PeelerSheila

Noodles and sandwiches. Nobody wanted much as they had a late lunch.

A bit of a setback for Elder this morning. The welfare person at his school suggested we try next term for three morning sessions a week in class for an hour each time. When I mentioned it to Elder he had a meltdown, couldn’t sleep and now isn’t going to this morning’s meeting at all 😟😔 It seems like a bit of a leap from where he is now, and I only told him what it might look like and I didn’t push, but I guess it’s my fault and I feel like I’ve set him back by even mentioning it. His therapist actually suggested that online virtual schools might be the solution for now because he’s missed the whole first year of highschool up to this point, but the problem with that is Mr P is dyslexic and is not au fait with internet and tech and I have work, so there’d be nobody at home in a position to support him. I’m going to talk to my boss about more flexible hours (the financial planner in my head says, “but we need the money dammit!”), but I’m not optimistic as it is a factory job after all. Virtual Schools Victoria, aside from when the classes are held via video conferencing, are actually very flexible in their scheduling. Going to work now with all this running around in my head and had to put it somewhere 🤯😵‍💫

That’s a sound strategy.

Honestly who is coming up with these awful flavours? Same thing on the crunchy side of the snack aisle (looking at you, cinnamon donut twisties).

Yeah the mental health is not great. I think he talks to his mates a bit but it’s an echo chamber where most of them are drinkers/chronic long term weed users and are all enabling each other, so it’s not all that healthy. He’s having mental health assessments at the moment as part of his medication review so hopefully that leads to something positive for him. In the meantime I have lots of things for him to do lol.

So things have quietened down a bit since Mr P’s Hulk smash of the bed. He is now using some salvaged wood bits of the bed and other wood bits to build himself a new base. He’s done this before (built himself a day bed for the man cave) so he’ll probably end up with something ok-ish. Good; he needs a project, and he hasn’t been coping well with becoming a house husband.

The Minipeelers were surprisingly unphased by the whole incident. Sadly, I think they’re used to their dad’s spontaneously nutty outbursts.

Elder Minipeeler is doing fantastically with his treatment for anxiety. He’s spending slightly longer at school each time and he’s really starting to noticeably change. He wants to get fit so he’s roped in Miniest as a fitness buddy, doing things like dancing with those kids dancercise apps for exercise, and mock WWE WrestleMania lol. The latter is, as a parent, both really entertaining and a little alarming at times (“No you can not German suplex your brother!”)

Hey, maybe they thought you’d like to buff your stuff while they stuff your crust?