Friday, November 12, 2010

Anger

I am so full of anger lately. For lots of reasons.
 Today I took David to McDonalds. He wanted to  play on the playplace.  He was playing so nicely with the other kids, he was taking turns, helping the smaller kids. Which, by the way, is a HUGE thing!I heard a couple of the moms making snarky comments about the height limit and "looking" at me. Yes, he is over 4 feet tall. Oh no. Call the playground police. I opted to not say anything, but seriously I wanted to go over and make a huge scene. I really wish they'd had to guts to actually say something to me. If he LOOKED like he had a disability (such as Down Syndrome) would they even think twice about it? Maybe they would. I am just so tired of explaining. He has autism. He functions socially at a kindergarten level. He likes hanging out and doing stuff with kids that are about 5.
He was having fun. We left before I punched someone. Luckily it was a chilly, but sunny day and we went to North Park to play for awhile longer.

I watched this episode of "Parenthood" (WARNING: Swearing--watch minutes 3:12-5:05 & 23:46-25:00)-and could totally relate to the dad. It's where I am right now.
 I am so angry and I don't know what to do about it. I can't go around punching people in supermarkets or McDonalds. :)
On a less angry note, Blair got a job! He started Monday. So things are looking up. Now, just to get the mortgage company to cooperate.
Ok, I'm off and I'm going to try to not be so angry.

2 comments:

  1. Hey, Is there anything we can do to help you?

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  2. you know kickboxing is a good way to get rid of some anger :) I'm a horrible friend for NEVER calling to remind you. SORRY!!! please forgive me!

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