I had a hard time sleeping last night. Lizze says I was snoring pretty bad, but that's actually uncommon for me but it does happen from time to time. I was stuffy and that always makes it challenging for me to fall asleep. Lizze is adjusting to her recent change in medications and so she's struggling with sleep a bit as well. She got the boys ready and I took them to school, before getting my 3 miles in for the day. The only part of me that wanted to walk was the part of me who wants to see me hit my goal of 80 miles this month. I'm almost there and I need every day I can to see this through to the end. Unfortunately, within the first…

We survived another challenging day. I ended up having to run some errands this afternoon and so we didn't make it to the park. I don't think anyone really wanted to go, so no one was hugely disappointed. Elliott struggled this afternoon. It's hard to explain what exactly he goes through but they seem like sorta extreme reactions to ordinary things. I know he has Autism. I know he has ADHD and anxiety. I also know that he's almost a teenager as well. What we're seeing is more than that and it's one of the reasons we're seeking help from Akron Children's Hospital. Between the actual testing and twelve years of observation, Dr. Pattie is concerned that we may be looking at bipolar disorder. There are no clear-cut edges here…

When I woke up this morning, I had actually forgotten about the enormous section of tree up against our house. When I did remember, the first thought was how lucky we were that it wasn't any worse than it was. That's still true but thinking that somehow made it seem like is really wasn't that bad. You can read in more detail about what happened by clicking here. I was very quickly jolted back to reality when I stepped outside to survey the damage this morning. It's absolutely true that we are insanely lucky that things aren't any worse then they are. In fact, I can't begin to explain how it isn't worse. We're talking inches of clearance in some areas and if it had landed only inches to the…