Holy Cow!
I wonder most days how I survive. To be honest I think I function on a level that stays in tune just enough! Being hyper-focused on Dane does me NO good! So … I try to let him sort many things out himself.
This has proven to be very good educational language therapy for him!
His obsession right now is shopping and during the holiday season he focuses on candles and Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider. He’s on a first name basis with the receptionist at all of his favorite stores. Every morning he calls the local stores asking them to carry his favorite flavors or scents. Every day!
Right now he’s pestering Dave, Bristol Farm’s ordering manager, about carrying Martinelli’s Apple Raspberry Sparkling Cider. Dave said he would get it for him and it would be in in a week. Dane patiently waited for a week then calls to check if it’s in. It's not! He calls everyday. I eavesdrop to hear the tone of the people answering the phone ... "Oh it's that guy again asking for Dave!"
I giggle...
So yesterday, I hear Dave tell him Martinelli doesn't have that flavor anymore so they won't be getting it at Bristol Farms. Dane questions him, then hangs up and immediately calls Martinelli Sparkling Cider Headquarters. He speaks with his new "friend" there, Dino, who confirms they are in fact still making Apple Raspberry Sparkling Cider and Dane proceeds to tell Dino that Dave at Bristol Farms in Manhattan Beach told him Martinelli isn't making it. Dane hangs up, calls Dave back and tells him he spoke to Dino at Martinelli and they DO MAKE IT! Dave says “Yes, I know, I just got an email from Martinelli informing me. I will definitely get it for you Mr. Capo.”
I am speechless. Does Dave know he was just reprimanded by a 17 year old whose paper work says he's MMR (mild to moderate retardation)?!
Seriously I have just started a round of psychological educational testing and the Psychologist I chose based on a referral decided to stop the testing because he has a 3 second attention span. She then refers us to our neurologist to be put on attention meds! I think are you F****** kidding me?
His attention seems perfectly fine to me and his intelligence may not be accurately measured by an IQ test but he is definitely not MMR! The boy is in God’s hands for sure because he exhausts every cell in my body and I know it is not my strength that endures but my GOD's.
Jeremiah 29:11 is and will always be my prayer for Dane!
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.