Powderfinger

Levi had so much fun!! It was great.  First off I took him out of school at about 12.30 and we went home and napped.  He and I snuggled up in bed and eventually he nodded off.  He was so excited it was hard to wind him down, but eventually he settled and slept for just under an hour.  He had a shower when he woke up and then we had a half an hour to kill.  Zac and Alex were over catching tadpoles in the slimy green goose dam.  By the time I got up to the dam Levi was already there.  He was inordinately self controlled and even told his friends that he couldn't catch taddies because he had to stay clean. 

Then Georgie and Ruby came to pick him up.  They had dinner and played around back stage.

 Ruby, Levi and Ian

After they had dinner, they wandered in and out of Jet.  They had perfect seats and could go backwards and forwards with the other Minifingers (the kids of the band).  Levi got his own Minifingers All Access Pass and a wristband that would get him, well, anywhere really!

Then Powderfinger came on.  Levi loved all the drama of it all.  He loved the music but he wasn't as used to the sensory input of lights and music.  Even with the headphones on, he really only coped for 2 big songs.  I got a text from Georgie and came in and picked him up.  In the meantime, Pam and I had decided to go out to see Inception.  She didn't have any appendages that night either, so we went to dinner, bought movie tickets and right as we almost got into the cinema, there was a text, to go and get him.  Oh well, it was fun to drive fully into the back of the River Stage while the band was playing and get the mancub.  The whole way home, he raved about how much fun it all was!

He will be talking about this for a while!!

Not Much

OK I wish that I could say I am having a fantastic day today, but it wasn't much better.  On top of that, pretty much the whole office had a bad day.  One of the young Physios that I work with cut a kid today with the cast saw.  We have all done it and she did it less than most.  She barely broke the skin.  When I did it as a young Physio in Michigan, the poor guy needed 10 stitches.  Yep, I never do anything by halves.  This sweet thing was so upset, it took me about an hour to calm her down.  The child's Mum was very relaxed and even called later to see how the Physio was doing. 

Levi has been as excited as any one child can be to go to the Powderfinger concert with Ruby.  Tonight he said that he thought that I was going and that is why he was so excited.  He said he didn't want to go without me.  I don't think that it is easy to stop at this point, but I don't really understand why Levi is so freaking timid.  It drives me nuts at time.  He gets these great opportunities but he stresses about them.   It is not that different from just going to her place and playing, but if it's a bit different, he is nervous.  I am trying to see it from his point of view but I'll have to say, sometimes it is hard.

My work isn't much better.  It is still stressful but I have some wonderful people that I work with in Strathpine.  We went for coffee this morning, and it was nice to just be with some normal people, talking about normal things and reacting normally.