Chinese New Year party is finally over. Finally !! It went well and all my hard work paid off. Food was great and we got left over ! How's that. Leigh didn't want to go, and then wanted to go, etc. I reminded her that it is a long hour and her dad and I will not be able to take her home if she gets bored. Then she didnt' want to go. About 10pm she called and screamed at her dad's ear.
Maybe I should have encouraged her to go with us. At least she would be surrounded by people and would not get bored and isolated. But I just couldn't deal with her when I was under stress myself. I would scream her head off if she gave me hard time over there at the party.
OK, now Kenzi is going to Skyline. It's good and bad I guess. Good thing is Leigh will have friends and I can be assured that Leigh will hang out with Kenzie but not Mr. Joe Smoe. Bad thing is Leigh will still be surrounded with materialism and monetary desire provided by Kenzi. Oh, well, I guess those are still way better than drug, alcohol and weapon. So over all it's not a bad thing. I am glad.
We are going to Taiwan, Beijing and Shanghai, yepii. I am so happy. I can't wait to see my mom, my sister, my brother and friends. Leigh seems to be happy, too, because her cousine Wei Wei will take her to shoppiong in Shanghai, and her aunt Jennifer will company us in Beijinig. These trips will make our Taiwan/Asia visit a lot more fun. That way Leigh will not get bored then. Good plan.
For mid-winter break Kenzi is coming to FL with us. We still get to stay with Clair, how nice. Now I only need to worry about the spring break in April. Let's just get it done one by one.
You should take a big break, Pei.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Long time no see....
Hey, I haven't been here for a while. It doesn't mean life is all good. We still got bumps and fall, but Leigh seems to be trying to manage her emotions a lot more. She is managing her mood.
The Christmas trip to FL went well. We all saw baby Nanda and Bruce, and enjoyed Sea World. Leigh didn't want to go to the beach with us because she had done too much of socialization. She read books and didn't eat a thing that day. She was sad about the story, she said. We went to Busch Garden together and she got annoyed about the boredom. And then the outlet mall and Juicy Coutour store cheered her up. A lot !!
New Year's Eve dinner again was a drag and she didn't go of course. Mad, upset, cry, and "you don't care about me" all didn't stop us from going to the party that we have been to for the past 15 years. Leigh ended up arranging to join Kenzi for the New Year's Eve. There was no struggle and she agreed to come home after the dinner, no sleep-over. She was fine. Good sign. We did the count down together though. Good-bye 2008. Hope for a better 2009.
Don't get me wrong. My story is not over yet. We still got some drama where "I am going to stab you" or "you should just stab yourself" were said. K said it's not unusual for the teens who have mood disorder to say that kind of things. It's typical. So no worries. ok. I still want to give Leigh credits. She does try very hard like working out in the basement to get rid of her boredom feeling, joining the girl's baseketball team as Assistant Coach, doing the Language project on time, taking med on time, being nice to our pets and her sister, and trying to control herself with us. She tries.
Lagrou said "you have done every thing". I guess.
The road in front of us is getting straighter and smoothier. I am just getting ready for her high school. And she said she is pretty set with Skyline. So Skyline there is.
The Christmas trip to FL went well. We all saw baby Nanda and Bruce, and enjoyed Sea World. Leigh didn't want to go to the beach with us because she had done too much of socialization. She read books and didn't eat a thing that day. She was sad about the story, she said. We went to Busch Garden together and she got annoyed about the boredom. And then the outlet mall and Juicy Coutour store cheered her up. A lot !!
New Year's Eve dinner again was a drag and she didn't go of course. Mad, upset, cry, and "you don't care about me" all didn't stop us from going to the party that we have been to for the past 15 years. Leigh ended up arranging to join Kenzi for the New Year's Eve. There was no struggle and she agreed to come home after the dinner, no sleep-over. She was fine. Good sign. We did the count down together though. Good-bye 2008. Hope for a better 2009.
Don't get me wrong. My story is not over yet. We still got some drama where "I am going to stab you" or "you should just stab yourself" were said. K said it's not unusual for the teens who have mood disorder to say that kind of things. It's typical. So no worries. ok. I still want to give Leigh credits. She does try very hard like working out in the basement to get rid of her boredom feeling, joining the girl's baseketball team as Assistant Coach, doing the Language project on time, taking med on time, being nice to our pets and her sister, and trying to control herself with us. She tries.
Lagrou said "you have done every thing". I guess.
The road in front of us is getting straighter and smoothier. I am just getting ready for her high school. And she said she is pretty set with Skyline. So Skyline there is.
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