when my little boy got past the senior prom, the high school graduation ceremony and subsequent parties, held his own graduation party, slept til noon in june [long ago planned for], went to camp for two weeks, worked with his pca [personal care aid] and had one of his needed two eye surgeries- we realized his habits of staying up way late and sleeping in was now occurring in both july and august. of course the agencies du jour were trying to be thoughtful in scheduling around his camp and his eye surgeries; but now we need them to hop all over it and get him his two more trial jobs so we can meet as a team and hear from him about what type of employment he might like to try on a regular basis. by this we mean during the daytime and during the main stream hours. we need to hop all over this and get him cooking. so far he has tried the following job skill sets: senior citizen dining cleaner, hardware store truck unloading and shelving with register and greeting and phones, in grocery shelving new dairy, detailing cars [read vacuum and hunt for coins] and one four day stint cleaning hotel rooms. he has 2 more trials such as cook's assist at the middle school and something else new.....

he needs his upper body strength kept up, he needs to be awake when the work ethic folks are on the move, he needs growth and praise and he needs a pay check. he has no money and he is not getting any small change out of me due to the smoking. he does not smoke at home but yes! he evidently is smoking now and heaven help us with knowing not what else.

he is so early in his life. i can picture him as a personal care helper himself. he is very kind. he has a warmth about him. also can see him as a vet's assistant for maybe bathing cats and dog and grooming said critters. or a construction clean up guy or a yard worker in landscaping; but then what for winters. he has my admiration. he is true blue hero. he does so much with the faulty equipment he was handed visually and mentally and stamina wise. i love him forever. forever and a day. he is my guy.