Ever Vigilant, Hyper-Vigilant
Vigilant. Hyper-Vigilant. We had an overnight pass with David over the weekend. While things went well, there were near constant redirects. There wasn’t anything that can lay a finger on as saying this is a huge issue. It was just little stuff. Rather than bringing him home, with the risk that such a trip entails, at least for overnights, we had a hotel. The idea of using a hotel was endorsed by the facility. In fact, they paid for it. Because we had all of the boys, our hotel room had two queen beds and a pull out. David and I were on one bed, mom on another and the other two boys on the pullout. Now, in the past when David has been home, I was the primary parent. I was awake at night to keep him out of trouble. And while I didn’t stay awake the whole night,