We had a really nice night, although we had to wait over an hour longer than expected at the pizza place I had suggested. DH was very glad to hear I was over my craving now and could do without it for the foreseeable future. OTOH, dgs was just amazingly well-behaved... eating his Cheerios and having a fine time. (DS & DDIL are probably a bit overly cautious re: his eating "regular" foods, but he is extremely healthy and at least average size, so... whatever. He'll learn to eat pizza soon enough, I am quite sure.)
He STILL is not talking... but ds said today during Sesame Street, they were practicing the sounds: "v... v... v..." and ds was saying them with him, and just as plain as day, dgs said, "violin." (Of course, he refused to repeat it for us.)
We took ddil pizza for her midnight meal at work, and ds reported that dgs was thrilled with the unexpected visit with his mama... then they came back to our house and ds & dh watched a dvd while dgs and I played.
UNTIL I started trying to load some pictures on the computer and suddenly --
my desktop icons disappeared AGAIN.
WHAT IS UP WITH THAT???
DS & I both googled and searched and could come up with NOTHING... and then, just as mysteriously as they had left, they returned. But the time before, I know there was something simple I did to get it all back to normal. Could not find that link this time. WHY WHY WHY didn't I print it out before? Just stupid, I guess.
In the meantime, I found out I had also lost a bunch of pictures ddil had taken on my camera the last time ds got to do an "important" (to us) show. * sheesh *
Fortunately, ds -- being a recent victim of a computer crash himself -- was very understanding. Said it was no big deal, and I would probably lose something more important before I was through, judging from his experience.
Computers can be so frustrating.
ANYWAY...
Harriet -- I was so glad to see I had mis-read that earlier post and that dd can put all this ISS stuff behind her. That was my experience w/ISS as a teacher, also. ALWAYS created more work for the teacher, we were supposed to know at least a day ahead of time, but often times, an office aide would show up just as the first class was underway, saying, "We need work for Johnny in ISS" -- when no one even expected Johnny to be there that day.
So you put the class on hold, hustle around to find "more than enough work" for Johnny, who likely as not would not do the work anyway... and then when he returned to class, would claim he turned the work in to the ISS teacher, who would never be able to find it. Oh my goodness, yes, I am glad I am retired.
And students always reported finishing all assignments with a large portion of the day remaining. * sigh *
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So, what am I thinking today...
After a bit of sleep, LOL... I think I will need to
[ ] do laundry
[ ] call dmom
[ ] babysit dgs while ds gives banjo lessons
[ ] exercise
[ ] dust something else (trying to fill in times for various rooms on my 3x5)
Yes, it's still bad. Yes, I'm still trying to give the new people the benefit of the doubt that they are doing what they are doing to try to improve the group, and encourage others to give them a little more time. Not sure why, when ... never mind, I can't change other people's behavior so I'm working on improving my own attitude and trying to maintain courtesy and professionalism. 
