How to handle a rough week.

To recuperate,
eat a picnic lunch!!!

Cassie was blessed with the opportunity to go to camp this week.  She had to be at the bus at 8am, and got back usually about 4:30pm.  With this was some pros and some cons.  Because this camp is mostly "normal" kids, Cassie had her own helper.  Her name is Angela.  Her cousin, Rochelle, is also a "helper" who rode the bus.  They both like Pretty Little Liars.  Cassie was in heaven!!!!

Cassie did drama, dance, arts & crafts, swimming, and canoeing.  Hopefully I'll be able to share a video of their production of "West Side Story", where Cassie had 2 speaking lines  ("Maria" and "We all work around here") and the most difficult role o her life so far.  Whats that?  She had to carry off a "dead body" without giggling.  Did she succeed?  I don't know!!!  They haven't posted the video yet!!!!!

Sit quietly and draw!!

All this fun, however, has taken a HUGE toll on our Little Miss.  Even happy times like this are stressful to my Auties.  Yes, its fun, but its also different, a lot of work to practice our social skills, and its a change to the routine.  I am so proud of Cassie for making it through the week, even if it got a little rough around Wednesday morning until the end of the week.  So, how is she doing?

Or just dance and sing!!

She spent a few hours with her friend, the TV, spent another few hours upstairs in her room and in the shower, followed by some basement and a LOT of outside time.  Then she broke for lunch with her TV friend, and now she's back in the basement.  All in all, she is doing what she has to do to bring herself back to her normal.  We can learn a lot from Cassie.

If you have a very bad, or even a very good week, don't bother with anything but recuperation!!  Do the stuff that makes you happy!!  Put on your radio and dance and sing!!!  Go sit on your swing set and do some day dreaming!!!  And when you think of all the stuff that needs to be done, about that load of laundry in the washer, take a page from Cassie's book.  "I'll do it later, Mom.....  its NOT going ANYWHERE!!"  You gotta love that kid!