It was a long December -- maybe this year will be better than the last

Well, that was a trainwreck.

December wasn't terrible. I got to spend the entire month with my sister from Portland, did a thousand activities with my children and loved ones, of course celebrate Christmas (7 times!) and rang in the new year with Ellie and Ezra asleep on my chest while I watched the ball fall in Times Square.

Ezra aged out of all of his Early Intervention therapies. He did the thing. I cried. Especially after Miss Christy left.

I pray that these providers know the huge impact that they make, not just on the children and their well-being, but on the families themselves. I walked into this blind as a bat, having no idea what to do next. Exhausted and exhausting all of my resources and tools and they swoop in like magical fairies riding unicorns and saved the day. Saved our lives. We still have a long way to go, but I do have a path forward. I found a non-ABA occupational therapy office for Ezra and after 6 months of therapy they have a preschool he can attend. Yesterday was our first session. He was very overwhelmed, but overall did great. We left and he said "I dont like this new school. I like Miss Christy." Sweet boy.

Lets see...what else...

OH! I got a job!!! FINALLY. After an 11 months hiatus and nannying to make ends meet, I got a call the end of November and started December 5th as a REMOTE medical scheduler. I could not be more in love with the job. I feel like those 1960's women in answering services. "Thank you for calling MD West One this is Audree, how may I direct your call? Let me patch you through". It's kind of awesome. Ellie will sometimes sit with me while I work and she has started playing that she is doing my job...it's super swell.

We did the court thing. The crazy ass court thing. And got nowhere. There will be another court thing eventually. Right now I am working and making life amazing for the kids.

I know I fell off the planet for a solid six weeks, but with money on my mind and my mind on my money, I hit the grind and while my mental health slumped there for a moment, I dug into family, kids, Christmas and coming home to myself.

Thank you for your patience....now let's get back to it

With love,

Audree