Roo's Big Sis had a relapse of her medical condition the last couple of weeks of the school year. It was probably triggered by a virus that led to her missing multiple school days, which led to extreme stress & anxiety over missing said school days, which ultimately led to the relapse. Her school was terrific and jumped right in with an accommodations plan. I had not asked for one previously because she was in remission all of 8th grade and most of 9th, but they offered and we took it, just to help her finish out the year. The acute pain cycle subsided fairly quickly once the pressure was off, but now I'm dealing with her reticence to follow through with a treatment plan. Her plan consists of 2 hours of intensive PT and 2 hours of OT each week, along with a visit to a clinical psychologist for cognitive behavioral therapy. Not exactly what she had in mind for enjoying summer break. She will get to see friends a bunch and we are still planning on going on vacation later in the summer, but it won't be as carefree and relaxing as she had hoped.
Roo had yoga camp last week and that was a wonderful experience. She also went to a dress up birthday party for a girl in her class. She does pretty well at parties for a while, but then she usually excuses herself and goes off to play in the girl's room, invited or not. When I got there to pick her up, Roo was in the girl's bedroom, playing on the floor with dolls with the little girl's Swedish grandmother. That was quite lovely, even if she was excluding herself from the party downstairs. I always have to remind myself to not over think what she is doing. She did enjoy seeing the girls from her class. She had a good lunch and some birthday cake, and she stayed with the group for most of the party. These are all pluses. If she needs to leave the pack for a bit, so be it. No harm done. This week brings a martial arts themed birthday party for a boy from her class. It will be interesting to see how she does in that environment. She loves being active even more than playing with dolls.
All in all this summer has been pretty good so far, even with all the added appointments for Big Sis. We've still had some nice experiences, some decent weather for our neck of the woods, and lots of down time. My goals for the summer are to downsize, downsize, downsize and finally get rid of piles and piles of stuff we no longer use, if we ever did; and to get the yard back to looking like someone actually lives in this house. Even if that's all I do, I'll feel I've accomplished something when I'm done. Time does fly, and I'm hoping to have something to show for it.
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