Read more about the article The drive home from school felt like an eternity
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The drive home from school felt like an eternity

The boys are home from school and both of them are unbelievably overwhelmed by their first day back. Elliott's freaking out over makeup work and Emmett's just freaking out. They had good days at school and were able to hold it together until they climbed into the car. The five minutes it took to get them home, felt more like an eternity. Emmett didn't have any makeup work because he did all of the work before he left. I tried to explain that to him becsuse he didn't understand why Elliott had work and he didn't. I explained that he's ahead of the rest of the class and so what he was working in before he left, is probably what the class was doing while he was gone. He couldn't…

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October 10, 2017
Read more about the article This guy hatched today
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This guy hatched today

There are a ton of Ladybugs hatching on my front porch today. Seems kinda late in the season, but then again, I don't know when they normally hatch. This little guy is the first to climb out of his shell and I just felt compelled to snap his picture. ☺

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October 10, 2017
Read more about the article A bit of insight into my day
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A bit of insight into my day

The boys made it to school this morning. They left the car happy and ready to take on the day. I'm grateful for that because I very much hate when I have to send them off to school on a rotten note. Our trip to the Cleveland Clinic was rescheduled because Lizze is sick. In fact, she's running a fever and that's very unusual for her. She's clearly miserable and spending up to three hours in the car wasn't in her best interest. Gavin still went to my parents house anyway and then we were able to go to sleep for awhile. Emmett's not been sleeping well and that means I'm not sleeping well either. He's having a bit of a rough time adjusting to being home at night. I…

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October 10, 2017
Read more about the article Our 1st full day home turned out to be a rough one
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Our 1st full day home turned out to be a rough one

Poor Emmett had a rough evening that ended with his finger accidentally being shut in a door by Elliott. He's okay but it obviously hurt and I'm amazed that he fell asleep tonight. Lizze read him Harry Potter until he was out. ☺ This was how we ended our rather tiring day. I didn't realize how much the eighteen hour drive took out of me. I was pretty active yesterday but feel sorta rundown. I think that as the week goes on, things will improve. I'm feeling optimistic about that. One of the things I did begin doing was unpacking. We got home at 3 AM on Sunday morning and managed to get everything in the house, where it just sat until last night. I started going through all the…

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October 10, 2017
Read more about the article Dammit, I shouldn’t have said anything
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Dammit, I shouldn’t have said anything

I just posted that the boys were having a really good day. I talked about how surprised I was that they had transitioned so well and in doing so, I must have tempted the fates. The reason I say that is because not long after, both Elliott and Emmett's day went straight to Hell. Emmett just began melting down over seemingly everything and Elliott soon joined him. I don't know what happened exactly but if I had to guess, I would say that the fallout I thought we'd avoided has made its presence known. For that matter, I'm sure the people three doors down are aware of it as well. lol We will have to work through this and move forward. The more fallout we face, the slower we move…

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October 9, 2017
Read more about the article The transition home hasn’t gone as expected
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The transition home hasn’t gone as expected

The boys seem to be adjusting to being home pretty well. That's a bit surprising because we thought it would be a rough transition. They're getting along well and for the most part, are having a low key kind of day. We chose to keep them home from school today because after an eighteen hour drive, they needed to have time to decompress. They actually had school, even though it's a holiday. Frankly, I'm not a huge fan of celebrating Columbus Day anyway and I support the kids not having the day off. We just wanted them to have a day to get back into their routine and the school didn't have a problem with that at all. Poor Elliott wasn't able to sleep the entire drive home, all of…

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October 9, 2017
Read more about the article It’s been a roller-coaster of emotions this morning
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It’s been a roller-coaster of emotions this morning

The van has been returned and I'm super sad. It was an amazing van and it's tough to go back to driving anything else. At the same time, we picked up Maggie from the kennel and now I'm really happy. It's not like I can drive Maggie around town like I could that 2016 Toyota Sienna, but I can snuggle the Sienna like I can Maggie.. Seems like a fair trade... ☺ https://youtu.be/lWkvcgKEuW0

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October 9, 2017
Read more about the article It’s a very important day
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It’s a very important day

I had a rough time sleeping last night it was up about 7 AM anyway. I'm really excited to go pick up Maggie from the kennel and bring her home. We also have to return the van this morning as well. My main goal for today is to simply unpack and get back to life. We were too tired yesterday and frankly, today isn't much better but we want to keep moving forward. ☺

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October 9, 2017