The Front Porch Swing

[LeslieDJoyce]

Y'all need to try audiobooks so you can keep your hands and eyes busy with other things.

Because I can't always see, I love audiobooks or having my kindle read to me.

I love Podiobooks.com right now. There are a lot of self- published things there. Some are produced like radio dramas, some are straight reads. Some are current podcasts, others are complete and archived. I think all of it is free !!! And then you can donate $ to the ones you like. Because I like the format so much I'm a bit more expansive with my selections than I would be otherwise. Some of the stuff isn't very polished, but that's part of the fun for me.

I always listen to Podiobooks or regular podcasts while I'm washing eggs. Because of my weird condition I get panic attacks in the middle of the night a lot, over nothing -- it's just a physiological response, and Podiobooks calm me right down. It's like having a friend talking to me.

I can get audiobooks from my library, too. Free.

I can play Podiobooks and audiobooks on my iPhone, which has earplugs.

 

[Tomtommom]

Are you sure you aren't my wife?

Get book, read book, dead to the world, NOTHING gets done. She is a fast reader but still, while I'm glad she is enjoying the book, being TOTALLY absent is a problem!

Good luck with your son, I wonder if there aren't support services closer if you ask the right person. The scenario you described is totally non workable! And who decides when there is a 'scheduling conflict' that YOU are supposed to come back at a different time? The other party better have a WORSE 'commute' than you do to justify such a thing.

Bruce

I forgot the best part!

Since this is the dreadful Birmingham, AL.. it means all appointments MUST be after 9:30am, or we have to leave the house at 6am to beat rush hour traffic.. or be stuck in traffic for an additional 30mins to an hour. It would be funny, if it wasn't so sad

Oh, and stop and go traffic is DEFINITELY going to make him hurl

The county Birmingham is in is bankrupt, no lie, the roads here are in awful shape... the whole time driving on them your car bounces up and down going "kadunk kadunk kadunk", it's like a running gag "Oh, we must've just crossed into Jefferson county".

I've long realized that GOOD doctors and therapists are few and far inbetween. Rude seems to be a requirement these days.

 

[enola]

TTmom I know exactly what you mean about Drs. My daughter called me today just to tell me she took her 18 month old to a dr that actually LISTENED to her today.

It's a shame.......

 

[Blooie]

I am a book junkie. Kindle makes it so much worse because it is convenient. I downloaded a novel yesterday afternoon around 5 and finished it around 1:30 am. It was short though, only around 300 pages. When I can't sleep because I can't shut my brain off reading allows me to escape. Of course then I get into the story and don't pay attention to the time

So, does that mean it isn't just me? I'm not the only nocturnal reader who finds herself dozing off while reading. gets up, wanders around for a few minutes and then goes back to bed to continue reading? I hate falling asleep when I'm reading, but I hate not reading to fall asleep. Oh, the angst!!

 

[Tomtommom]

I have some Dutch books that I love so much, I have reread them many times... I started translation one once, because I wanted my husband to read it.. but then I realized that that was an insane amount of work

I love fantasty books, but other books will catch my fancy too.. I suppose most would fall under drama. Oh ladies, I saw this wonderful movie on Netflix the other day. I don't watch all too many movies, I rarely have the patience to sit still that long.. but this one was good. It's called Safe Haven, and I believe it's from the same writer as the Notebook. It's a lovely tear jerker with some plot twists that keep it interesting. Another favorite of mine was the Time Travelers Wife. I love sappy movies with some drama/suspense.

 

[Tomtommom]

TTmom I know exactly what you mean about Drs. My daughter called me today just to tell me she took her 18 month old to a dr that actually LISTENED to her today.

It's a shame.......

I'm thinking of going to another pediatrician. There's one with raving reviews and he's connected to Children's of Alabama, which is the hospital my son goes to for a lot of his testing... so it would make sense. A lot of the issues seems to me that everyone has a different opinion, noone listens to anybody else and they all come up with new stuff that totally conflicts with what others say.

This lady on Wednesday pulls the whole "Oh well, he has only been hearing for a year, when he wears his hearing aids, so that's why he can't talk" and I am trying to tell her that his hearing isn't that bad... ofcourse she then pulls the chart out and start pointing this out, as if I'm new to it... Urgh. He had a hearing test in MARCH. The audiologist that did the test AGREED that his hearing isn't bad enough for him NOT to be talking and that there's likely another unlying cause. He should be talking, just in that typical 'deaf person' way. Missing some sounds etc.

And then she argues that he needs to wear his hearing aids all the time or he will never learn to talk bla bla bla. Translation: it's moms fault he's not talking. Ok, alright... please, oh lady that just came out of school and doesn't have any kids herself, please tell me how I can verbally convince my son who doesn't talk to wear his hearing aids all the time. Really, you'd be the first person in existance that can convince a toddler to do something they don't want to do

He just pulls them out and chews on them until they're so soggy I have to put them in the drying kit. Batteries are rusting because he slobbers on the dang things. I'm sorry, I gave up.. and guess what. He started talking. He has barely worn the things since Christmas... but clearly, he's so deaf he will never talk without his hearing aids. I will get him to wear them when he's cooperating, at some point.

Doctors forget parents spend a LOT of time with their kids and can tell you what's going to work and what isn't. They know their kids' personality. Mine: He's stubborn and sticks everything in his mouth. EVERYTHING. If I can't put his hearing aids in without him fussing, it's not going to happen. There are days that he cooperates. There are days that he doesn't. It's called being a toddler. Some days he talks and signs, some days he bites and hits (not acceptable ofcourse, but.. he's a toddler).

 

[Triple Willow]

Tomtommom... I use to get car sick too. I remember when I was little, mom had a friend that had a little boy about my age. Sometimes they would get together and take us places. We would BOTH get car sick. LOL I remember plain as day one time they stopped and both of us kids were puking in somebody's driveway. HA! And I remember when I started school. By the time I got to school after riding the bus for an hour, I was barfing my guts out. By then I was so upset that I just wanted to go HOME! Poor mom, she earned her stripes with her kids. REMEMBER, God won't put more on you than you can handle. Call on Him when you get tired and stressed to the breaking point.

I just remembered something. Something about the vehicle moving and me NOT seeing where I was going was what made me sick. To this day if I try to read or something like that while riding I will get a sick feeling. Dramamine or something similar helped me a lot.

 

[Triple Willow]

Blooie... That's scary. Glad it didn't hit you guys.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

One of my friends posted this on Facebook once ... No, you do to have insomnia. You just have a new book and not enough respect for the concept of tomorrow.

 

[dpenning]

One of my friends posted this on Facebook once ... No, you do to have insomnia. You just have a new book and not enough respect for the concept of tomorrow.

That is SO me! LOL Of course after reading till 1:30 am my dogs decided to bark at the yard invaders (neighbor dogs) at 5:58 this morning. Talk about no respect!