Elliott has been really sad today and I'm concerned about him. It seems that he's preoccupied with something but won't talk about it.  The only thing I can really do is make sure he knows that he can talk to me about anything and at anytime. There is a chance he's getting sick. That could explain his demeanor today. The school told us today that there is a stomach bug going around and it's hitting a lot of the students.  I'm really hoping that he's not sick but at the same I wouldn't like it if he was indeed sad about something. Right now,  he's my sad little panda.

We had to do some running around this morning.  Along the way, Emmett sorta passed out in his car seat.  He looked really cute with his leg all propped up.  After days filled with screaming, it's nice to experience some of these lighter moments for a change. :-)

This was my experience at the polls this morning.  I'm not suggesting that this is an actual problem, but I felt uncomfortable with it. I voted this morning but it took quite some time.  I didn't struggle with who I was voting for.  The problems was that I was challenged.  That basically means that for some reason, I was flagged. I don't know if it's random or what. The problem had to be resolved with me filling out a 10u form. The form was broken up into sections based on the reason for me being challenged in the first place. However, the Election Official on hand, didn't know how to fill it out.  His instructions to me were to "fill out the whole thing. If you do that, whatever is…

I write about this twice a year, every year, because I hate it each and every time, no pun intended. Twice a year we move the clocks either forward or backwards. This is known to us as the dreaded time change. I use the word dreaded because it's a really unpleasant time in the Lost and Tired household. I have a wife and 3 children on the #Autism spectrum and they never handle the change of time well.  Their sleep cycles are all thrown off and typically, it takes a few weeks for them to ever so slowly adjust. Until they finally adjust, it means very early mornings. Today began at 3 am, with Elliott waking up and being unable to fall back asleep. We go through this every time. …

While Gavin was over yesterday, he informed both Elliott and Emmett that Burger King had Super Mario toys in the kids meals.  I don't know what his motives were, if there were any,  but Elliott and Emmett latched on to that and wouldn't let go. I'm not suggesting that Gavin was looking to cause trouble but he wouldn't let it go we I told him to.  I know that I will inevitably get comments and emails saying that Gavin's not responsible for what Elliott and Emmett do, and their right.  However, when I ask or tell him to stop talking about this and he keeps going, that is a problem. Basically, I was left with 2 small children with #Autism and anxiety issues, now laser focused on these Goddamm Super…

Gavin came home today and we had a really rough time.  We learned that Gavin spent the money he earned at his grandparents house on some toys at the store.  You may recall that Gavin owes us for damages to his bedroom and various other things destroyed during his tantrums. When his grandmother asked him if he still owed us money for the repairs, he said that we already had the money.  This was not true.  He hadn't covered anything yet and he knew that he was supposed to turn over everything he earned until the debt was paid.  We would be more flexible if the circumstances of the damage was different. Anyway, he bought $25 worth of toys that he shouldn't have.  I spoke with him about this today…