Today started the next two weeks of adventures at the Y. Ariel has gymnastics camp every morning this week and Joshua will trade off next week starting his basketball camp. We have never done anything like this before. There are many reasons for that, but I am excited that we finally get the opportunity. It is great to give the kids a chance to try things that they are interested in. I cannot wait for Daniel’s music therapy/social group to start. (June 21st) I think this is going to be amazing for him. I am also excited to have found a possible piano teacher for him whose cost per lesson is something that we can afford. I am calling her tomorrow. (Can’t wait!)
This experience will be a challenge and huge progress for us.
I thought about all of the new social situations that we will all be doing and about the social/sensory/life stress in general that is happening in the next two weeks. It made me think that I REALLY need to make this as positive as possible and that I need to try to reduce our anxiety levels as much as possible. My mind has been soaring for days. Yesterday, I could not think straight at all – I was a hyper-spaz. I truly was there is no way around it. I was jittery, my mind was racing, I could not get a calm moment, I started to lose my words, I started to panic about my family, then freaking out about past events that I do not even care about. I almost went into a complete shutdown, but was able to pull out after a couple of hours. Basically I was spinning in looping circles of nothing and everything.
I could not make it stop.
continued ... YMCA Week Begins: Day One
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