Three more days of ESY! I had to put one of the students in a hold for a good 20 minutes today. He has had a massive meltdown at least once a day every day but today he got aggressive. Kicking us, throwing chairs, throwing toys. Can’t allow a student to hurt themselves or others so he had to be held. There is a specific program we use for physical restraints that ensures the student will not get injured even if they struggle against it. I’ve been trained in this program at every job I’ve had so I’m well versed in it. I never actually used it before I worked with the smaller kids because middle/high schoolers are generally my size or larger but the little ones I can hold on to pretty well. I hate doing it though, it upsets the student greatly, but like I said they can’t be allowed to hurt themselves or others. He was able to calm down after awhile. Thing is it’s hard to know what triggers him. It seems to come out of nowhere. Ideally he would have sensory breaks during the day to limit stimulation for a few minutes but that’s not possible in ESY. I hope he will get a more thorough individualized program during the regular school year.

I didn’t binge all week but I did not eat as much fresh food as I have been, more processed food and sweets. So my goal this week is to add more fresh fruit and vegetables and limit my processed food consumption. I’ve been ordering the hello fresh meal kits and I love them. I cook from scratch using fresh ingredients but everything is measured for me and all the meals are bagged together so everything is in one place. I’m easily distracted when I’m cooking so this is extremely helpful. I only order two a week because they are expensive but it’s less expensive than going out. I’m hoping to get my cooking practice in with these kits and maybe in the fall I can start to cook on my own again.

I’ve been successful with the seroquel reduction so far. I woke up so much easier today! And Saturday I woke up at 8:30am. Sunday I slept until 9:30 again but that’s because RS came back to bed so I assumed it wasn’t that late. He usually gets up at 5am and stays up but sometimes on the weekend he goes back to sleep after being up for awhile.

We took a beach trip on Sunday since the heat finally broke. It was GORGEOUS. We had to park a half mile from the beach but it was worth it. And we got to go to one of our favorite restaurants. There used to be one near us but that location closed so it’s only at the shore now.

Sending good vibes to everyone that needs them!