It's about 2:30 pm as I'm writing this and I'm sitting here waiting for the boys to get out of school so I can bring them home. I'm so excited to hear about their experience today at the baseball game.  I'm so incredibly happy that they were able to go.  Earlier I mentioned that I had a lunch meeting this afternoon in Akron.  That lunch meeting was with an amazing group of people from Akron Children's Hospital.  It was really cool because I've worked with them before but had never met them in person and today changed that.  In attendance was myself, Andrea (Director of Corporate Communications), Laurie and Jim (Social media and analytics, respectively).  Like everyone else we've ever come into contact with while at Akron Children's Hospital, they…

The boys are at the baseball game and I'm off to my lunch meeting.  Today seems to be falling into place. The only notable exception is that Lizze is having a really, really bad day.  It rained last night and her body doesn't like the barometric pressure change.  I should only be gone about 2 hours and Lizze and Emmett will be snuggling on the couch watching The Avengers on Netflix.  Another snippet of good news was that I managed to get the Internet turned back on, at least for the short term.  When I get back, I'll tell you all about my super secret lunch meeting.  :-)   Wish me luck..... For now, I'll leave you with a picture of Elliott holding hands with a little girl in his class…

Another day and another report from the school as to how Gavin did.  Typically, we're not dealing with significant behavioral issues, it more health related concerns. The teachers jot down what they see throughout the day and it comes home in this book. Yesterday Gavin had a fairly good morning.  He didn't experience any chest pain or anything like that.  :-) Basically, he's was just tired and went to sleep.  That's not uncommon anymore for him and may be made a bit worse by his morning meds.  Unfortunately, this is a tradeoff and while he's sleepy, he's not entering into a crisis. Welcome to our life..... This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES…

I just wanted to say that I'm going to bed early tonight, so this will be it until sometime after 7am. I hope you all have a great night. Good night to all my e-friends. This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Check out my #Autism Awareness Store to find really cool and unique #Autism Awareness Clothing and Accessories, designed by me. ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.

While it's true that we go through our share of personal tragedies, on occasion things do work out.  When the star align and something like that happens, I'm always excited to be able to share the good news with all of my readers. Wednesday was a really stressful day.  I have a meeting tomorrow afternoon that I can't wait to tell you all about.  However, as far as today went, the stars were definitely aligned.  Let's begin with the biggest news first.  As you know, we have been fighting to keep our home.  We've fallen on hard times and we got behind and dealing with foreclosure.  I got a call from my uncle tonight letting me know that the mortgage company has finally come through.  Basically, we're not going to…

I found myself in a situation today where I wanted to apologize about the way I handled something.  It's not that I handled it wrong but I should have handled it differently.  Basically, I went after the Akron Aero's for something that turned out to be a misunderstanding.  The cause appears to have been a mailing error that if I had handled things better, I could have found out, without causing a stink. The situation has been resolved and I personally spoke to the director of media and public relations on the phone today because I wanted to personally apologize.   The Akron Aero's are a great organization and we have worked everything out and now more kids will be able to enjoy the game as a result.  The one…

I wrote a post the other day directed at the Akron Aeros.  After speaking with the school, we had learned that Elliott wouldn't be able to attend the game on Thursday with his class because the lunch menu had been changed to Peanut butter and Jelly.  As you know, Elliott has food allergies to peanuts and treenuts.   Eing surrounded by people that were ingesting these things would not be a wise move.  After all, they're kids and kids are messy. :-) I'm not sure where the miscommunication was but there was clearly a miscommunication.  Apparently, the lunch menu for Education Days has been PB&J for the past 3 seasons.  Regardless of what happened, I want to thank the Akron Aero's for stepping up and making it possible for my son…