I just want to go on the record as saying that I'm being completely sarcastic in this post.  Nothing makes me feel safer than stepping outside to let the dogs out and interrupting a drug deal. That's what happened to me tonight.  I was letting the dogs out and stumbled onto a drug deal going down. Thankfully, they took off down the street but went into my neighbors property.  I called them to let them know people were snooping around. Again, they took off running. However, while I standing outside with my neighbors, another drug deal went down not 20 yards away.  While I was out there, they told me that they called the police because someone was snooping around our house and peaking in windows. . I really hesitated…

Do you ever feel that you can't win? Like, no matter what you do or how hard you try, you're gonna lose? I'm having one of those days today.  I've been battling with the bank because they allowed a $1,200 check go thru when there was only $2.43 available. This is really bad but there's not much I can do now, so freaking out, isn't going to help. I'm trying to do this whole Operation Hope thing, as well as keep Gavin's health stable. Gavin moving home has stirred things up, even though he's doing well right now. Lizze didn't sleep at all last night and is in a great deal of pain today.  Although, to her credit, she pushing through it.  Christmas is less than a week away and…

Today is Gavin's first day back. So far so good.  We actually have all three boys home today because the school is going on a field trip to the roller rink. Because of how poorly Gavin's body coped with the martial arts promotion, roller skating had to be out of the question. It sucks but it's just not worth the risk right now. Elliott didn't want to go roller skating so we kept him home as well.  Lizze and I kinda had to laugh because one would think that roller skating would be very difficult for kids who tend to struggle with coordination already. That's the case with my boys anyways. Elliott did push through his fear yesterday and went through with martial arts promotion and even broke a board…

Gavin had bloodwork done about an hour or so ago. At this point, he seems to have stabilized enough to be sent home. We'll know more when the blood work comes back.  Thus far, things have been interesting.  Gavin was in full on drama queen mode. He was screaming and crying for no reason, other than trying to get the attention of the pretty nurses.  Very frustrating on our end because his behavior made things more difficult on everyone.  I missed Elliott's promotion and Gavin's acting like a drama queen.  This has nothing to do with aspergers, autism or overstimulation.. It's all about getting attention and cresting a scene.  That would be the reactive attachment disorder.  I realize that none of this is his fault per say. However he is…