene on the unsuspecting mom who called us and told us that DD broke her finger. *sigh*

DH took her to the doc after school. No break. Of course. Just a jammed finger. They did wrap her finger with a brace and she wears it like a prize. Oh the attention she probably got for that at school.

We had a family gathering in Houston last weekend--usually a family gathering brings out the worst in her--but we had minimal drama and inappropriate behavior. She stomped off a couple of times, but now the extended family even knows to just ignore her baby tantrums. Gives me hope that our camping trip next weekend with these same family members won't be about constantly trying to wrangle her behaviors.

She decided Wednesday night that she WOULD like to go trick-or-treating this year. The costumes were pretty picked over, but she will be a sort of Corpse Bride tonight. DS declared that he would not go this year, but he may get a last minute bug to hit a few houses.

Gearing up for the holidays and our big trip, but this weekend is a "do-nuthin' weekend. We will be busy getting ready for all the upcoming busy weekend, but at least we are home with no scheduled place to be. Something to shoot for next year----scheduled "chill" weekends where we have no other obligations. This year blew past us so quickly, we've vowed to slow down in 2009. The first few months will be difficult with the wrestling season in full force (actually starts in late Nov.) but from March going forward, we strive to....c h i l l