6.5 Hours

It's 11:48 PM, and I feel as though I haven't gotten a thing accomplished today.  Where did the daylight go?  Why do I feel so out of sorts?

Oh, that's right...this was my longest day thus far at school.  From 3:00 until 9:20 I attended classes at the local college.  Time I've gotten used to spending around the house.  Amazing how quickly our perception of "normal" can change, eh?

I'm happy to report that The Princess did well during Julie Time this morning.  I'm not sure if it's due to her getting more used to the schedule changes, or the switch to working in her room instead of the living room...but (knock on wood) she's been a doll recently about all of the therapies.

I heard The Princess specifically say "buh buh" once today, but that was it.  The big thing during this session was the recorder with the playback button.  Julie's been using this for quite some time...she'll record herself saying "bubbles" and show The Princess which button to push if she wants the machine to say it for her.  Today, though, Julie recorded the word and set the little machine on the side...never indicating anything to The Princess.

So when The Princess grabbed the bubbles out of the toy bag, handed them to Julie, sat back on her heels and pushed that button...well, my jaw hit the floor.  It's usually a much larger (think: epic) struggle to get the first round of bubbles going.  The Princess seems not to understand, though I really think she's playing let's-see-how-far-I-can-push-the-grown-ups, and it often ends in tears.  Sometimes screaming.

But no.  Not today.

She hit that button like a champ countless times, and actually verbalized the request once.  That's my girl. 

Other than bubbles, she and Julie played with her favorite shape-sorter house with the keys to unlock the doors.  She kills me with that thing...I don't think even I could get those doors open as quickly as she does!  They also played with a couple of puzzles and did the night-night book.  No screaming, not even any little mini-tantrums.  All in all, a wonderful ST session.

Followed by my longest school day yet. 

At 3:00 I had my "college experience" course, which turned out to be surprisingly interesting.  After class let out at 4:20 I spent a few minutes shooting the breeze with the instructors, who both seem pretty cool. 

From there I headed upstairs to the financial aid office to see if they'd gotten my FAFSA paperwork yet.  I was told it's a good thing I stopped by since, for some reason, my package hadn't gone out in the mail.  So I took my school financial aid paperwork into the atrium, plopped down at an empty table, and completed it while munching my turkey sandwich.

After returning the financial aid paperwork, I was on my way to biology.  Turns out there's a gal in my class who I used to run track with.  I've got to say, it's nice to know somebody...even if it's a 10+ year old acquaintance whose name I had to wrack my brain to remember.  I was sure it was Jen.  Not so much.  How 'bout Katie?  That's it.  Side note: Jenn and Kaitie are two very important people in my life...funny how the names come up in a different context.  Jello and Kaitie-Bear - I love ya!

The bio lecture goes by so quickly.  I like the instructor, and on Thursdays after lecture we head down the hall for a three-hour lab.  Guess who my lab partner will be for this semester?  Katie.  :)

Once our first lab was over with, I was itchin' to get home.  I pulled into the garage at about 9:40, and have been unwinding and working on assignments since.  It just doesn't feel like it could possibly be this late.

But it is.  And the OT is coming at 10:30 tomorrow morning, so I have to drag my butt out of bed and try not to look like the bride of Frankenstein by the time she gets here.  That could take a while, so...

'Night, y'all!