We have our first flash flood warning for today, so I guess the monsoon season has “officially” started. That doesn’t necessarily mean it will rain on ME. It just means that “somewhere” in the Valley and the surrounding mountains, it will rain like a sunnagun for at least 10 minutes, at least once today.
Good morning! I hope you don’t get rising water in the living room :-).
I talked to our church education director last night about Pat, and she said I should call the local elementary school. She also said Pat seemed weird to her, but not disabled, based on interactions in the nursery. “Are you doing okay, Pat?” “Yes. I’m going to take all the trucks to Jupiter, where I will teach the natives to speak Greek.” “Okay, just tell me if you need to go to the bathroom.”
This morning I called the school, and talked to an administrator with experience in special ed. She had me describe what he’s like, and said he didn’t sound autistic to her, just very intelligent and rather bratty. I was surprised when she said that many 5-year-olds are sufficiently involved in their fantasy worlds that they expect their friends to call them Tim, or whomever they’ve decided to be! However, most kids don’t have a supporting cast of seven brothers and sisters.
The administrator said we should have our GP check Pat out, with emphasis on his interactions rather than his growth and shots, and then if our doctor feels it’s necessary, we’ll get a referral to a “pediatric neurologist.” In general, the person I talked to said that “behavior modification” was in order! (Suggested that he should go to school, of course, but we’re not going to get involved with that this year. He can go to Sunday School for “socialization.”)
Our forecast for today has a high of 97. Yikes!