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Fabulous morning

It's been a good morning here in The Autism Dad household. The boys got off to school without an trouble and I even got in a morning walk. It's 35°F but it didn't feel that way at all. The sun is out and it's truly a gorgeous start to the week. I'm hoping this will help to ensure we all get off the right foot this week. I wish we had more mornings like this.. ☺ Oh... On a side note, I've lost another .2 lbs at today's weigh-in. That takes me to a grand total of 13.9 lbs in the last two months. ☺

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April 30, 2018

Depression Management / My thoughts

I’m suddenly not feeling well

All of a sudden, I've started not feeling well. It's not really anything new and it's probably still the Paxil related stuff because it still is impacting me. On one hand, it sucks to feel like this all the time. On the other hand, things do seem to be getting better, albeit slowly. I simply need some down time to regroup and work through the nausea. I also need to seriously pound some water and make sure I'm properly hydrated. At this point, I'm miserable but I'm so incredibly grateful to have made it this far. I'm working through this and truly hope to keep making progress until I come out the other end of this tunnel. I'm still not anti-medication and I still recognize how important these types of…

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April 29, 2018

Family Fun / Gallery / My thoughts

It was just the guys today

Lizze has been out with her Mom all day and that means it's just been us. We spent the afternoon watching the Cavs beat the Pacers, we decided to go to the park. The boys went exploring and Pokémon hunting. Gavin wandered around aimlessly for a little while but had fun. Spring is definitely out in full force here in Ohio. All I need to do now is figure out dinner. I've no idea what we're gonna do for dinner. No one can agree on anything and I'm not in the mood for this much indecision.... 😳 [foogallery id="79481"]

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April 29, 2018

Autism Parenting Insight / Gavin / My thoughts

A Gavin Update: It’s fricking exhausting

Gavin's been spending more and more time, locked away in his room lately. Some of this time revolves around his tablet and some of it around missions. He's not really talking about his missions a whole lot anymore. The last time he said something about them, was a few days ago and it'd been awhile before that. It's difficult to really grasp exactly what's going on with Gavin because while he talks constantly, it's not usually about anything meaningful. He never talks much about how he feels but instead talks a great deal about the games on his tablet. In fact, I don't think he knows how to talk about anything else. After the race yesterday, my parents wanted to treat everyone to some ice cream. It was the five…

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April 29, 2018

Autism Parenting Struggles / Elliott / Emmett John / My thoughts

Rough Night

We all had a great day yesterday but it might have been a bit too exciting for Elliott. Elliott and Emmett were both bouncing off the walls last night and we had a terrible time settling them down. Bedtime was quite difficult because they were so overstimulated by all the excitement. It was so bad that Elliott never fell asleep last night. He tried and was on Melatonin but he was too amped up to shutdown. I was up with him until almost 4 AM but finally passed out shortly after. It's going to be a really long day because Elliott will likely have a rough day because he's beyond tired. Thankfully, he's in a decent mood. I suppose it's all about the little things today..

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April 29, 2018

Elliott / Emmett John / Family Fun / My thoughts

I’m so proud of my boys

The race went off without a hitch, at least any major ones. They ended up moving the race indoors because it was too cold for the kids. It was a bit chaotic but everyone had a blast. Check out the pictures and video from today's race.. https://youtu.be/TBcYmTX4CLs

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April 28, 2018

Elliott / Emmett John / Family Fun / My thoughts

Here’s what we decided in regards to the boys running today

A few things have changed since my last post. (See here) We've found Elliott's pants, which is a good thing regardless, but it means he has something to wear to run in. Elliott has lots of pants but only one pair of wind pants cause he doesn't like wearing them. Anyway, the weather is still crappy but the boys are really motivated to push through this and frankly, I don't want to stand in their way. At this point in time, we look to arrive for the race at 1PM and meet everyone who's coming to cheer them on. One of the concerns we had when this race first came up was letting the boys run without one of us being there with them. There are a million things that…

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April 28, 2018

Autism Parenting Struggles / Elliott / Emmett John / My thoughts

I’m so fricking stressed out this morning

The boys are supposed to be in a run this afternoon and I'm not sure what we're doing at this point. It's currently 40°F and it's been raining all night. The roads are drying up at this point but it's still very cold out. Everything was free so it's not like we're losing any money. I'm worried for a couple reasons. Emmett doesn't like getting his feet wet Emmett will only wear crocs and no socks It's cold, cloudy and raining on and off Elliott cannot find his wind pants If Emmett's feet get wet, it's going to get ugly There are a few people coming with us and I don't want to cancel at the last minute because we're holding out hope for something that's not practical At the…

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April 28, 2018