Like the Graceful Dolphin, I shall Dive into the Chaotic Oceans!

Well...I feel like shit. As the day progressed, the obvious reared its ugly head...I have a head cold. My sinus' have declared war, and my glands feel like they are the size of strawberries. Luckily... Urky is picking up some Nyquil for me tonight at work... so I only have to suffer through tonight. So its mommies turn to be yucky and cranky!!!

OH...Firemole sent me the paintings. This woman is UBER talented. She looked at my picture and painted a picture of me walking out from the waves... it is really, really beautiful. I also have DS and Ele's paintings she did... so DS... lemme know if ya want me to mail it to you, or save here until your next invasion...hehe.

Well... we were at the school alot longer than I thought we'd be... we were there for 3 hours. we spoke to the Speech Therapist first... she was really nice. She is recommending Emania for extra help. She had some bad news for us... They have this like bell scale they use to show where abouts a child is... and Emania should be right in the middle... but...she's actually all the way to the left at 2 1/2. Its not that Emania can't talk... its her processing information. This was also reflected durring her Physc eval. Emania had alot of trouble doing certain things, and we found that she's very visual... she needs a picture to help her understand. But even then...she can get confused. We discussed heriditary conditions, and what she was like at home... and in the end the physc evaluator, Linda, told us she is definately recommending help for Emania. She told us what happens next, like the meeting with the Board of Education so we can tell them ourselves we want Emania to get the extra help, and what kind of help she is going to get. They are calling it " Delayed Development ", because she is 4 years old. However, if she was 5 right now... she would probably be diagnosed with a learning disability. They don't like to diagnose disabilities in preschoolers because there is so much room for help to reverse any disabilities. But over the course of the next few months.. we'll find out if indeed it is a disability. I know they, along with Nate and I, are very concerned with Emania's sensory. We've all known for awhile Emania is HYPER sensitive when it comes to personal space, her sense of touch, and especially...her empathy. So... we'll see what happens. I think Nate was a little upset over the idea Emania might have a learning disability...but I tried to be positive for him and say...its not a dirty word anymore. Dyslexia is a disability. But, it is still kinda heart breaking...you feel like its your fault... even though they all say there's nothing you did to cause this... but when your a stay at home mom... and with her 24/7... its kinda hard to believe that. So...I'll keep ya posted...