Going Calling
Apr. 2nd, 2013 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xylieOn my laundry list of things to do now that I'm contracting part-time instead of taking on all the sins of MontaVista full bore is visiting. My neighbor is a lovely person, an Aussie transplant who used to be a motorcycle instructor among other things. Her husband got a job at Apple and they settled here.
Her son, Rory is a high-functioning autistic guy who loves Star Wars and X-boxes. The boys love him and adopted him Halloween night two or three years ago. It's Rory this and Rory that, much to the chagrin of Rory's younger sister Clara. She's a take-charge redhead like Sean and does not like being overwhelmed by hooligans.
Jake does his best to be nice to her.
At any rate, Jake was off to scouts and Sean needed to leave the house so we wandered by to say hi. Cathy was kind enough to invite us in and we stayed for a bit. She has a labrodoodle about James' age. The two of them have great conversations, but James is afraid of the larger dog. The only dog so far in the known universe to give James pause.
Poor Casey. James is not used to dealing with other unruly toddlers.
Cathy talked infectiously of skiing. As a SAHM she doesn't get out much. The kids and therapy is a big part of her schedule. But every weekend she's taken off with them to Tahoe and they've been having a grand time. The kids get lessons and she gets a lesson herself.
If her green card status can come through in the next few years, she wants to be an instructor. Her photography is good enough to get on for seasonal weddings so she stands a good chance of making it through the years.
Unfortunately Rory's chances of good school programs might be more limited. It's a tough call for any parent.
On the upside, Rory and Clara have outgrown their toy car. James was the happy recipient of said car and has been in it ever since. He took a break for sleep and a break for breakfast. That was it. He even "drove" the car to the TV so he could watch Top Gear with Dad drive-in-style.
Lucky guy.
Her son, Rory is a high-functioning autistic guy who loves Star Wars and X-boxes. The boys love him and adopted him Halloween night two or three years ago. It's Rory this and Rory that, much to the chagrin of Rory's younger sister Clara. She's a take-charge redhead like Sean and does not like being overwhelmed by hooligans.
Jake does his best to be nice to her.
At any rate, Jake was off to scouts and Sean needed to leave the house so we wandered by to say hi. Cathy was kind enough to invite us in and we stayed for a bit. She has a labrodoodle about James' age. The two of them have great conversations, but James is afraid of the larger dog. The only dog so far in the known universe to give James pause.
Poor Casey. James is not used to dealing with other unruly toddlers.
Cathy talked infectiously of skiing. As a SAHM she doesn't get out much. The kids and therapy is a big part of her schedule. But every weekend she's taken off with them to Tahoe and they've been having a grand time. The kids get lessons and she gets a lesson herself.
If her green card status can come through in the next few years, she wants to be an instructor. Her photography is good enough to get on for seasonal weddings so she stands a good chance of making it through the years.
Unfortunately Rory's chances of good school programs might be more limited. It's a tough call for any parent.
On the upside, Rory and Clara have outgrown their toy car. James was the happy recipient of said car and has been in it ever since. He took a break for sleep and a break for breakfast. That was it. He even "drove" the car to the TV so he could watch Top Gear with Dad drive-in-style.
Lucky guy.
