Life is Like a Water Snake Fidget Toy

I have decided that my life is like a water snake fidget toy. Just when I think I get a handle on one side of it, everything busts out on the other! This morning we had a great phone meeting with Cheyann's school folks in Savannah. She is doing very well in her classes right now - even getting A's with very few behavior problems. They are looking at moving her to a new classroom so they can raise the bar for her a bit and give her some challenge. Wow. Just wow. Of course they will have to monitor that closely to make sure they don't loosen the reins so much she can't manage, but I'll take it for now. And she is status quo in her residential placement. Of course she is being held very tightly, isn't engaging in therapy and isn't able to have a lot of contact with home and family, so there are lots of factors likely affecting why she is managing, but maybe, just maybe, some skills are transferring and she is maturing just a bit. We remain hopeful that we can bring her back to VT in the summer - hopefully a group home in Montpelier. So I let myself ride that wave for a while just to be hit on the other side by an email from Lynn's school where she had a terrible day full of opposition, refusals and shut down behaviors.  Squish.. out the other end we go! I have to go  respond to that email.