For the first time in a very long time

My apologies for not having anything new in the last day or so. I thought I would get everyone caught up while I'm camping out in the living room with Mr. Emmett, who's getting mouth sores again.  🙁  He's in a lot of pain and this is about all I can do to help him sleep tonight.  Anyway, let's get caught up.  The boys were gone for the night on Friday and Lizze and I had the house to ourselves. We decided to go see The Lego Batman Movie. It was pretty good and we had fun.  On the way home, we got some ice cream and hung out on the couch with our deal old friend, Netflix.  We aren't used to going out and Lizze was still having issues…

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The kids have left the building

The boys are gone and Lizze and I have the house to ourselves. My paycheck arrived, so Lizze and I are going to see The Lego Batman movie tonight.  Yes, that's a kids movie but we want to see it really bad and we want to make it through without a million trips to the bathroom. We just won't tell the kids that we saw it. This way, when we take them, interruptions don't matter cause we've already seen it.  Brilliant no?  I'm so excited to be able to go out because it almost never happens. ☺ 

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Sometimes things just go right 

It's been a hectic but otherwise pleasant morning. The boys got off to school with minimal effort and we even beat bus 38. I have this one sided challenge every morning and that's to beat bus 38 to the school. It's weird, I know but it keeps things interesting. ☺  Immediately afterwards, I met with the income tax office because I had to sign a new payment agreement. It's not a big deal at all and they really do bend over backwards to help.  After that, it was off to the lab so Lizze and Gavin could get their blood work done.   Gavin's is for his refill of Clozapine and Lizze's was just to check her therapeutic Lithium levels.  I hung out in the car while the two of…

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It all comes crashing down 

Is it possible to get a do over for today? I mean, it's only 7:00 am and I'm already being tested.  Gavin was trying to be helpful this morning by putting the clean dishes away that had been left to dry in the strainer.  Next thing I know, I hear a huge crash and when I look in the kitchen, Gavin had dropped an entire stack of bowls, sending shattered glass everywhere.  Thankfully, he wasn't hurt but when I say there was glass everywhere, I mean everywhere.  To make things even more frustrating, the Goddamn broom snapped as I was trying get all the glass from the far reaches of everywhere.  Gavin's freaking out because he's upset with himself. I'm not mad and have made the as clear as possible. …

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We’re at the shrinks office 

Mr. Gavin and I are waiting to be seen by Dr. Reynolds. I've been assured that we don't have to wait very long today because he's relatively on time.  This is a simple meds check but you never know with Gavin.  So far, Gavin's been weighed and vital'd.. He's still not gained any weight and his BP of 126/78 is really high for him. He's not nervous or anything, so I'm not sure what's up with that.  Anyway, after this appointment, we will go fill the water jugs and go pick up Elliott and Emmett from school. That should mark the end of our adventures away from the house today. 

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Awesome news

I slept like the dead last night. I didn't even notice Lizze move downstairs because she couldn't get comfortable. In fact, I slept so well that I actually overslept.  Both boys did great this morning. Shoes and socks were not an issue for Emmett today and that's amazing.  Gavin is currently sleeping off his morning medications and will see his psychiatrist around lunchtime today. This is just a follow up and med check. I don't expect anything else to be adjusted or changed..  I'm hoping that this will end up being a decent day.. ☺ 

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MASSIVE UPDATE: Heartbreak and a few other things

As we close out another stressful day in world of special needs parenting, I thought I would touch base on how the day went.  We know that Emmett didn't make it to school. Rather, he made it to school but not out of the car. It was one of those sensory days where he was so hypersensitive, there was no working through it.  That's not to say we didn't try and try extensively because we did.  Every once in awhile, we hit days like this where Emmett just cannot tolerate anything on his feet. It doesn't matter what we try, nothing works. This is the exception to the rule though.  Typically, it's a struggle and requires a shit load of patience but we can work through it with him.  We…

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Show of hands, who can relate to this #Autism Parenting challenge? 

It never fails that when I'm sick, tons of other shit happens at the same time, making it harder for me to rest.  I'm still not feeling good, didn't sleep well last night and Lizze is struggling to walk because of her hip. Simply waking up this morning had us at a disadvantage, right out of the gate.  Emmett had a really bad morning but not because he was doing anything wrong. He was unable to wear anything on his feet, despite exhaustive efforts to help him do so. He wouldn't even wear his flip flops.  We were almost twenty five minutes late before we even got him out to the car.  The poor kid had his shoes and socks on when we got into the car but he became…

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