I very much love and adore my kids but my goodness have they taken a lot out of me today. I'm exhausted both mentally and physically because it's been nonstop for most of the day. The boys have had dinner and are currently watching cartoons.  I've carpe diem'd the shit out of this opportunity to sneak away and find some relative peace and quiet. While it's really nice just sitting in my room writing, I already hear them getting into it with each other and so this will be short lived. Short lived or not, I need these little pauses in my day to help me make it through to the next with as much of my sanity intact was possible. 😜   

This is sort of a random post but I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this happening in their life.  Since my wife left last October, I've spent every night sleeping alone. The obvious exception is when Emmett climbs into my bed at some point each night.  Anyway, I noticed that I've recently started sleeping on the opposite side of the bed than I used to sleep on when I was married. For the longest time, I stayed on the left side of the bed, as I've always slept on that side.  As I have adjusted to my new life, I've found that I have been moving to the opposite side of the bed.  I was wondering if anyone else that has gone through a divorce or break up, continued…

It's been kind of a busy day here. Gavin had an appointment this morning that we never worked out. We waited so long that we got bumped to the nurse practitioner and didn't get to see the doctor.  There are just sometimes you have to roll with the punches as a parent. Bigger fish to fry and all that stuff..  I really struggled with Elliott today because he was just so far over the edge that I just couldn't get him back. We had brief moments of calm between the meltdowns but he really had a rough day.  The evening was the high point of the day and not just because it brought about bedtime.. Lol I made arrangements for the boys, myself and Maggie to meet my Mom at…