How was Thanksgiving?

[auntie]

Did everyone survive the long holiday break? 

[funchicken]

We had a good break. We started DD1 on Zoloft about 3 weeks ago, and I think we might actually be seeing improvement. I don't want to jinx it, but DD was pretty easy-going over break, and she didn't have her usual Sunday anxiety last night. This morning when she couldn't find one of her library books for school (normally this would trigger a massive panic), she actually managed to get past it without frantically running all over the house and worrying that the librarian would never let her check out books again. It would be so nice if the meds can allow her to keep her anxiety manageable enough that she can access coping strategies that she's been working on with her therapist and the school counselor.

How was your break?

[waverly]

Well Thursday and Friday were not great dealing with my SIL. But when I wasn't around her, it was wonderful.

[sahara78]

The holiday was nice! No issues on the holiday itself. DD was very excited to go back to her "fun school" (aka ABA) today. Four days at home was a bit much for her. Kind of wish I'd taken today off to spend a bit of time relaxing alone.

[lemonberry]

We actually had Thanksgiving a couple of weeks ago. DS ate more than just rolls this year! A plate of turkey, mashed potatoes, and tried other things like cranberry sauce and ham. Then he declared it time to put up the Christmas tree. Lol

[auntie]

We had a weird ADHD/Dementia holiday.

My dad who has dementia was very confused and uncooperative which upsets my mother. When DS called to say he couldn't find a parking space on my mom's block, my dad overheard and suggested I pick him up with the minivan and "throw his bike in the back". His bike??? DS drove over solo in his Wrangler.

My mother, the font on all ADHD in the family, and my seriously flaky niece relieved me of the buk of the food preparation this year. Yay! Niece's boyfriend prepared a fabulous turkey and gravy at their place, while my mom and niece did all the sides at mom's place. I arrived about 30 minutes before we were meant to sit down. Veggies were prepped, dressing was being assembled but nothing was actually cooking yet. The oven wasn't even preheating. The two of them were chatting with no sense of urgency at all.

The meal turned out well, if not timely. DS ate half the apple crosata I made.

My holiday brag is that DS was offered and accepted an invitation from coworkers to grab a beer after work the other night. The 7pm Santa train was scrubbed, so Santa and crew hit the local brewpub for a couple beers and some pool. He also has become the go-to guy for the new hires when they can't figure out how to tie their own ties- this from the kid who was about 9 when he finally could tie his own shoes. Who knew?

[miranda]

We had an okay time. We had our first scare "losing" DS. I was up in my hometown for their annual Christmas lighting and fireworks. The town was packed. DS was totally overstimulated and acting like a punk. My Dad offered to "take him for a walk." At some point DS darted away from him, thinking he saw me. My Dad just shrugged and let him run away. DS was gone for probably 20 minutes before my Dad saunters up to me without him. I panic and run off; my Dad finds him a few minutes later, sobbing and crying. I was livid with my Dad and then he starts yelling at DS for running off- so I yelled at my Dad that it was his responsibility to watch him. My mom starts yelling at me for yelling at my dad. DS is crying and still very rattled. After calming down I realized that DH and I are just programmed to watch him and we need to remind others to do the same. Good times. I was very, very happy to leave the next morning. We're taking a big family cruise with them in January. I need to find more rum runners for my suitcase. Also I signed up for the ship's wifi so I can track DS via GPS on his ship band.

[lemonberry]

miranda, that sounds terrifying and is my biggest nightmare.

[cam]

We all survived, as did the deer we hit. 

The actual festivities went very well though.

[macchiatto]

Thankfully it went pretty well. We had 5 extra people in the house for a week (BIL, his wife and 3 teenagers). In some ways of course that was challenging (not a big house!) but they were also pretty helpful. Leo had a few meltdowns at times from less sleep and routine than usual but overall handled it pretty well and enjoyed having them here.