Do you ever feel like you have forgotten something?

Lizze, myself and Emmett have arrived at Dr.  Reynolds stunning new office and are waiting to be seen for Elliott's appointment.  As we're sitting here, we realized we forgot something, rather someone.  That someone is Elliott.  Panic sets in as I was thinking we forgot him at home. Then I remember, Elliott is at school, safe and sound.  Nevertheless, we did forget him.  Hopefully, we can conduct the appointment without him.  It's for the best anyway.  Elliott has been missing school to much this school year and we need to avoid that whenever possible. I think that the only reason we momentarily panicked was due to sheer exhaustion. 

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It’s that time of year again: Income Tax Return

Like many families out there, income tax return is vital to the Lost and Tired family’s survival.  Each year,  I have everything ready for filing right after the first of the year.  We also plan out how to use our tax return, throughout the year.  This year, we are looking to replace our mattress and cover any medical bills for Lizze.  We also want to work on the boys rooms as well.  Truthfully, I don't know what's going to happen now because as it stands, tax return may simple fix the negative balance in our checking account.  I hope that things with that actually get resolved today. I'm actually supposed to hear back from someone today about the refund status of a check that wasn't supposed to be cashed.  Anyway,…

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Back to school

Elliott made his triumphant return to school this morning after a two week Christmas break. I thought we would have more of a problem this morning but he did amazingly well. He seemed almost excited to be back.  :-) I'm super proud of him.

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Manic Monday: #Autism and change

Today marks the return of the school day.  This is a good news/bad news kinda thing.  I'm pretty excited about this because while I will miss Elliott, he needs the routine and normalcy of school.  I don't know how excited he is to go back but it's definitely the best thing for him right now. Gavin, while at his grandparents, will be returning to school as well.  He loves school so I can see him being really excited about returning.  I opened with something about good news/bad news. You see, the good news is that the boys are getting back to their normal.  The bad news is that the boys are getting back to their normal routine. I know, pretty confusing right? It's actually pretty simple.  Typically, kids with #Autism…

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Fun with Grandpa

I wanted to share this picture from either Christmas or New Year's. I can't remember and I'm to look at the Meta data. :-) Anyways, just look at Emmett's face and he's goofing around with my dad. I love to see him smile and my dad is really good at making him smile.  :-)

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Look who’s finally warming up

I've never really been a cat person but I had a Siamese cat named Frost, many years ago.  He was awesome but he died a few weeks after being struck by lightening. Anyway, Dean has been here for many weeks now and is just now warming uo to the dogs. He now comes up and visits all the time now.  Dean reminds me of Frost and so I have actually taken a liking to him.  He sits on my chest and purrs.  It sorta pushes the stress away and makes me feel better.

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@xbox: Bringing the family together

When you're a special needs family, it can be tough to find activities that can bring everyone together, regardless of their personal challenges. With Lizze being in so much pain all the time, it can be hard for her to find something to do with two very active little boys with #Autism.  One of the things she has found to help bridge that gap is the xbox 360.  Today, on a day that was particularly bad for her, pain-wise, she was able to engage with Emmett by playing a game with him on the xbox 360. It was fun for both of them and it was a pain free experience.  Emmett really enjoyed his time with Mommy.

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This is definitely a bad day

This has been a pretty rough day. Between the insomnia and pain, Lizze is down for the count.  The boys are fighting and I have absolutely had it with Sprint. After the whole debacle yesterday, I was told to call back today and it would be resolved, no problem.  I call back today and I'm not told that because "I reported it stole", it will take 48 hours to resolve. I'm pretty sure they will be able to fix this but I don't need this hanging over my head. Oh...apparently they don't have record of the 3 times I spoke with them yesterday.  Imagine that.

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