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A couple of weeks ago I made a trip to the dentist. I hate the dentist. I have notoriously bad teeth and always have. When I was a child the Fort Wayne Dentist always said I had soft teeth with weak enamel. A friend of mine goes to a dentist …
This week I am working on writing a feature article on Face-Blindness for a writing class that I am currently taking this semester. Our assignment was to first pick our topic, which I have, and before writing research pictures to enhance our article. Easy peasy. The Unexpected – What I …
The conclusion -sort of How did she work without all our modern appliances? After our horrid night of moving hotels at 2 a.m., we returned to the smoking townhouse. Two electricians, and a progress energy crew later, we learned that progress energy screwed up badly! When the technician installed the …
Part Two-for those of you following along… About 8:30 p.m. we pull into our designated parking spot in front of our townhouse excited to find see the house lit up-until I saw the smoke. The AC unit in front of the house was smoking! I thought we’d need to call …
I mentioned in my Stupid Wizard post in August that I wanted to move, and am happy to announce that we finally did after looking at many, many houses. We were actually close to buying some Davenport Real Estate! But we decided against it as it was just too far …
Is Adderall causing my irritation and headaches-or is it hunger? ADD is one of the only diagnoses that had stood after my Asperger’s Diagnosis. It was originally among the host of other “disorders” that doctor’s labeled me with before figuring out that I had autism. It only took thirty-eight years! …
I spend so much time complaining about the annoying stuff, and discussing deficits struggles that many times I forget mention the good stuff–the things that make my wonderful Aspie child kind, thoughtful, different, and absolutely awesome. How many 13-year-old boys worry about their moms being tired and not getting enough …
Super Powers Aspies and Alphas As I was sitting at my computer tinkering with Facebook today, I could hear my 13-year-old son cackling at something in the living room. He laughed so hard that he fell off the sofa. Half out of breath, he comes running into the room. “Mom, …
Tales of a Totally Ridiculous, Typically Aspie Me Today hubby and I traveled two and half hours down to Charleston, SC, to meet with a financial/budgeting counselor. (This in my opinion was a colossal waste of time, and not an appointment I was looking forward to—but after my 150th(at least) …
I usually do not publish my short stories on my blog. But I thought it appropriate today to post a short story that was written about this tradgic day in history eleven years ago. It is dedicated to all those who lost their lives that day, and to those, who …
