tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463973002088642311Thu, 02 Oct 2014 05:00:17 +0000AutismParentinginsanityjob searchlay offlifeworkhttp://lifeinthemountainvillage.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mountain Girl)Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463973002088642311.post-240149747339475661Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:45:00 +00002010-04-23T20:39:01.580-06:00AutismParentingEvery month is Autism Awareness month here. Our oldest son is 7 and was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome last fall. We first noticed something off when he was around 2 years old. He would use dialog from Thomas the Tank Engine videos to communicate with us, was terrified of noises, hated certain textures (desperately wanted his hands washed sometimes and not others), etc. We now know his speechhttp://lifeinthemountainvillage.blogspot.com/2010/04/wheres-roadmap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mountain Girl)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463973002088642311.post-6247748718146414147Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:39:00 +00002009-09-17T19:51:14.019-06:00insanitylifeworkSo I've been working....and working and working. Nights, weekends, 12-14 hour days. It has been insane but the I'm getting paid and paid a lot. It's great to have enough to cover expenses and put some cash back into the emergency fund. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but this has made me remember why I left the large consulting firm I used to work for many years ago and why I've been working http://lifeinthemountainvillage.blogspot.com/2009/09/out-of-limbo-into-insanity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mountain Girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463973002088642311.post-8448536639047358543Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:33:00 +00002009-07-13T17:41:38.751-06:00job searchlay offSo I was supposed to start my brand new, full time, contract to hire job last Friday....didn't happen. Contracts were signed, background checks cleared with flying colors. Suddenly, HR from the firm that will eventually be hiring me says they have a hiring freeze until August 2nd (unless it gets extended). Now I was hired under an exception to the last hiring freeze, but it took them so long tohttp://lifeinthemountainvillage.blogspot.com/2009/07/limbo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mountain Girl)0