Jekyll and Hyde AKA...Autism

Wow, we've had such a wonderful week together as a family. Little to no problems on the Big A front. Brayden quite honestly has been amazing. Yesterday he was better than awesome. It made for such a fun day together. He was so calm and just chatty all day about nothing and everything. We did our grocery shopping last night and it was by far the most pleasant shopping experience we've had in quite some time. Last night as I was talking to Josh I commented on how great the day had been. I know with life you have good and bad days. What I tend to constantly forget is with Brayden there is no middle ground. His good times are really good and his not so good times are more extreme. So the fact that today has felt like the longest day ever should not surprise me. Yet it does. We've had constant whining and just grumpiness all day. I consider myself a pretty calm and patient person, however today is even beginning to wear on me. As I begin to feel this way I take a step back and realize that I am just an observer of this disorder, Brayden is the one that has to live with it. That seems to help shift my perspective a bit. We have to speak in church on Sunday as well so I'm feeling a bit on edge in preparing my talk for that. I will just be glad once it is over. In less than 24 hours I will be sitting in an IMAX theatre with my hubby taking in The Dark Knight Rises. At this point that is getting me through this moody day.