In several ways... both the physical stuff from a week away from home with three kids, and the psychological re-grounding and re-centering needed after last Thursday night. And deciding where to go next... I've called Turko and left voicemail, am trying to reach someone at the SD local paper, and am at a loss where to go next with media.
I'm tired, too... last week, we were working 12-16 hour days, from 8am until after midnight, arguing and going over 107 submitted proposals to NASA to develop planetary science instruments. (But no overtime, since I'm civil service ;) I was averaging 4-5 cups of coffee and as many cans of caffeinated soda a day... then, today, back to nothing. So I'm draggy and sleepy and trying to muster energy to deal with tomorrow's likely zoo. David has been moody and more volatile than usual, but doesn't want to talk about it.
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patgreene alternates between being furious and then wishing the whole thing would go away...
I'd still be OK with just 3 things from the Pokez owner: a written public apology for David, a statement that the manager was incorrect in his reaction then to support the waitress's abuse , and something (either staff training or personnel changes) to prevent this from happening again. But apparently the restaurant is claiming that we were asked to leave because *we* were rude (LOL.. we were actually reserved and probably the quietest table in the place that night, and I was incredibly polite-but-firm to the manager afterwards), and they are saying that it doesn't matter because David isn't really autistic because he can talk (?!?). Apart from them being utterly incorrect on both counts, even if David was a *neurotypical* child, that still doesn't somehow make it OK for the waitress to grab him and scream in his ear! (scratches head)
