$2 may be too good of a deal

Thanksgiving point is having an amazing deal on Tuesdays in August. Admission to any of their fabulous facilities is only $2. That would be a $22 savings to take my brood to the museum. Being the cheapskate that I am I jumped on this deal. Me and everyone else in Utah county!!! The line to the museum wrapped around the building! I was meeting some friends and didn't even know where to begin finding them. Luckily most had decided not to come and when Shauna came and saw the line she headed for home . (I tried her on her new cell phone to no avail!) We decided to go to the farm. Not quite the deal as the museum but it was something to do. Ian has been asking to ride a horse for months now and I thought this would be the perfect time to appease his interest. The line for the horse rides was long but I knew there was no way we could skip this. He was his usual self in line. Major meltdown. Waiting is not his thing. I was trying my hardest to keep calm and trying to distract him to no avail. The lady behind me was crowding me and I was holding Ian as he flailed around and he kept pushing me into her stroller. She was acting so annoyed and I wanted to say "you see what he's doing...don't stand so darn close!" What I actually said was "excuse me, I'm sorry but I'm trying my hardest to control him but I'm worried he's going to push me into your baby. Could just step back a little bit?" I made sure she saw his "I have Autism, what's your excuse?" shirt and she smiled and stepped back. There were three cute girls in front of me talking about their blogs (Maybe one of the is TAMN?) and they were being cute and talking to Ian trying to distract him. When it was just about our turn and girl approached me and said "I just want to let you know I think you are doing an amazing job. I saw his shirt and thought wow! What a great mom!" Can I just say it totally made my day?!?!? She was telling me her son is bipolar and before he was medicated she couldn't take him anywhere because he had a lot of meltdowns. I was relieved to be surrounded by understanding, kind people. And once he had his horse ride he was fine. It's like flipping on a light switch. I just wish I could flip it off too!