I wasn’t nearly as organized as I appear to be now; and even now, the chaos I sometimes allow myself to live in still overwhelming. Let’s just say I’m a work in progress. When I was in the military, I was disorganized. I was honestly, disgustingly, disorganized. I felt like I was running a marathon on a treadmill, and I still feel like that from time to time. Life flashes all around me, I am stationary, running as fast as I physically can to catch up and enjoy the life flashes. I realized the extent of my problem when we first moved to Florida and my son’s autism hit a staggering low.
On paper everything was good to go, but when we got to the new state, the new house, and the new school, we quickly realized that it was not “good to go.” The school situation was a mess, and just as school was starting, my husband left on deployment. In the move, we lost my son’s birth certificate. We lost much, and there was little organization to his school reports. I was not prepared for a battle with the school district, and a battle it became. The first 5 months were so harrowing, I don’t have many memories of them. The only thing I do remember is spending much of the school day walking around my home like I was a zombie or in a trance. I attempted to get a job, but it was an extremely low-paying, part-time job, and it didn’t help me feel more fulfilled.
On paper everything was good to go, but when we got to the new state, the new house, and the new school, we quickly realized that it was not “good to go.” The school situation was a mess, and just as school was starting, my husband left on deployment. In the move, we lost my son’s birth certificate. We lost much, and there was little organization to his school reports. I was not prepared for a battle with the school district, and a battle it became. The first 5 months were so harrowing, I don’t have many memories of them. The only thing I do remember is spending much of the school day walking around my home like I was a zombie or in a trance. I attempted to get a job, but it was an extremely low-paying, part-time job, and it didn’t help me feel more fulfilled.
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