I've given up on sleep for now. It's simply not going to happen, and that's okay. Emmett woke up about 5:30 AM, and we've been hanging out. We spent some time watching cartoons, and I helped him find something to eat because his mouth is getting sores again. 🙁  I doubt we're going to go anywhere today. Playing things close to home sounds like a good way to spend the day.  Before the internet went out, I recorded some on demand movies, and perhaps we can watch them today.  It's pretty crazy because everyone but Emmett and myself is still sleeping. Gavin's always up by now but he's still sound asleep On a completely unrelated note, I somehow messed up my left knee pretty bad. I've no idea what I…

Today didn't go quite as we had planned, but that's okay. We were able to take care of my parent's dog, but we were unable to make it to the park. The garden center was closed for what looked like a wedding reception or something.  The boys were disappointed but we managed to redirect their attention to dinner. Lizze went to bed for a few hours, and I hung out with the boys. They ended up watching a really old Ben 10 movie. It was live action, and a little weird, but the kids liked it.  Around 8 PM, Lizze put the boys to bed and we watched some TV for a little bit.  I'm feeling somewhat stressed out tonight, and I think I want to climb into bed early.…

The boys are struggling a bit today. Their routine has been thrown off, and they don't like it. Emmett especially, is on edge. Elliott is hyper, and Gavin's been spending time fighting bad guys with his team of super heros (also known as Schizophrenic hallucinations).  Lizze is not having a good day, but I'm doing okay myself. Truthfully, I'm frustrated because we're in the position we're in. At the same time, I'm grateful that it's only the internet, and not a major utility. This could always be worse.  We have a roof over our head, food in the kitchen, water, natural gas, electricity, and everyone is as healthy as can be expected. These are all things to be grateful for. It's easy to lose sight of these things, when you're…

My parents are out of town today, and we are going over to take care of their dog. While we're there, I'll be able to get some work done, and the boys will be able to play their tablets for a bit.  The idea here is to let the afternoon go on long enough that the sun isn't as strong, and then we will go to the park.  When we're done, I want to try and have a nice, quiet afternoon. 

It's been a tough day thus far. The boys are really stressed out over the loss of internet. The Internet is a requirement for much of their daily routine.  Emmett and Gavin both live on YouTube, while Elliott streams his music.  Apparently, I never set our Xbox as the home Xbox, so games can be played offline. All of our games are digital downloads, so that was a necessary step, and I can't fix it without the internet.  On the positive side, the boys have decided they want to clean their room, so they can bring the ferrets upstairs to play with. Hopefully, this motivation lasts until they've made progress in their room. ☺