sensory surprises

bad blogger, no cookie

it’s been 2 weeks since my last post.  i totally suck.  my only explanation is that i fell into a black hole at work, and have just been able to find the energy to feel human, much less inspired to write.

the good news is that work is going exceedingly well.  in the past couple of weeks, my little company launched the first two apps that you see on this screen:

(we actually built everything on this screen save Nearby/Obama which were built by my business partner and lead dev prior to small society’s existance, and the last two which were built by my big brother….)

i’m both exceedingly proud and tired.  but i have to say… there’s been way too much going on for me to feel like a great mom of a “special needs” or “neuro-atypical” kid. sometimes being a working mom is nothing but a steaming pile of guilt heaped on top of a slice of exhausted pie.

on the up side, and no thanks to my lack of time and attention, we’ve had some major kidbot progress that i hope to outline in detail at a later date (hopefully later this week, rather than next month).  these include:

- my son’s first use of sarcasm (the only language i speak)

- we started “the listening program” which is some crazy voodoo magic

- for the first time my son answered me intelligently when i asked him “how was school today?”  (ok, so he just shrugged and said “fine” - but seriously, my kid has never answered me before…  i’m enamoured with this bit of eloquence!)

a long story short, his language is really starting to evolve, and with it so are his interactions, his personality, and his interest in all things to do with words - including books, music, street signs, and whatnot.  he is now so verbose he’s verging on bossy. it’s strangely awesome.

note the kidbot is climbing towards a “rEVOLUTION” …