My baby is 17!!!!!!

Well the birthday boy is off to the cinema with the Triple A team to watch the new Indiana Jones film...To be honest i didn't have a clue what to get him until this afternoon...Me and G went out to buy his cards and pressie from me when i suddenly decided to get him a digital camera...So he's actually well chuffed with it :o)  G had bought him the Futurama film on DVD and i got him a pressie from K which is high school musical game for the DS...So far he also has £100 in birthday money with more to come...I'll be asking him for a sub LOL

Yesterday G had an appointment at the disability support bit of RGU...Student only and not parent going in with them...Ok he is 18 and they speak to the student rather than parents as it isn't school BUT when they have a disability i do think it would be better if the parent or someone else was allowed in with them...G came out after 15 mins and had promptly forgotten everything she had spoken to him about <sigh> Basically it was to discuss support and him being assessed for support both in person and for aids he may need...He has to have a letter confirming his diagnosis and stating what he can and cannot do...So G had thought our GP would be able to do it...WRONG he doesn't see the GP about his aspergers full stop...In fact he doesn't see anyone anymore as there has been no need to...He mumbled something about diagnosis within last 2 years...So i gave up and went in and asked to speak to his disability officer...I got impression off him that meant we were going to have to have him rediagnosed again but no we don't need to...This confirmation for SAAS has to be from someone medical...Which is a bit cack as he doesn't see anyone medical...It's not really a medical condition as such where you see people regularly...She said educational psychologist would be ok...Hmmm the ed psych at his school hasn't even met him as they change so regularly LOL...The head of the base isn't good enough for SAAS which is so so so STUPID...She is the one who knows best about him academically and what support he would need for university FFS...Anyways we drove out to the base and lightbulb went ping on way there...School GP could do it for us...Spoke to Mrs P and she is going to ask the school GP and have letter for next week...Today another lightbulb moment so am going to phone Mrs P tomorrow...Going to ask if she can get together with the school GP and dictate what she writes <g>  Which am sure the lovely school GP will be more than happy to have happen...That way we can get what is needed written down for SAAS...He will be seen next in july by the disability officer and get assessment done then...Speaking of RGU i have my annual invitation again to private viewing of this years degree show from Grays school of Art...Now i have never gone along to them in the past but i am tempted to this year...A) because the lecturer i had left at the end of last year and B) because it sounds frightfully posh this year...These invites i have only received over the last 7 years and they always came in the post...For an evening where you were given one glass of wine and one strawberry tart...This year the invite came via email and (puts on best posh voice) it is for a champagne reception on the lawn in the quad on a saturday afternoon...Thing is i won't know anyone and i bets those who go along are all recent graduates...But it might be a bit of a laugh and does sound ever so posh, says she who will pop along wearing jeans and a T shirt <g> As one friend said i may be able to network at it you never know...So should i say yes to champagne on the lawn or not????

I had M's last ever parents night at school last night...I came away very pleased with how he has done and so is the school...His teacher has given him extra work on IT skills to prevent him from becoming bored...Have to bear in mind that it is a SEN school and some on his class are still unable to read or write...They probably will never be able to read or write very well at all...She is concerned as am i that he could end up repeating a lot of stuff at college and end up bored witless...We also say the head teacher and the deputy head teacher as this was his last ever parents night...They both game me contact details to go above the person am supposed to contact for college <g>  The head teacher asked what he would eventually like to do as a job and he said working in television...And there are courses apparently at college to do with that...Not just the media course but other ones specifically about television industry...M had read about them in the prospectus...Which i didn't know he had because he never told me grrr...So even though college are the same and wish to speak to the student only they ain't going to get away with that from me <g> Oh no i will be going in and demaning (politely) to talk to someone who can put us in the right direction...And fingers crossed they can accomodate him doing some work from these mainstream courses to see if he can cope with them...He certainly knows a lot about filming, editing, adding in sound and special effects and so on...I know of kids who have gone to the special needs course at college from mainstream school who have done standard grades or intermediates who have then had to sit and do work well below their academic capabilities...And that is just plain STUPID and POINTLESS...Ok have them do practical life skills but not repeating or going back to academic work they did several years beforehand...We'll see i don't take things lightly anymore and i certainly won't kow tow to any so called professional and take what they say as face value...Am far too long in the tooth at this now to put up with stuff like that.

Mum has hospital tomorrow about her wrist and should get the plaster removed :o) Oh when out shopping for M's pressies i went to Staples for an SD card as i knew their own brand ones were fairly cheap and actually quite decent...Well up until the 5th of june they have 1gb sandisk ones for £3.99...That is a real bargain and i bought all the ones they had left today...And i will be going back and seeing if they have more in and buying them as well...Asda are about £14.99 for exact same SD card lol...Anyways going to go make and watch the rest of the tennis in peace and quiet :o)

Toodle pip tc xx