Yesterday went by so quickly!! I was at the Autism Transition conference listening to Peter Gerhart of Baltimore speaking on Aspergers. He was very good and he reminded us all how when teaching young adult with Aspergers you have to teach every step of a task and we often forget that. THere are many steps to things we do everyday and don’t think about, such as riding an elevator, using a public urinal. And each of these tasks had unwrittem social norms or expectations, that you also have to teach. So it was interesting!
I got alot of cross stitching done too! When every I am at a conference I have to do something with my hands or my mind wanders terribly, so I cross stitch. I have a project that the only time I work on it is at conferences. So I have been working on it for many years already! It is done on linen so it is very detailed. I am almost 1/2 done with it. I have a two day conference next month and another 3 day conference in March so I will get alot more done. I enjoy cross stitching, I just don’t have time to do it at home and I would rather read with my free time at home.
After the conference I went to the office for a bit and then to my book group! had a great time. About 4 of us had read the book and all liked it. It was a more difficult read in the writing was difficult to get used to. It was a book that was best read in long sittings so you could get use to the language. The story had alot of plot turns too so those that din’t finished it were inspired to finish it after listening to us talk about it. Our book group was at a lovely old St Paul home, with amazing wood work, crown molding, etc and details of the home was amazing!! Very nice! I got home after 10:00 and went right to bed. I just love my book group!
Today I am home in the morning as Tommy has Preschool so I will pay bills and make my menu and grocery list. Tommy has a Dr appointment at 1:20 and I will return phone calls from home for work for a few hours, but probably won’t go into the office. Just a day to catch up around the house today I guess. I can’t believe the month of FEbruary is almost over!
That’s great that you can do your cross stitching while at the conference. I can’t sit and watch t.v. without a magazine, something to write, etc.
Have a great day! ~~Suzanne
It’s shocking how detailed you have to be in teaching autism-spectrum folks. My daughter told me yesterday that she needed to be taught how to leave a message on my answering machine. I totally take that skill for granted.
I always have a “hand project” going too! That project sounds pretty…I love X-stitch on linen.