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August 27, 2005

My New Yellow Room

WildChild has been concerned about our pending move, for several reasons. We've lived in the same house for all his life, and he's been having a hard time imagining us anywhere else. Plus, like his dad and others with ADHD, any change upsets him and he's somewhat of a worrywart. Because of this, we've always made it a point to keep his room & things the same as much as possible because a stable, consistent environment is very important for him.

So Ma & Pa's new house is a big deal for him. We've been trying to reassure him that all his stuff will get moved to the new house, and that the only thing that will be different will be that he gets a new bed.**** But it's never worked out that he was here when we were going inside the house for one reason or another, so he'd never actually seen anything but photos. I had promised him as soon as we got the keys, I would take him to see it. Which we did yesterday afternoon.

He was hilarious.

Non-stop chatter all the way up there. We pulled into the driveway and he got quiet for a minute looking it over. Then the motormouth fired up again until I got the door unlocked. He rushed past me into the living room....stopped & looked around.....and screamed WOW! WOOHOOO! I LIKE OUR NEW HOUSE! WHERE'S MY NEW ROOM?

Now the former owner had allowed a tenant to (badly) paint one of the smaller bedrooms, the one we plan for him to use. It is presently this hideous, eye-blinding screaming fluorescent yellow. A painful to look at, shield your eyes when you walk into the room yellow.

However, yellow happens to be WildChild's favorite color.

I showed him the way to his room, he ran inside and stopped...speechless for a change. I said "I told you it was very yellow." Eyes dancing, he spun around to look at me and laughed "I like my new yellow room Ma!" I let him run around and check everything out until he wound down a little. Then he & I planned where we going to put things....new bed will be over here, clothes & toys in the closet, and so on.

He seemed very relieved. Of course, then we had to check out the rest of the house & the garage & the yard & every little thing. We've promised him a swing set & a sandbox since this lawn, unlike where we live now, is nice & level. So he was telling me his swings can go here and his sandbox over there and you & Pa need to put a garden here and Ma you need to mow the grass. He was cracking me up.

Then my daughter arrived, to see the house & to pick him up for an overnight stay, and he had to give her a guided tour. Even showed her where we were going to put the dryer. LOL

He finally wound down and was satisfied that he'd seen everything so we left to get some dinner. He seems pretty excited about moving now, and not so upset about the change. I've told him when we get everything ready, he's to help me pack all his things and move them into his new yellow room.

I'm sure that's going to be quite an experience for us both.

****His new bed looks something like this, except instead of a desk at the end it has a slide off the top bunk. And no, we don't spoil him rotten. We found the bed at such a good price, about the same as a plain bunkbed, that we couldn't resist it.

And yes I do know it's a broken arm waiting to happen. If he's anything like his dad, and believe me he is, he's going to have broken bones anyway. He may as well break them doing something fun.

He is going to go apeshit when he sees it. hehe

Posted by Rita at August 27, 2005 03:14 AM

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Sounds like the Yellow Room will remain yellow, at least for a while, which sounds like a good thing.

Posted by: Jim - PRS at August 27, 2005 05:08 AM

Well it was so badly painted that we're going to have to redo it. The paint was applied very unevenly over a darker (brown?) color, so it almost looks like yellow plaid....if you can imagine.

It'll still be yellow, but a bright, primary color yellow. We hope.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 27, 2005 05:16 AM

You need to show everyone just HOW yellow the new room is. My eyes are still recovering from the photo you sent.

Posted by: Da Goddess at August 27, 2005 06:42 AM

What a good idea! I'll do that right now Goddess.

Heh.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 27, 2005 06:44 AM

Whoa That is some yellow!

Posted by: bogie at August 27, 2005 07:12 AM

Isn't it though? I just can't imagine anyone seeing that & thinking it would look good in a small room. Or any room for that matter.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 27, 2005 07:47 AM