Micah-ness

Yesterday was the second appointment with Micah's counselor at the outpatient program he's in. The first went well, with us determining some specific goals for Micah. This one, not quite as well.

Jessica began by talking about how Micah had received $50 from relatives this weekend and that she had told him not to spend it. Of course he did, immediately, but Jessica did not penalize him for that-I asked her if she took away what Micah had purchased, and she said that she did not as they were out of town.

The conversation seemed to keep going this way...she brought up how Micah will threaten to not eat if she doesn't trim the fat from the meat he has on his plate, and, how "he won't let her" (recurring theme here) not do it. April, the counselor, agreed with me that if Micah decides he won't eat because he doesn't want to cut his own food, that is his choice, and he probably won't make that choice again, after going hungry.

She also has serious problems getting to do his homework, as he rushes through it. My suggestion was to keep having him redo it until he gets it right. She did have a good point in that by the evening, his medication is mostly out of his system. However, it still does not sound like she is standing firm on him doing his work, doing it right and not doing anything else until it gets done.

She also spoke about how Micah won't let her take a time out for herself. It was just painful to hear, over and over, how he has control of the situation and she won't exert her authority more...

In other news, we got more planted in the community garden-G picked out some peanut plants and a watermelon to add. Um and I are going to have to put down a layer of mulch, i'm thinking. At breakfast on Saturday, we went over to Kris and Um's house to cook. Their friends Brie and Chris were visiting and it didn't take long to note the similarities between Brie and Kris, as they mauled me verbally about my pancake cooking skills.

Sadly, my comebacks were so not up to par. I even had to resort to wiping, with a spatula no less, pancake grease onto Kris, at which time she elbowed me in the chest. The joys of that pseudo brother/sister relationship...

Monday evening, we congregated again at Kris and Jerry's, this time with Cardi, Jeannette, their adorable daughter Leah, and Becky joining us. It was really nice to see everyone, and to hear that Becky finished her master's!

In house news, we haven't run the dryer in a week and a half and are using the heck out of our clothes line. I know it's silly, but it is such a good feeling. Granted, we don't have a ton of laundry either, which helps. We also did most of the baseboards in the bedroom, with only one area of wall left by the bathroom, which is still under construction. We also hung the curtains in the bedroom, making it much darker! I'm pondering the idea of a steampunk curtain rod, made from copper and brass fittings....possibly with interior lighting...hee hee.

Allright, to work.