Back to the Blog

I have been part of a writing group for about 6 months now and in addition to actually writing more, it has brought the realisation of how inconsistent I can be. Particularly with my writing. I waver all over the place, pulled in any direction that flashes the brightest. Blogging has been no exception. But this blog itself has been ongoing since 2006 or thereabouts and was originally titled the Pennine Pen. I liked that name but discovered a nearby business with the same name, and although it didn't present a problem, I've decided to update it. So once again, I am returning to blogging,  hopefully full of better ideas and brighter writing, and more consistentcy in my posting. The Photo Friday feature seems to be the most loved so thank you for your comments and I will endeavor to keep improving. Summer is in full beautiful bloom here in the north of England, and the kids will be breaking up from school very soon with plenty of adventures awaiting us, so please stay tuned.

Back to the grind

Well I'm slacking off I see, but we seemed to have either loaded a virus, or these latest windows updates have completely screwed our computer up, as it didn't quite return to the factory settings, but instead wiped out all our personal files, that's all our documents, photos, music, etc. Norton's is not functioning properly either, and of course when we need it, we can't find the receipt and code that says we updated our subscription only months ago!! Its enough to make me not want to have a computer at all.. or to fruitlessly wish that I was a computer genius.

Anyway, its been back to school this week for my son, and I've managed to send in the Sendist Appeal. We are also one week away from our meeting with the multi-disciplinary team that have been assessing my son for an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I was pleased to hear that the educational psychologist was in to see him this week at school, although I feel she didn't pick the best time as he is still 'fresh' from the holidays. It would have been much better had she come in the last month of school (in July) as she was originally intended to. I can only hope that she will have consulted with my son's teacher from last year who knows him very well, as this year's teacher doesn't of course.

Once the assessment is done, hopefully a diagnosis will result, and evidence that we can then present to the LEA for our appeal for a statuatory assessment.