Back to school week was a mishmash of emotions.
Taking Sasha out to his favourite cafe Nero, I messaged Eddie who stayed at home, if he fancied a slice of Neapolitan cake for me to bring back. Later he said it was too sweet. It does look pretty though.
Monday was a stressful day. We were waiting for Sasha's PAs; one of them arrived in time, and told us that the second guy would be late, as he was still in Oxford. Half an hour later, he was still in Oxford, and I asked Eddie if he would do me a great favour and accompany Sasha and PA to the cafe.
I walked with them, bought the drinks and food and left, as Sasha gets very anxious when I stay there.
It's hard to explain to an outsider, but he compartmentalises everything.
When we are out of town, let's say in Cornwall, or Paris, he is fine to eat out together as a family (and my presence is acceptable, in his eyes).
If we go out locally, and I accompany my husband and Sasha to the cafe, I only buy drinks/food and leave, otherwise Sasha gets upset. In his mind, this is a wrong move. His autistic way of thinking is quite rigid, and every change in the usual routine is a big drama.
Eddie was a real champ, and stayed all the time with the guys. The second PA arrived almost an hour and a half later, and they brought Sasha home, who got very upset that they didn't go to the bookshop afterwards. And then we had a hellish evening, as he couldn't cope with all the broken plans.
I totally forgot to take a single photo, so here are two pics from Tuesday.
While I have been struggling, solo parenting for another stretch of days, my dear husband was enjoying himself in Paris, walking past Ralph Lauren.
Now that the academic year has started, he will be commuting weekly, working in Paris for a few days, then coming home for the weekend.
While Sasha was out in town with his PAs on Tuesday, I ran from shop to shop, as we needed some last minute school shopping. Of course, we left it too late to get new shirts, all shirts in Eddie's size were unavailable. Came back home and placed an online order, for a slightly bigger size, as they didn't have them in the right size either.
It's been raining almost every day, changing from sunny to grey drizzle to bucketing in a matter of hours.
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My kid got soaked through and through on his first day of school, coming home.
And then we had a lovely rainbow.
Trying to up my omega 3 fatty acids intake with a snack of smoked sprats on bread and butter.
My husband returned back from Athens in the night, and Sasha was particularly thrilled to see him, when he woke up.
The weekend wheezed by, with lots of chores and things to do. We also watched Interstellar. Every time I see this film, I am impressed by the music score, it is truly amazing. And such a deep, philosophical concept.
