This has been a tiring weekend. Yesterday we went out to dinner with dh's parents and aunt and uncle. Nathan was not on his best behavior. In fact, he hasn't been that bad in a long time. He kept mouthing off to us, and was rude and defiant. Finally dh got up and basically dragged him right out the door, after Nathan threatened (and tried) to flip over the dinner table. He refused to go outside, and tried to resist dh's attempt to escort him out, so he just pulled him right along, and I joined them and helped dh pull him out the door, with Nathan threatening to chop off our heads. It was embarassing, and depressing.
We stood outside with him for quite a while until he calmed down. After that, he was considerably better, but we were feeling like we had been dragged through the ringer. (We think hunger was making his mood worse, and we waited for over an hour to get served). Poor dh wrenched his back in the process of pulling Nathan out of the restaurant, and may have given himself a hernia. Yikes. He's worried that he'll end up spending Thanksgiving in the hospital. We're both hoping it's just pulled muscles.
Tonight we all went out again. Nathan started to act up a bit, but I threatened right off the bat to take him outside, and he sort of reined in a little. He doesn't like the scene any more than we do. He was not exactly good tonight, but he wasn't really all that bad either. He was so-so, I guess. He was really hyper, and kept bouncing all over the place. It was hard to get him to eat. He started to get mouthy, but he did keep that in check, which was at least an improvement over last night. I wonder why he is so out of control this weekend? He behaves pretty well at home, then gets so defiant when we're out. I don't know if it's a blood sugar thing, and he's ready to eat, or if it's an environmental thing, or what.
Oh, and I've changed colors on the site! I was trying to put the new logo on the Support Group's website, and the puzzle pattern on the state of Illinois just seemed to clash with the puzzle piece border I had at the top of the page. I didn't like the combination at all. So I tried some solid color puzzle borders that I found in pink and in blue, and I like the look of this much better. I think it's less blinding, lol. I used the same pink background on 360, and on the LJ, too. It's calmer, and it allows the logo to stand out. I think it makes the site look more sophisticated. At least I hope it does. It's cleaner, and easier to read, anyway. I had some problems using the puzzle piece buttons on the new site. The words just didn't show up on the small graphic. So I opted to do it manually, instead of using the navigational bars. I put the page info beside the graphic instead of on top of it. It took a lot longer, but I think the results were an improvement. I'm curious to see what the Support Group thinks. (If they don't like it, I can always switch back).
Your feedback on the new site is welcome!
www.rockfordautism.com
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