Yesterday I took a 20 minute walk, followed by 30 minutes of pattern practice and stretching. Today, it took almost all day to get a migraine under control, so I just did pattern practice and a shorter bit of stretching. But something is better than nothing.

Went to TKD class on Wednesday. We did some upper body work, and my shoulders are sore. I was planning on exercising last night, but dh had a meeting that went way over and I had to take kids to TKD. This afternoon, I intend to do some walking, followed by stretching.

It stinks that your gut instincts were brushed off. I can only imagine that having an earlier diagnosis would make life much easier. As for my example, it is 10 years since the initial diagnosis, and nothing else has been said about it all that time. This is also the mother, who when her toddler told a random person he hated them, it was because he got angry when he ate too much corn. 🤷‍♀️

I know someone who had her kid diagnosed as autistic because when he was 3yo, he liked to line up matchbox cars. It was more about making her kid a special snowflake and having an excuse for any undesirable behavior, so she wouldn't have to do anything as unpleasant as disciplining him. I have known some kids who were truly autistic, and this kid surely wasn't. You can always find somebody that will be willing to take your money to tell you what you want to hear.

There's a chapter in Roald Dahl's The Twits that goes into a bit of detail on this particular issue.

Hot tea.

Truth.

We have now entered the cold, wet part of autumn. I tried to use the indoor cycling trainer Saturday, but experienced 20min. of technical difficulties, so there went my exercise time. Today, it decided to play nicely, and I got 20 minutes in.

I went to TKD on Monday. Didn't do anything Tuesday, as I was preparing for a birthday dinner. Wednesday, I skipped TKD because I just crashed in the afternoon. Today, I did some weight lifting, and leave this evening to pick up dh and dd from the airport.

Hope you are able to rest and find rejuvenation on your break. Eleven days of R&R sounds lovely.

I love my rice cooker! Best $30 I ever spent.

We really like this recipe: https://www.food.com/recipe/hearty-and-quick-butternut-squash-soup-392850

Seriously, stilettoes with a Teletubby hoodie?

So nice to see another Evil Dead fan. What a great costume idea! Are you going to buy them from S-Mart?

For the child I mentioned previously, she had apparently done somersaults in utero. She was breach at 8 months, but then righted herself by the next check up. I was admitted to the hospital after directly after a check up because her heart beats weren't high enough? (my memory is bad right now) and they were afraid the cord was wrapped around her neck. I guess it was just wrapped around her whole body because the midwife said it was the longest cord she'd ever seen.

I dunno. Only to say with my last child, I pushed, but my body was not helping at all. The contractions weren't doing a thing in that regard. It's only because there was a bossy nurse who commanded me to push that a C-section was avoided. Dd was born through sheer will power, which is seemingly reflected in her personality.

I live with children who are home all day long. I am fearful of all the possibilities that could happen if I decided to put my phone in the microwave. In this scenario, I fear my children more than the government.

Someone told me on Tuesday that I should put my phone in the microwave when the testing was supposed to happen. I still haven't figured out what that would accomplish.🤔

I didn't do any exercise this weekend. I had the opportunity to walk on Saturday, but my foot was bothering me. I took it easy on Sunday, since it was still bothering me. Got through TKD class today. The teacher said we should be able to do belt testing in a few weeks. Also got a quick hug from one of the other students, who I am guessing is about 7. I am 1 of 2 adults in the class, and everyone else is in primary school.

I'm from the north, and I've only ever heard eh-pick.

Did a workout thing, pattern, lower leg work, stretching. Not quite as long as the other day, but I worked harder.

If you like Indian, there's a good place on Wolf Rd, which is reasonably priced.

Seconding Dinosaur BBQ.

ETA: I forgot to add, FYI he drops a number of F-bombs here.

My legs are indeed sore from yesterday's class. But I went through my pattern a few times with dd8, lifted some weights, and did some stretching afterward, for about 30 minutes in total.