Today was a really weird day. I'm not sure how to describe Gavin right now.  I could say weird and that would absolutely fit but it seems a bit harsh. It would be accurate to say that Gavin was off today, really, really off. With Gavin's complexity, it's often hard to sorta put your finger on what's going on or find the words to describe his behavior. Behaviorally, Gavin's had a great day and I'm super proud of him.  I made sure to tell him that also.  As far as health issues go, it was a strange day for him.  I wasn't sure if he was going into a crisis or getting sick.  Honestly, either one would be a bad thing for him. He was having tummy issues on and…

Most parents think it's nice to see your kids getting along.  I'm no exception to this. In fact, I live to see my kids getting along. Today, Elliott and Emmett were snuggling on the couch and sharing the iPad. This is a huge victory for the Lost and Tired family. Lately, the boys haven't been getting along all that well. They did today though and that is something that I gratefully accept. :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Elliott and Emmett have been up since 2am this morning.  I have no idea what's going on but Lizzy and I are getting less sleep than usual.  That's not good. Lizze has been sleeping on the couch because of these menopausal hot flashes. It's much cooler on the first floor and so that where she usually ends up lately.  At some point, Emmett climbs into bed with me and won't go to sleep unless he can put his arm around my neck. It's awfully sweet but incredibly uncomfortable.  I don't know why either of the boys woke up when they did but our goal is not to repeat this tonight. Emmett did take a brief nap this afternoon.  This nap was spent half on and half off the couch. This…

I thought this would be really cool.  There are songs out there that were seemingly written for the Autism community and while they may not have intended that, it still works. Here's what I thought we could do.  Copy and paste the YouTube url of the song you think is the best, most inspirational Autism related song, into the LiveFyre comment box.  You can probably accomplish the same thing via the Google+ comment box as well. I'll do my best to tally up all the votes and take the most popular entries and let the community vote on there favorite.  If your song is already posted, simply like the post or +1 it in the case of Google+. In the end there can only be one.  I'll leave this open…

Lizze and I finally got this Gavin related medication mayhem under control.  At least we think we have.  We finished getting Gavin’s insurance switched over this morning a day we got his Clozapine script figured out.  At this point we are simply waiting for the billing to go through so we can pick his meds up. Hopefully, it's smooth sailing from here. Heck, I'd be happy to simply have water that we can safely navigate, it doesn't even have to be smooth. This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Welcome to the 2nd weigh-in Wednesday. This is a day that I weigh myself, to see how much, if any, weight I've lost.  When I started doing this about 3 weeks ago, I was tipping the scales at 305 lbs. I began watching what I eat, adding a great deal of oatmeal to my diet and walking as often as I can.  Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to get away much and walk. Having said that, simply adjusting my diet began making a difference.  This week's weigh-in is not totally accurate because I forgot to weigh myself before I ate this morning.  To keep things kosher, I was weighing myself before eating, and wearing the same clothes.  Today when I weighed myself, I was as at 290.6 lbs. …

If there's one thing that you should know about my family, it's that we are in survival mode. For those of you unfamiliar with survival mode, it's essentially when you are so far gone, overwhelmed, stressed out or overburdened, that all you can physically do, is struggle to meet your family's most basic needs. This often means that everything else, including laundry, dishes, housework, bills, yard work and social functions, are put on a back burner. Food, clothing and shelter become the only needs that you can manage to meet.  The truth is that this can even be challenging. So any families like mine, exist in a constant state of survival mode. Survival mode can easily be mistaken for laziness and even bad parenting or irresponsibility.  However, nothing could be…