DR top ten question number Four!
Question: How come you’re knitting all these damn scarves instead of working on my damn wedding?
Answer: Okay, nobody actually asks me this, but I was worried it seemed that way so I’m answering it anyway. I’m doing both the knitting and the weddings. Some of you know this, some of you don’t, but my daughter has PDD. That’s pervasive developmental disorder, also known as an autistic spectrum disorder. In other words, she’s autistic, but not autistic enough to be labeled autistic nor ‘normal’ enough to be labeled ‘normal.’ Smart as a whip, but it’s hard for her to express herself.
This means that I spend a lot of time in waiting rooms, like at the speech therapist’s, etc., and I ain’t got a laptop. So I’m working on the knitting a lot during that time.
I work on weddings more in the evening, but sometimes I do take a break and chill out. Like tonight, when it’s Enterprise/Angel night. Woot! I’ll probably wander through the computer room during commercials and see who’s IMing me, check my mail, be sure nothing’s totally busted, etc., but sometimes I do need a break.
In a nutshell, I’m not ignoring my wedding couples for more frivolous pursuits, but if you’re worried, you’re always welcome to e-mail me.
(By the way, I’m always glad to talk to anybody about PDD and my kid, since the more people that know somebody with PDD, the fewer people automatically think “Rainman.”)