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Autism Parenting Struggles / My thoughts

We’ve run into a couple problems

Gavin has been scheduled for a really important eye appointment today for awhile. I scheduled the A/C service around this appointment today, but we've been met with two unplanned hiccups. The first hiccup is that Gavin appointment has changed. His doctor had a death in the family, and rather than reschedule Gavin for months out, they wanted to move him to a different location, with a different doctor, Rather than his appointment being this morning, and us being home in time for the A/C service guy at noon-ish, Gavin's appointment has been moved to 1:45 PM. That presents a few problems for us, but we had it figured out. Then I get a call from the HVAC company, advising me that the tech was running am hour or so late. …

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June 15, 2017

Autism Parenting Struggles / My thoughts

My reservoir of patience has run dry

This week has taken its toll on all of us. Everyone in the house is really grumpy, and we're all beginning to take it out on each other. Lizze and I are being short with each other, and the boys are at each other's throats. While we've survived the week, it's come at a cost. Remember when I spoke about my seemingly endless amounts of patience? Well today is a perfect example of a day when my reservoir of patience has dried up. I'm flying on fumes today my friends, and that not a good thing. We're going to have to pull together as a family and make it through the day, without killing each other.. lol

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June 15, 2017

My thoughts

Why I ended up sleeping on the hardwood floor

That was a rough night. In fact, it was the roughest by far. Just as I was finally comfortable enough to fall asleep, Emmett woke up. Not only did he wake up, but he wedged himself between me and the couch. I tried to fall asleep in place, but it just wasn't going to work. I ended up moving to the hardworking floor, until I couldn't take that anymore. When I woke up this morning, I found myself in bed. All we have to do now is hopefully get the A/C fixed. My narrow budget just got a a bit narrower, because some bills came out last night, I'd previously overlooked. I'm remaining positive a out today's outcome, because we really need this to go well.

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June 15, 2017

Gavin / My thoughts

Gavin had a rough night

Gavin went to bed, not feeling well. His stomach was upset, and it took him quite awhile to fall asleep. We tried getting him to let us put a fan in his room, and he still didn't want it. I don't think the heat is the issue, I'm leaning towards reflux again. He seems to be struggling with that lately. We have to be careful what he eats, although nothing is consistently causing him problems. Tums seemed to help him enough to allow him to fall asleep. If it hadn't, we would have moved to Zofran, but we try to help him work through it without hardcore meds. It worked because he's sleeping. I've checked on him a few times and he's out like a light. Hopefully, he'll be feeling…

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June 15, 2017

Autism Parenting Woes / My thoughts

I’m really trying to be positive but it’s getting more difficult

Let's start with the good news first. I was able to go grocery shopping today, and not a moment too soon. It'd been a couple of weeks since we were able to make a decent shopping trip. Super grateful for that... ☺ I was also able to take care of the water bill, which is really important as well. The HVAC guy will be here around noon tomorrow, and we were able to pull together, to get the house caught up enough for him to do what he needs to do. Here's the thing about this service call. I don't know if anything will actually be fixed, because I have a very, very narrow budget for this repair. The service call itself is almost a hundred dollars by itself, and…

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June 15, 2017

Autism Parenting Insight / My thoughts

I had to do what I thought was best

I took the boys to the indoor playground. Unfortunately, there were a ton of little kids, and I wasn't comfortable letting Gavin use the equipment. Maybe that wasn't the right decision, but I had to do what I thought was best for all involved. Gavin was fine with it, and he just hung out with me. It's hard because Gavin's so much younger on the inside than he is on the outside. When parents have their little kids playing on this playground, they can be uncomfortable with an almost 18 year old, with facial hair, playing good with their kids. I totally get it. It's just one of those things that I have to manage as an Autism parent. Regardless, everyone had fun, and we were able to get out…

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June 14, 2017

Family Fun

I have to do something

I can't take it anymore. The boys are driving me crazy, and I have to get them out of the heat for a little while. I'm going to try and get to the indoor playground. We haven't been there in forever, so I have to check the hours or operations, and with any luck, they'll be open. This will let the kids be kids for a bit, and maybe even get to socialize a bit as well. That's a win win in my book.

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June 14, 2017

Autism Parenting Struggles / My thoughts

The fallout is worse than the cause

The good news is that it's much cooler today. Elliott's still dealing with heat rash, and Emmett won't wear any clothes, but at this moment, the boys are in a good mood. Gavin's been hiding in his bedroom for most of the day thus far. Lizze started a new, art based therapy class today. She graduated from the first DBT class yesterday. I'm really proud of her, as I know this isn't close to being easy. I still haven't heard back from the HVAC company about tomorrow's service. I've no idea what to expect. At the very least, we're looking at $90 for the call to diagnose the problem. From there, it depends on what's covered under warranty, and what isn't. Then of course, there's the labor. Frankly, the heat…

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June 14, 2017