I forgot to let you know how the appointment with Geek Squad went the other day.  To refresh your memory, we had to Geek Squad come out and service our TV while the warranty was still good.  There are black bands that appear on the screen now and they have been getting worse over the last year or so.  Geek Squad came out and determined that the LCD panel is bad and needs replaced. He ordered the panel while he was standing there.  They are scheduled to install it on the 12th of this month.  However, and this is what I'm absolutely hoping for, there is a good chance that the replacement panel isn't available anymore.  If by the 10th day, the panel hasn't arrived, they will give me a…

Elliott came downstairs this morning to let me know that Emmett had said something that really upset him.  I assumed this was just more bickering and perhaps a bit of tattling. However, I was completely caught off guard when he told me that Emmett said "I want to kill myself". For those of you that don't know, Emmett is our 4 year old little boy. He was officially diagnosed with #Autism about a year and a half ago.  One of Emmett's challenges has to do with speech and communication.  While he has made great strides he still struggles with expressive language and can be very difficult to understand.  This makes him very frequently frustrated and understandably so. Apparently Emmett had become very frustrated with himself over something he was working…

I can't tell you how often I get asked by parents about medications.  While I will never offer advice on whether or not you should medicate your child, I'm happy to share our personal experience with medications.  I've realized that there are a great many questions that parents have about whether or not medication is right for their child.  This is a rather sensitive issue but one that is important.  I like to see people sharing information, based on their personal experiences, even when it comes to medications. Let me just say this.  Please do not confuse the sharing of experience with actual medical advice. When medications are discussed on this site, it is never with the intention of replacing actual medical advice.  You should never start or stop a…

I wanted to take a minute and explain some of the recent changes I've made to Lost and Tired. As I'm sure you are aware of, I've been having a nunber of server issues lately.  You may experience instances where this site won't load or load properly. I've been working with Bluehost to get these issues addressed.  Basically, the problem comes down to overwhelming amounts of traffic.  Obviously, this is a good thing. It means lots of people are benefiting from this site and lots of #Autism Awareness is being spread. However, the downside to this is that I'm having to implement things like Cloud Services in order to spread out the load, so as not to overwhelm the server. These solutions seem to be helping but they cost money…

So,  I went to crash on the couch for a little while and I felt this lump underneath me.  I sat up and saw what appeared to be a bunched up sock, under the blanket I was laying on.  However, when I tried to move the sock, this is what I found.  Now, I happened to remember Mrs.  Clause being told that Silly Puddy was not a good idea.. The Gorski boys like to leave that kind of thing laying around. Santa suspected something like this would happen.  Mrs.  Clause however, decided that they really needed it anyways.  :-) All I can say is that sometimes Santa knows best. ;-)

As difficult as our lives are and as overwhelmed and demoralized as I can get at time, I really try to find some positive. Sometimes the positive is that fact that it could have been worse. Other times it's a real victory like making a good choice or reaching a milestone. Then there are those times when I'm feeling like I'm in a not so good place and one of the boys does something totally crazy and random.  No matter how bad of a mood I'm in, I can't help but smile, laugh and feel better.  This happened last night and came out of nowhere.  Emmett pulled his shirt over his head and just walked around as though nothing was wrong. It was just so unlike him that it caught…

I mentioned earlier that Emmett was mot having a good day. All morning long, he's been changing his mind about everything and then screaming at us as though we weren't listening to him or something.  He wanted one kind of cereal this morning and when I gave it to him, he screamed at me because he now wanted a different kind. I could just start doing the opposite of what he's asking and perhaps head things off at the pass.  However, it would then be that he wouldn't change his mind and I'd be screwed anyway. I'll be really honest with you, I don't have the energy for this today.  I love Emmett but goddammit if he isn't going to drive me crazy this morning.