#892 Friday 19 April

We're at Whiteman Park again .... a school outing on the last day of the term. We arrived and Kaylia was immediately allowed to go to the pool with us .... I can't help being suspicious! Kaylia is strange in the pool .... it's a large, round, shallow pool with 4 large fountains in the middle .... Kaylia has one particular part of the pool that is "hers" and she doesn't move out of that area.

She's been really good lately .... but the full moon is coming! Be afraid!!

Oops .... I spoke too soon ... Kaylia had an "accident" in the pool and we had to vacate! Oh the shame of hearing all the parents talking .....

5pm. Kaylia and Brynn are down at the playground .... I've just had another of those calls from the "Windows technical department" ..... I feel as though we get far more spam calls than real calls these days. I've become very good at hanging up on them. Surely the market must become saturated sometime .... and the calls stop ....

#891 Wednesday 17 April

The therapy session yesterday was a strange one .... generally good but in the middle of it, she seemed to have a "hyperactive attack"  .... the giggling gerties to the point where Alison just couldn't keep her attention.  It went away after a while so it's a mystery.

Kaylia is looking forward to the weekend .... on Saturday we drive down to Busselton for a 4 day break.  Naomi really needs a spell from work.  We'll stay at the same place we usually do .... so Kaylia is in familiar territory.  The club accommodation has an indoor pool and an outdoor pool.  I just hope we are given a room away from the noisy spots .... one year we had bright lights shining through the bedroom window .... it wasn't fun!

#890 Tuesday 16 April

Well .... yesterday was such a good day that it is a strong tick in favour of the theory that the capsules used to hold the medicine actually have a significant effect on behaviour.  Kaylia's therapy session yesterday was one of those sessions where everything just seemed to fall into place ..... Kaylia was really 'firing' and enjoying herself.  She was succeeding in exercises that have been troublesome for some time.

She seems to have finally grasped the concept of a sequence of events ,... and of being able to tell a 'story' with those events.

3pm. She's home from school .... it's been a good day .... more ammunition for the theory!

#889 Monday 15 April

Yesterday we had a good example of Kaylia's quite remarkable 'location awareness'. We had gone on a long drive to Murdoch after being at Aunty Moo's ..... and on the trip north on Roe Highway, Kaylia pipes up ".... Aunty Stana!" It was quite close .... but from an unusual direction. The fact that she was able to notice the landmarks and work out where she was .... it's quite impressive. I wish we could communicate better so we could work out just how good her ability is.

Naomi is not surprised .... in the past she has dealt with another child with the same unexpected skill set.

5pm. Therapy time .... Kaylia is very happy and doing well. It's a delight to see when she is doing so well.

I've tried to get some work done today .... a couple of hours went ok .... I'm really struggling with mental blanks ..... short term memory lapses.

#888 Sunday 14 April

We have a theory for the cause of the recent behaviour change .....
Her last issue of Lovan was in capsule form instead of tablet .... it may be that it is the actual capsule material! Others have reported strange effects .... so .... we now have tablets again. What's going to happen?

We're now at Aunty Moo's place .... without AM! Mim and Steve are away for the weekend .... but such is the "routine problem" that we still need to be here. Kaylia now wants AM! B%#}}#^^ routine.