Teens and Teapots.

Well Saturday went just as well as I was hoping for. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. The weather was absolutely perfect, not too cool, not too warm, sunny and gorgeous. It was great because my crew is getting a well developed case of cabin fever. Since I really wanted to finish the teaset I've been working on since November for Giovanna, I took it outside with me and made myself comfortable on the front porch while the little ones played.

Hunter took the opportunity to earn a little computer time by cleaning out the van, and Dakota stalked the yards as usual with his nerf guns. Tristan and Giovanna just didn't know what to do with themselves, dragging out all their ride on toys and ending up sitting and playing in the grass. It was perfect. I sat there and thought I wish every day were like this. Aaron worked a little overtime but returned in the afternoon. I needed this day to recharge, and it was great. I soaked up every single moment.

Sunday, well it wasn't quite as dreamy. Still working on the teapot from hell, but now I was damned determined to get it done so I was hyper focused. The teapot itself was finished Saturday and I was onto the teacups. I started an assembly line on the couch and taught the three boys how to pin them together while I sewed. Dakota loved helping, Tristan tried, and Hunter was definitely not thrilled. I ended up working all day on those teacups (not with help, just by myself) and I did finish them. The teaset, not so much. Now I just have saucers, teabags and spoons. Bah Humbug. I will say though that it IS coming out darling. I'm glad I took it on, and Giovanna is over the moon over it. Every time a new piece is finished she tries it out. She has already made pretend tea in the teapot and poured it into the teacups. I think she is going to treasure it when I finally ever do finish it, so I SUPPOSE it's worth it. :)

The teen portion of my weekend, well didn't go quite as swimmingly. Hunter is having major issues. We caught him in several lies, and his moods have been way off for about a week. The lies are major, because we had gotten past that and it was a huge hurdle. But this weekend he didn't seem to know that he was lying even when it was obvious. Then yesterday it became apparent that he wasn't lying so much as hallucinating. In the afternoon it got to the point that he was having entire scenarios in his head that weren't happening in reality. It was quite scary so we called his psych's office. I had called them several times over this last week telling them that he just wasn't himself, that something needed adjusting or checked. There was a resident on call, and she called us back but wasn't willing to do anything. She put a note in his file and said to hang on until Monday. Great :(. Aaron may have figured out the cause however- several of his meds had needed refilling a week ago. We called them in but the doctor didn't recognize Hunter as a patient (our doctor is on maternity leave, so the other doctors in her practice are picking up her patient load). It took 4 days to get the meds refilled, and we had no choice but to give him one of Dakota's meds (same med, 5 mg difference). Eventually we did get the meds refilled and he went back on his own, but then started with these weird behaviors. I'm guessing by his dose going up 5 mg, then decreasing by 5 mg we triggered this. I don't know how we could have done differently, however, 5 mg difference is certainly better than no med at all. Oh well. So I'm hoping that we get some help today. Poor baby, he is confused and scared and was in tears several times yesterday. The good thing is that he is really trying now to be a good kid, he is just really having a go round with his mind.

So, today we wait for help from this substitute doctor we've never met. I'm keeping him home from school, I truly don't think it would be a good thing to send him. I have Dakota home as well this morning, he is going to get his foot brace fixed.

This week is going to be so busy, there isn't one day without an appointment. Such is life I suppose! I'm going to get at least the saucers done today, I promise myself! There will be pictures of this teaset FINISHED here on this blog in the next couple of days! :)