Hi Betsey - Insomnia tonite - so I expect a heavy session on the board. I'm glad NG booked us into a hotel room with a separated work-desk area - he of course is slumbering away like a baby
Well, until your last post, I was getting firmly into the same boat as KAW and Pen, but wow, a no show due to bottle flu - I'm now sitting here wondering if you need to spend your time taking care of 3 children
Your description of sleep routine with D7 sounds familiar. My brother and his wife have an interesting arrangement too, and my nephew, who will soon be 5, is autistic and has some interesting habits. What struck me as amazing about my B and SIL (both doctors) is that they are able to negotiate from a foundation of mutually accepted and acceptable stances about N's autism and the repercussions on the family. When we first got confirmed diagnosis, there was the usual denial, anger, tears from both of them, and me, and the sets of grandparents, but now, of everyone involved, my B and SIL seem to have found most peace with the situation, which includes daily life with a difficult, autistic child, which is nevertheless a life that most would envy.
I read through your old threads on a binge one day, so some details are a bit hazy, I'm just wondering how MW REALLY deals with D7's realities? A couple of weeks ago, in a conversation, he seemed to bring up the 'joy' of not having to maintain a large house while he was living in the flat - is this shortform for another, more complicated issue? Just wondering how deep rooted his desire to escape back to carefree childhood is.
Slowly, who may be rambling this late in the night...
