Eric got outside early to go over things and be ready. The owner showed up early. I did say "oh good, you came, I was hesitant to let a stranger hook up your trailer". He had also worried about that and said he didn't give the driver he hired our address until he arrived at our place. She just knew the area. Then when she was a half hour late she texted that she'd be another 40 minutes. So we went in for coffee. The couple are lovely and we had a fun chat. Then the driver needed gas. Then there was a line for the washroom. Que a much longer wait. She arrived, hook up was easy. A bit of rig-a-roll to get her turned and heading out. Then Eric spent an hour scrubbing the yard of the diesel fuel she leaked all over. Oy.
Now, the funny part.
After they all left I scurried Eric out of the house so we could get Luk and Jia's passport applications in before 4. The office has moved and we didn't make it. So we just went to Walmart for groceries since we were right there. Eric got a call from the trailer buyer. Apparently the driver went missing for 45 minutes and they were crapping themselves thinking she'd stolen it. Thankfully she finally arrived and dropped it for them in Shawnigan.
So all told the removal was 5 hours. Which is just crazy.
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On the way through town there were two fellows and one was passed out in the slump with his bare butt out and in the air. I didn't get that picture. This was on the way home a couple of hours later. This is in front of the high school, directly across from the pool. Neighborhood groups report he set up house on Friday and RCMP didn't move him along until Monday night.
This is just so sad all the way around.
Our poor little town.
Why can't the powers put in a space for them?! Shelter, water, toilets, showers. A campground. Away from our kids.
Lili, Fei and I ran errands yesterday. Including getting the autism take in forms for Luk in the mail. I finally got that done. Phew. Hard questions. I had to get Eric to help me find words on a few. What does your child like to do? What are your childs strengths? Uh, nothing, he's flat. Appears bored to death at all times. He doesn't actually excell at anything. This is why he is being assessed. I put down he's polite, sweet and compliant. These aren't really skills, they are a soft skill for sure but not what they were looking for. We finally added lego building and lightening fast texting to his skills. This assessment will be pretty interesting. I did attempt asking Luk some of the questions. He did laugh and shrugged. The anxiety ones were funny. Is your child worried about being left alone? Does he worry you will die? Does he worry he will die? Does he have nightmares? Does he worry you will be kidnapped? That he will be kidnapped? On and on. Anyways, I wrote, hard to know, he doesn't talk. He's never mentioned. I don't see fear and anxiety. Luk says of course he worries about all of those things because who wouldn't. But, has he ever worried about these things before? Or just in the moment because I was asking? Oh, and he couldn't really name anything he is particularly interested in or excells at either. He is compliant, he will do all things asked of him. He choses none of them. He's been so flat for so many years that it's just comfortable for all of us.
Hildy, the wife of our trailer buyer came in and met the boys. She is a retired high school counselor. She asked if he has cognitive issues. I said he was up for an autism diagnosis and she agreed it clearly looks like that. After a 5 minute conversation.
Eric has the plumbing, wiring and tanks all moved in the trailer. I made a meal plan. I packed meds. We finally decided to leave the pups at home with Lili and Fei. We'll try the first trip with kids and the next trip we'll add Chihuahuas. The kids stayed two nights in the trailer when we first got it but they had friends with us and the weather was good so they were outside for the most part. We didn't really have to function inside with five of us at a time. I'm getting excited about camping season.
I did book Gordon Bay for four nights around Eric's Birthday. We usually book ten but we have NO CLUE how long the trailer can actually maintain us. Four seemed a safer bet. It is time to be watching the calendar closely to book the rest of summer.
Lili got her convocation date. June 13. So exciting.
