Silly Parents

This week my 4 year old son started preschool. This made my wife and i very nervous. She had to work 3 days straight, 12 hr night shifts (she is a RN) so she didn't get to see him off to school. The preschool is through HeadStart and the county so there is bus service. However we were told it would not be available to us. Therefore Tues (the first day of preschool) I loaded the kids into our jeep at 7:30am and the bus pulled up. After discussion I took him to school and the next day (today) he rode the bus.

My wife and I were nervous for him as any parent would be, but we have extra stressers. Our 4 year has been diagnosed with High Functioning Autism. The preschool is for special needs kids. At first glance he seems pretty normal and he is smart--letters, numbers, colors, he talks all the time, no big physical problems. He does have some social problems interacting and playing with others. His fine motor skills are not up to par, like writing. He likes to quote tv shows. The preschool is very group oriented where there is a lot of group interaction which is what he needs.

Why we are silly is because we expected him to cry or refuse to go the school, even though he has been in daycare two different times (just for a few months total). He went to school as was fine, some first day jitters, but today he was on the bus which climbed right up into. We have been praying for him. We do often. But we couldn't sleep well. I guess every parent goes through this but I believe I need to rely on God more--His strength, His peace.

Well that is all for now. I know God will work it out in the way He wants it and to His glory.

Free Movie

I have had writer's block for a while but here is something interesting that happened to me a week ago. A friend of mine and I went to see the movie "Lady in the Water". we went to the theater, bought our tickets, sat down and waited for the movie to start. The normal pre-movie ads were on. The movie was supposed to start at 9:40p. At 9:45 the ads were done and we waited. Then the previews came. Three previews rolled by each promoting kids movies which I commented as being strange. Then the movie started...the movie "Monster House". Only about 20 people were in this theater but we were all upset. Are we in the wrong theater? What's going on? Someone found a manager and the movie stopped. Then the manager came in and gave all of us free tickets to any movie. At 10pm "Lady in the Water" started with appropriate previews. So this is the end of the story right...wrong.

In the middle of the second preview, the picture shifts so that the bottom of the picture was at the top of the screen. We thought it would get fixed before the movie started but....it didn't. Soon we were missing vital plot points and my friend said he could not watch any more.

When we left, the manager was handling out more free passes and we got two more. Overall A good financial investment......The next night we saw the movie at a different theater with no hangups.