to us, from seaners

Random item in one of the gift bags of doom: a giant book/art project, made by The Boy to Mom and Dad. "Things I am Thankful For." is the title/basic premise, with included blindy-kid paintings and collages, labelled in braille and print (with pictures of the ASL signs.) It's awfully cute; the paintings are very Pollock-esque. May take pictures/scans later.

Today we brave the mall (two malls!) because I am an IDIOT and leave things to the last possible minute. Mall crowds + coffee+ lack of sleep + codeine/melatonin-induced narcolepsy == seriously FUN TIMES, my friend. *nods off like Professor Farnsworth, drools*

I should create a 'stimmie keepaway' tag.

It's kind of like Calvinball.

Tonight, Sean tried to play 'stimmie keepaway' with Chris by holding it out of HIS reach (as in, Sean holding over his own head in an attempt to keep it away from Chris instead of the other way around - this failed to work due to Chris being taller, but the logic displayed was /great/). Then he handed Chris the stimmie and played the traditional way.

He also said 'daddy' and patted Chris's cheek. <3

(Survived mall. Exceedingly freakin' tired. Ankle still hurts. Braving TJ's tomorrow morning: pray for me.)

... and now he's grooving to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Well, it does make a nice change from Madonna ...

I prefer 'twits'. And here's some.

• 09:30 must wake up. time to have respite hours and breakfast and brave the freakin' mall. what the HELL is wrong with me, the mall. *headdesk* #
• 10:40 I have no ability to make decisions like this. I just spent nearly fifteen minutes staring dumbly at the breakfast menu. #
• 16:06 I hate malls. Period. *relaxes in nice quiet coffee shop playing death metal* #
• 19:58 I wonder what this means, cosmically: cat has taken the Happy Buddha statue and is chasing it around the room playfully. :-D #
• 21:43 The Toy Dolls cover of 'The Final Countdown' == bunch of angry scotsmen with kazoos. which should be feared ANYWAY, IMO. #

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