It's 2am and I just got off the phone with tech support for my server cause I had a technical issue with this new site. I desperately need the ad revenue, so I can't afford to have any downtime. I should be sleeping but I'm just not able to at the moment because I've got too much on my mind.  As a single Dad raising three boys with Autism and various other challenges, I'm in over my head a great deal of the time.  Some will take that comment as me being negative but there's a huge difference between being negative and being realistic. I live in reality and the reality is that my life is extremely challenging. I don't think that should come across as being negative at all.…

I recently went to dinner with my Dad and my cousin, while the boys were with their Mom for a few hours.  Raising three special needs kiddos on my own doesn't allow for many night out, so I was excited to have that opportunity.  We went to our favorite Chinese buffet where I ate way too much but I did walk 3+ miles afterwards, so it's kinda okay I guess. lol Anyway, we each recieved a fortune cookie as we were leaving the restaurant.  I never put much thought or weight into the random, generalized statements often found written on the tiny strip of paper, buried within these cookies.  This time was different.   The words written on the paper within the cookie I received, really hit home. Frankly, it…

I meant to share this last night but it just never happened. I was up all night building this brand new site from scratch. It must have been about 3am when I finally called it quits and went to let Maggie outside before I dragged myself to bed. In hindsight, I'm actually really lucky that things played out the way they did because this could have been much worse. As I was opening the front door, I saw this huge skunk walking across my front steps. Thank God Maggie wasn't paying attention or she would have busted through the front door and chased it. As it turns out, I think the damn thing is living under our porch because I watched it go down my front steps and then squish…