Post Holiday Update

I am soooooo glad to be out on vacation this week. Middle school is really, really hard. Those kids were giving me such a run for my money, and I find myself becoming someone I don't like when I am trying to keep them in line. Some days I feel like such a failure at it. I think elementary school is more my speed.
I had a nice time with my family over the holidays! This is a first. My mother was calm, not "hyper" and getting angry over little things. All the kids were well behaved.
When I was leaving my mother wanted to give me a box to put all the leftovers in. I told her I needed bags, that a box would be too heavy. (Not to mention I need my hands to help me get into my house from the garage). She then packed it all in one bag and said: "it's not heavy". To which I said: "Maybe not for you" which pissed her off. It just amazes me that she is so out of touch with what I can do and what I can't do. She worried about stuff with me that she shouldn't, but then she totally misses the mark when it comes to some of what I can and cannot do. It's very confusing to me, which it always has been since childhood.
I have to get off this computer. My neck is irritated and my fingers are jumping around of their own accord because of it. It is so weird!!

Calling every middle aged person with CP

The other day I was talking to my doctor and then my therapist about being middle aged with CP and the lack of information about living with CP in middle age. I sure would like to know what others are going through, or not as the case may be. I found out recently that part of my left lung has collapsed. I wonder how many others out there have had this happen to them.
My therapist urged me to find a website that deals with the subject. I don't know of any. I then realized that maybe I could attract people with CP who are middle aged. I don't know how to do this though, except so far I changed the name of this blog to perhaps get more people with CP to see it and perhaps comment. I am feeling alone with my disability right now. That happens alot.