I'm April the 8th I am... April the 8th I am I am....

So this morning I woke up and I asked DB what time it was.  He was awake.  He said "It's 8."  So I thought that I had a little bit mor time to sleep.  Not feeling well, I have taken to sleeping in late.  Don't like it but - it - is - what - it - is.

Jaxson was on me... sleeping.  So I just quickly fell back to sleep but not heavy enough not to be waken up by the loud snores of the dog.   I think about 15 minutes later I woke up and I looked at the clock and it was 9:05 AM.  Now I know I wasn't sleeping for an hour.

And I freaked out a bit.  Why?  Because my mom was coming to pick me up, along with Noah and Nathan, to go to Tacoma for DR. Appts.

So I sit up and DB comes in the room, I go "What time is it?"  He looks.  "Oops, I was off."  SMH.  Ya think?????  My Mom was going to be there between 9:30 and 10am.  So I called her place, and she'd already left.

And me, I was so sleepy I had to convince myself to move.

But managed to get everyone up and ready and all set to go out the door by the time she got there.

So we hit the road.

I love the Tacoma Narrows.

These two clowns were not happy about having to go to the DR today....

After the first set of appointments we stopped to eat lunch.  It was noon and our next appointment wasn't until 3.  Oye....

This lunch cost over $50!!!  I thought the cafeteria at Seattle Children's was expensive.  Nope,  This takes the cake!!  Noah got 3 chicken wings.  Some fries,  Some cucumber, 3 grapes and some goldfish.  I got a cheeseburger, and a salad.  Nathan got a cheeseburger, 2 eggs, goldfish, fruit and cheese, and my mom got a burger and a salad too.  It was a .... yep.  Wow... moment.

Mr. Noah during lunch.  He was being a bit silly and a lot bored.

Nathan - he who won't stop moving - was being typical to who he is. He ate pretty good, I was actually pretty happy with what he ate, but he didn't even TOUCH his cheeseburger.

So ... today was a bit important.  It's the day that I knew that Noah would "OFFICIALLY" be diagnosed with Aspergers, ADD and Anxiety.

And sure enough, he was OFFICIALLY diagnosed with all three.  Scoring wise, Nathan is 1 point higher than Noah, but they have completely different answers - and completely different ways they fall int he categories.

So we went back upstairs after we tried to prolong our lunch as long as possible and we sat and I was so tired.  I would sit there with my eyes closed and Noah would go "Wake up Mom" and I'd say ... "Not sleeping Noah," and he'd counter with "Well then why are your eyes closed?"  Ha ha ha ....

Oh funny story.  One question on one of the tests was like .... "Child takes phrases or sayings literally, like "Button Up" or "Don't cry over spilled milk"... or that type of thing" and I was like SIX!!  Highest score.  Noah was like "What?"  So I said ....  "You take everything that's said literally.  We can't really joke to him like I normally do because he seriously always takes me literally.  I said "when I say something like "don't throw stones at glass houses," .... you....." ... and he gives me his classic Noah, I'm CONFUSED look, and says "I've never done that."

Ya think?

Point proven.

You try to explain it to him and he just "huh?" you to to death.

Anyway ........... I'm exhausted.

They have two computers set up in the waiting room that plays games and Nathan got on one.....

Then Noah came over and they started to play together.  This is when he was telling me to wake up.

I am always amused by Nathan in elevators.  He cannot - and I mean CANNOT - be standing up right.  He either plops his little behind down and sits there in the elevator or he grabs onto the bar along the middle of the elevator (if there is one) and jumps in the air and/or hangs off of it so his feet aren't touching the floor.

Couldn't resist.

Oye ...  funny not funny story here.

Okay - so the parking spots in the parking garage are left to be desired.  You don't have room to open your doors without having to worry about hitting the car next to you.   And of course the parking spots go all the way from ramp to ramp, and they are not large ramps .

Well my Mom parked 3 spots from the ramp.  So when she was backing up (no one was coming) she was trying to back up to the point where she could straighten up so she could make the ramp.  Well, this car came up behind us and to the point where my mom couldn't finish doing what she needed to.  So she tried to motion to them, they didn't budge.  She popped off her seat belt, opened her door, and got out.  She motioned, and said "Back Up" ....  still didn't budge.  She got back in the car, buckled up and did her best to back up without hitting them and she BARELY made the ramp.  BARELY.

But now she's pissed and road raging.  So as the bottom of the ramp, she just sits there and waits for a minute.  It probably wasn't even a minute, it was probably more like 15 seconds.  I think, at this point in time, she was trying to get her wits about her too.  She was upset.   Regardless - when she started to go again (not remember we are STILL in the parking garage) ... the guy (or girl) was on her ass.  Completely - 100% definition - of tailgating.  (not the fun kind that involves food.)  ....

So she slammed on her breaks!  (in the Parking Garage) ... not exactly the best choice in the world but..... I cannot control my mom.  Not the way I would have handled things.

So we get to the exit where the payment booth is, Mom handed the guy our ticket, and then said "Will you hold up that fucker behind me?"   Oye....  Mom.....

So we leave, and get to the stop sign and have to wait.  We get on the road and I turn and look and the guy let him out after we left the stop sign, however, we got caught at the night just down the street.  The car was in the process of getting in the right lane to make a right turn and I saw them jerk over and get behind Mom.  Getting right up on her bumper.

At his point, I started to get nervous.

This car followed up all through Tacoma - staying on my Mom's ass the whole time.  It was a good 15 minutes, maybe almost 20.   They only finally left us when we went to get on the freeway.

First two pics you can barely see the car.  The 3rd one the car is the hairline between the car you can see and us.  Which is the same for the larger photo and the 5th one.  The one on the bottom right corner, there is the car between us and the car you can see, you can see the car's shadow, that's it.

But boy, was I ever glad that car finally got off our ass because I had to kids in the car with us.  My mom was fine after leaving the parking garage.  But the other car just kept at it.  :(  

And like I said, I would have probably made other choices (not probably, I would have) ... than my Mom did.  I probably would have just pulled back into the parking space until the asshat moved.

Bridge going home.  Nathan determines things by seeing this bridge and the Dead Fleet.

Got home and my $10,000 a month meds were here (for two injections) ....

So I went ahead and did it.  When I had it up against my skin, I was all "I can't do this" ... I hate needles, phobia of needles, don't even want to THINK of them. The instructions say "push down the purple top, you'll hear a click, hold the pen for 10 seconds until they yellow indicator stops moving" .....

Well I finally got the courage to push down the button and HELL IF THERE WASN'T A HUGE ASS FUCKING POP - like a GUN SHOT ... and it scared the SHIT out of me.... and next thing I know ..... $5,000 worth of medicine is squirting all over my belly because I holding the stupid thing up in the air, and not against my belly.

Yep.  They don't warn you about that SHIT.

But I guess I did manage to poke myself?

Nathan likes to play in his bath like he's in a pool.  He'll go back and forth in the water with the water sliding up and down his face, where his face is completely covered by water and he just doesn't care.  He also will do this.... where he's got his whole face under water....  it is a sensation he seeks out a lot.

Tonight's Feed Bag Art .....