I shall frame this day in gold

Have had such a HUGELY fun day with my Feral Aspie Beastie, it's been one THE best days in a looooong time!
He wanted to explore the local Sunday market so we had to unearth one of Dad's old wheelchairs as he's strictly not allowed to weight-bear on his toe/foot.
It was a case of the blind leading the blind (almost literally) as he had to verbally direct me as I pushed him along.
It made for interesting conversation as I rediscovered muscles I haven't used for awhile!

We trundled along under the Warrigal Rd overpass - where gazillions of wild pigeons nest with their squillions of squabs -  just as a car full of 20-something yr old females drove past Feral Aspie was heard to exclaim,
"Check out mah ride, chicks!"
I refrained from asking which chicks in particular he was referring to!

The thing with the Feral Aspie teen is that he is the size of an adult, he looks like an adult and while he may have 5 uni subjects under his belt he still loves things like Ben 10, Transformers, Hot Wheels, Lego, etc.
Which means that when he hangs around the toy section in the supermarket or checks out the toys at the Sunday market people think he's weird in the former, a collector in the latter and try to charge him more, so I took great pleasure in pushing him over to the kids section today and letting him have his fun by checking out all the toys at his leisure without worrying about funny looks.
Cos the wheelchair is visable whereas the Autism isn't.

He has laughed and giggled today, due to me playing silly buggers, he's been so happy and relaxed, chatting and joking with me.
It's been a golden day :)

Dick da Turd aka Richard III

Poor old Tricky Dicky, Bosworth Field Mark I.0
Aspie teen has been fascinated with this character from Shakespeare for years.
I say character as it is only loosely based on the real Richard III who was much maligned and had many porkies told about him.
He was just a misunderstood chap who wasn't as ugly or misshapen as Henry VII would have us believe - perhaps Aspie teen relates to Dick da Turd (or as my father refers to him "Dick the Shyte") as he's had his behaviour and character misconstrued and twisted?
During the week pay TV aired Al Pacino's semi-doco/play "Looking for Richard" which is a fab movie for anyone studying Richard III or even someone new to Shakespeare to watch or particularly for someone on the Spectrum; Pacino interviews fellow actors and the average man on the street as to the meaning of the Bard's words, the strength of their influence, what these plays mean in today's context, etc.
Explanations of parts of the speeches are given throughout, basically converting the flowery speech patterns into everyday English and laying out the methods behind the plots - again, perfect for anyone on the Spectrum, giving them a rough blueprint of other people's motivations and reasons for decisions, actions, events, etc, as it can relate to any position.
The Melbourne Theatre Company has a production of Richard III currently running; set in the White House it shows how Shakespeare's observations of the lust for power and the corruption of and by power is timeless and universal.
Aspie teen and hubby have tickets to see Richard III tonight.
Guess who wouldn't give up his ticket even if he were offered a kingdom for them?!

Anzac parade

Today my boy proudly marched in the ANZAC Day parade through the city with his grandfather and myself, all dressed up in his suit and tie (which he'd insisted on) and he didn't lose his cool.
Not once.
Well...not if you count the day after he managed to get out of bed following the umpteen naggings from Yours Truly for him to shift his carcass.
Oh, yes, we're doing the 'sleep in all day if we could' male teen thing.
And female teen thing.
And if we're going to be entirely honest anyone over the age of 2 thing, I suppose.