Elliott had a meltdown tonight before going to bed.  This lasted about 30 minutes and began when it was time to take his bedtime meds.  I really hate meltdowns because they're miserable for all persons involved.  Elliott has become very tunnel visioned when it comes to things like video games or really anything that captures his attention.  He wanted to play his 3DS in bed tonight and we said that he's played it enough already today.  That was the trigger.  We didn't even kill it cold turkey.  We gave him some lead time to finish up what he was doing.  He's just having a rough time anymore.  The stress of everything that Lizze and I are trying to cope with inadvertently spills over and impacts him as well.  No matter…

I love the way my kids think.  This one is just killing me.  :-) The other day I was trying to work and Emmett wanted me to play with him.  I was trying to explain to him that Daddy has to write in order to pay the bills. I was being goofy and said "Emmett,  Daddy has to bring home the bacon". It's been three days now and Emmett is still asking me where the bacon is.  As soon as I move to go somewhere, he asks if he can come with me so he can help me pick out the bacon. I think I may actually have to go out and just buy some bacon.  It will put an end to to Emmett confusion.  :-) He's just too cute.…

I've been totally dragging today.  It's like forgetting to disengage the ebrake on your car and trying to drive away.  I just can't seem to get moving.  Emmett wants all of my attention during the day. I try my very best to find balance between working and spending time with him.  Working from home is both a blessing and curse because there are far too many distractions. Today, I really had to push myself to play with Emmett.  Lizze is still really sick and that's just exhausting for for both of us. Emmett wanted to play with his blocks.  He wanted to build castles and then use the castle pseudo bowling pins.  After the castle was built, we would roll these balls at the castle and try and knock it…

This week is going to drive me crazy, I can already tell.  Today is Tuesday but it really feels like a Monday because there was no school yesterday. I'm not going to what day it is for the rest of the week. :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know how to spell but auto-correct hates me.  ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.

I wanted to let you know about the phone call I received from the Cleveland Clinic yesterday. Someone from the Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program finally returned my call.  Apparently, someone was supposed to have called us already to explain where we stand.  At this point, we have to jump through a few hoops, before we will know where we stand as far as insurance goes. At this point, Lizze needs a PT and OT evaluation,  before we can go anywhere.  These evals have to take place at the Cleveland Clinic and are mandatory, prior to her entering the program.. The very soonest she can get in is sometime in February, maybe.. This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any…