I tend to feel the need to tack on weaknesses whenever I mention an accomplishment, otherwise. I hate myself for doing it, but it is the only way to make it acceptible enough for others.
Nodding vigorously. I think I did that in my first post in this thread too, despite feeling so at home here. I have this insane need to be absolutely accurate so if DS8 displayed one MG profile in a subject and HG+ or PG every other time in the same subject, I resort to using the MG profile to describe his abilities in that subject. I don't know why I do this. I feel like I'd be an impostor or fraud if I claimed he was PG when he obviously couldn't answer a simple question to the level I feel a PG child should.
Anyway, I guess I could start a different thread for this but this thread feels appropriate...I wanted to share that today I had to drink 3 mugs of coffee to keep up with the kid. I usually drink only one and two on the days that I'm exhausted. Today in rapid fire over the course of 5 hours he came up with all sorts of projects he wants to do and puzzles he wants to solve and a presentation he wants to give. I'm brain dead with trying to keep an interested face to listen to him and give him feedback and just keep up with him. I often wonder how people handle 2 or 3 HG+ extremely verbal kids in the same family...how do you manage to survive? How do you sleep at night? I can't ignore DS, my conscience won't allow me to but at the same time, I'm really at my wit's end. I just wish his brain will slow down sometimes or he'll just keep quiet.
On another note, we have an opportunity to have him assessed with the Wisc for a very affordable fee. This is a qualified psych with some years of experience so I'm not too worried about credentials. We have put off testing all this while due to cost and a few other factors but this opportunity seems too good to pass up. I'm suddenly terrified though. What if he's nowhere near HG? What if I've been imagining it all this while? It eventually won't matter, I know that. But I have this momentary fear that everything I thought was true about him all these years will suddenly vanish. And I'll have to figure him out all over again.
Thank you for letting me rant. I gave him free rein of our audio system for him to play his fave music while I write this. Otherwise I couldn't have 2 minutes silence from him to write. Yes, even loud music is easier for me to focus with than DS' constant, incessant outpouring of ideas. Gosh I must sound like a horrible mom lol. This is extremely unlike me. I'm normally sane and calm and very tight-lipped about him even among close friends. I think it's the combo of coffee plus feeling really really comfortable in this forum.
