The Poster Child for ODD

I am going to make it. I keep telling myself that I'm going to make it.

But Tony may just push me over the edge. He has been oppositional all week long about everything. He ha a therapist and she sometimes just stares in awe of how oppositional he is. Her mouth hangs open. She laughs. She is amazed.

Tonight he insisted that we rent a movie. He had a major meltdown because he really wanted one. I figure hey, Rebox DVD at Mcdonald's, $1.00 and I will buy two hours of him being quiet. But then Dominyk had ot pick one. So, I figure hey, Redbox DVDs at McDona'ds and $2.00 and I will buy two hours of them being quiet.

So, we get in the van to come home and then it is an argument about who is going to watch which movie where. Of course, they both want to watch it upstairs at the same time right away. So I finally convince Dominyk that he can watch it downstairs, to which Tony says, "I WANT TO." So I tell Dominyk he can watch his upstairs then. Tony screams NO, I want the upstairs. Trying to be mature and help alleviate stress, Dominyk finally offers to wait and watch his tomorrow morning on our trip. But then Tony begins a major meltdown about how it was HIS movie that needed to be watched tomorrow in the van.

So, you guessed it. Neither of them ended up watching either movie tonight. And tomorrow we will start it all over again. Although I'm thinking about "forgetting" Tony's movie -- as I know he won't remember it.

Tonight he just about pushed me over the edge with torturing everyone older than him that was home tonight. One by one he pushed every one of them to the point that they wanted to kill him. And then he started in on me. When I physically escorted him to his room he was screaming bloody murder and said "I hope the neighbors hear me."

And all I could think to myself was, "If they heard you all week long through the windows, they'd surely think you had it coming."

At lesat he listens to his Dad . . . not all the time, but moreso than he does me.

His plane is coming home in 24 hours. I can't wait.