#395 Sunday 9 October

Well .... it all began the right way last night  ... a very cheerful Kaylee ... all was good through baggage land, passport land and customs land ..... then the wait for boarding began.  We gave her the sleepy dreerrgs an hour before to help her settle .... but she settled too much!  By 30 minutes to boarding she was a mess .... too sleepy and so she was wanting to get on the plane NOW!  We then had 30 minutes of a very high anxiety attack ... a screaming Kaylee throwing herself on the floor ... thrashing round .... we resorted to the ultimate "knock out dreerrg" .... It Didn't Work!  It seemed to get her worked up even more if anything.  We 'frog-marched' her down the hall to see if exercise would improve things .....the minutes stretched into hours and days as we tried to manage her (with a plane load of passengers closely watching!)
Finally ... after years of recriminations about "^%^% night time flight .... _*^%^" ...... we were allowed on board (the airline staff were very understanding and cooperative)  .... and she immediately settled and began to sleep ..... BUT!
When we first found our seats, we had made a mistake and sat in seats ABC instead of DEF .... when the rightful owners of A and B came along .... Kat was in C ....  the geriatrics insisted that we must move to the correct seats ... so we had to disturb Kaylia again  to get into the other side of the aisle.  I had steam billowing from all orifices by that stage.  It took ages before I could stop trembling with rage.
She slept for the whole flight.
Customs etc in Bali was uneventful ... we waited and were the last off the plane and so nearly all the other passengers had already been processed .... minimal waiting.  Made was waiting outside and we were wisked off to the villa.

Now it is 7am .... I've had a nice swim and done a few little jobs.  Soon it will be time to begin the day battling the A-monster ..... Kaylia is usually very upset for 24 hours after the change in routine so Day One is devoted to managing her .... swim, drive, shops, drive, swim, drive, shops, drive, swim .... etc till bedtime.

Midday:  After breakfast at Art Cafe it was down to Hypermart for donuts and shopping ..... big shopping .... lots of fresh food .... and a couple of kitchen appliances.  The fruit is so yummy.  By the time we got home Kaylia was just keeping herself under control .... it was hard for her and she did it well.  Now she is having 'time out' in the cool bedroom.  This is time where she doesn't want company ... she just wants to play by herself .... it seems to allow her to adjust her world.

Bedtime:  The day has been a good one (as first days go!)  Kaylia has managed to  cope with her anxiety without any major episodes .... we were able to have some of our own adventures while allowing Kaylia the space to sort her world and massage it into shape.  She does this by lots of stimmy time on her own.  She only had the one trip out (to Big H for donuts and Hypermart) and then stayed at home for the rest of the day.  Lots of pool time, lots of stimmy time.
While this was in progress, I found a local warung that does yummy chicken satay .... I brought home 25 sticks for lunch plus some tempeh .... really good!  In the late afternoon I had a haircut and then went searching for more warungs that do satay ..... no good.  I found a beaut little warung just around the corner (very local ... not a restaurant) that had a delicious buffet .... I had a feast for $1.50!.  After this I looked after Kaylia while Naomi and Kat went out for their meal and followed that with a pedicure.

A good day.