Ok - so this is long - and I do mean long. But its a day in our life. *****Todays appointment was with the psychiatrist - I always dread it because the wait can be so terribly long. I totally get it - children and families in crises need extra time. Its understandable - and while it gets frustrating, I would want the same if it were my child. BUT Super Chase on the other hand - could care less what the reason is....He can be a trooper for only so long. After a while - the iphone and the ipad lose their luster and he is just ready to GO. Today was no different - after about an hour, I could see the beginnings of him breaking bad. He had watched all the youtube videos he wanted to see. I think the sounds (they have the tv blaring, kids are crying, parents are loudly talking on their phones...). Sometimes its the smells - last time it was pork rinds for me - but its quite the mix of people in the waiting room and some of them have obvious issues with personal hygiene. I knew it was going downhill - when he arrested the woman sitting beside us. She was loudly chatting on her phone when she busted out with how p*ssed off she was for having to wait so long. FYI, Chase is on the bad word swat team - if he hears or even thinks he hears what he considers a bad word - he immediately grabs the offender - roughly places handcuffs on said offender, and attempts to throw this law breaker in jail. Yup - this woman was too busy with her conversation to notice him announcing to the entire overfilled waiting room - that she said the PS word (he always picks two letters to describe the offensive word - now the two letters can be any combination - lets just say the BC word rhymes with witch. I cant figure how he came up with that system, but its his and it works for him - better than announcing the actual word. Anywho - he demands a response from EVERY person in the waiting room. Some level of acknowledgement about the situation at hand - fortunately - these people today somehow figured that out - so crises at that point was averted. The lady however - quickly realized that most people were now staring and smiling/laughing at her. She looked at me - I can could see she was confused - I politely told her that she was being arrested for saying the PS word. Her face turned bright red - guess she understood his abbreviation and was very embarrassed. She apologized and graciously participated in the arrest - and he let her off with a warning. Whew - because he can get really really wound up about the use of a bad word (yea, lucky Im the mom - I dont get arrested). Well he just couldnt let it go - so I distracted him with a video about seahorses (go figure its just what came up). I could see he was still distressed about it - and he started with the clicking and smacking of his vocal tics. Now, I was randomly thumbing through a magazine - when he suddenly stopped - which of course, got my immediate attention. I look over at him - I can see his eyes staring a hole through another young lady sitting directly across from us. She was obviously agitated and anxious so I started praying that she wouldnt say a bad word. I was pretty certain that an arrest wouldnt go over so smoothly this time....but she was busy writing in her notebook. It only took one extra second to notice why he was staring at her. She was wearing a rather short dress - but thats not exactly what had his attention. The problem was - um, how to say this politely - to put on her underwear. - It was quite obvious given the extremely short hemline and the fact that she was not sitting in a very ladylike position. YIKES - how to handle this situation? I didnt want to call attention to the particular situation - not knowing what the heck Chase might say - and definitely not wanting to embarrass the young lady. I quickly turned his wheelchair so she was no longer in his direct view. The lady beside me - that he had arrested earlier - saw what was happening. Not wanting to draw attention - she quietly went to the appointment desk and explained what was going on. Neither one of us believed there was anything being done purposefully (but ya never know). The young womans therapist appeared in the waiting room almost immediately and escorted her to the back. I was sure Chase was about to announce something completely inappropriate - I held my breath....thank goodness the receptionist knows Chase well. She was there in no time with a box of Marvel Hero stickers. Crises averted....I was on edge until we were called to the back. I figured he had forgotten about it until we were leaving the drs office. As we walked out the door - he turned in his chair and said, Underwear is for girls too. I just kept walking....
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:27:31 +0000
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