I could probably swing it, I would just need to identify us as a special needs situation and interview any potential matches.

Yeah, what Trudy said--maybe a student who was studying that kind of thing? Of course, I could see someone wanting to be studying and then not live it, but who knows. There's gotta be a way.

I am so embarrassed--I am on a board, and there was supposed to be a conference call tonight (we have one once a month). The chair couldn't make it, and I volunteered to run the meeting. Only a few of us could make it, and we talked about canceling it, but didn't...but then I completely FORGOT, and blew off the meeting, and an HOUR AFTER, opened up my email to some questions of "um, are we having a meeting?" SHIT. And it's not like I was even doing anything--just sitting around watching TV and reading. I just didn't realize what time it was, and/or connect that with the meeting (and my phone was in the other room and I didn't hear it go "beep! meeting!")

If you want to go the au pair route I can also get you the name of my sister's agency; she had really good luck over the years. Heck, one of the two people I was visiting in Toronto was her first au pair, originally from Brazil.

If you're offering room and board, you might contact/put up ads at the local college -- I'd go with the education department, psych dept, counseling area, career center.

Random: I bought one of Target's Method line cleaning products. It is supposed to be lemon verbena. It is overwhelmingly oregano. Which isn't bad, just so NOT lemon verbena (I know because I have some.)

I may cross post this because it's *that* funny! Especially for you parents! [link]

java, that's fucking hilarious!

omg, I literally LOL.

Java, HA! I just reposted to my Facebook. That's awesome.

Perkins, all the best ~ma to you tomorrow.

Java, that's hysterical.