Jackson has been at Purdue for 24 hours at this point. We took today as a vacation day, but made Izzy go to ABA. So we had breakfast together, had a session with Brad together and ran some errands together. There were tears at ABA drop off, at breakfast and with Brad. I told Brad that I feel heavy and exhausted. I’ve been amping up for this time for months (18years really) and while I’m so incredibly excited and happy he’s at Purdue, I will miss him daily.

We actually got to FaceTime with him today because he has nothing much to do until Wednesday when Band Camp starts and I think he was tired of answering my text questions! Lol! He has been hanging out with his HS friends, has eaten at a dining hall (thanks to Jack G) and at the Triple X, has walked a lot and is going to his dorm’s social hour tonight. He was relaxed and smiling today.

Izzy is doing better this evening than she was last evening. She was sad and crying last night. She was sad and crying this morning. She’s happy and silly tonight. Thank goodness! She did ask to FaceTime him when she got home, and he graciously agreed.

I had her IEP revision meeting today with NWMS. They are being very flexible with us. Everything I requested, they granted. She is falling behind in online learning, we didn’t do anything Friday and we obviously didn’t catch up on anything this weekend. not worried. They’re getting us set up so we can get on the centers WiFi and we’ll be set up for online work at ABA!

As we redefine our family life with one of us living his best life 1.25 hours north of us, bear with us. We will find our new normal…..probably about late November when he comes home for the holidays