Ask – This Week’s #WOTW and #R2BC

You might be able to hear me cheering (listen) that it’s nearly half term, two weary children here who can’t wait for the slightly-more chilled days than a half term will bring.

I’m feeling quite chilled myself now, but earlier on in the week, I was anything but.  I’m not going to go into detail, I’ve moved on (thankfully) and concentrated on making sure I learn from the circumstances that made me so annoyed.  

So, my word for this week could have been a negatively charged one, but it’s not.  Instead it’s “Ask” and, thinking happily, here’s why:

1.  Toot toot on the flute!

D started having flute lessons at school in the summer and we’ve continued with paid lessons this term because she enjoyed it so much.

  
I wanted to make sure it wasn’t a “phase” before we considered paying for the lessons and our ultimate aim is that Santa may bring something flute-shaped this year.  

In the meantime, I don’t want her to lose momentum, so (and I didn’t realise we could do this until I asked), her school is lending us a flute, together with the work she’s been learning.  I really didn’t expect them to say “yes” but it never hurts to ask, does it?

Next week should be tuneful! I’m glad she didn’t choose something larger, like a cello or double base, I wouldn’t have minded the harp – now that would be difficult to carry home!

2.  Getting closer to the goal

This time next week will have seen another football event taking place.  A Big One.  It’s been the source of many emails and even more phone calls, asking whether we can utilise services, then feeding that information on, which sometimes generates more questions and so on.

Again, as with the flute, you never know until you ask, do you?

3.  Workshops 

This week has also seen the completion of an Anxiety and ASD series of workshops.  They’ve proved to be very useful, not least because it has been a chance to look within myself at how I parent our wonderful children and consider ways that I can help them when the dreaded anxieties strike.

As ever, when SN parents get together, it’s also a chance to compare experiences and recognise that we can all support each other, sometimes it’s just by a “oh yes, we have experience of that too”, it helps.

4.  And some pampering 

I love having a Sheelac manicure, I haven’t had one for about a year and a half because I damaged my nails big time assembling a trampoline and have been too embarrassed to go in and see if they can do anything.

I popped in today, had a chat and have a Sheelac booked tomorrow, yippee!  I will mute my phone and enjoy being pampered.  My only decision around that is what colour to choose ….. not necessarily purple! 

How’s your week been? 

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