I was so exhausted from the day of challenges I made it through that I fell asleep about 7:30 PM, while Lizze was putting the boys to bed for the night. It felt so good to go to bed that early, that is until I just woke up and can't go back to sleep. I think if I move around for a little while, and try again, let be able to fall asleep. Either way, I'm grateful that I was a able to get the extra sleep. ☺
I finally got the kids home from school today, both had great days by the way. Let me begin with a very honest statement. While I was holding out hope that we would figure everything out for this trip, it wasn't easy, especially when it came to the issues with getting a car to make the drive with. I heard back from Wishes Can Happen and they were able to workout a deal with Hertz for the rental car. It's pretty straight forward but more expensive, and it requires my Dad's help. In case anyone else ever runs into something like this, here's what we figured out. My Dad is going to rent the van in his name, and add me as a secondary driver. He will be reimbursed for…
This whole getting ready for the potential journey to Florida, for Gavin's Wish trip, is unexpectedly stressful. Things are more complicated because we're driving and that complication comes in the form of the rental car. I say potential journey because if we don't figure out the rental car, the trip is canceled. Flying isn't an option, at least not a good one. I can't even imagine taking three prone to meltdowns, kids with Autism, who are terrified of heights, on a plane. When I say terrified of heights, I mean won't even go on the top bunk bed kind of terrified. I can't imagine a scenario where that would end well, for anyone. Even if that weren't a concern, Gavin's health is such that I have no idea how he…
It was a rough morning with before school meltdowns, that left me wishing I'd ignored the alarm and continued sleeping. Having said that, I want to make the best of what time I have in the day. Rather than giving into my desire to go straight home after dropping the boys off at school, climb back into bed and sleep away the stress, I chose a different path. I dropped Lizze off at her appointment, and went walking with my Mom. No part of me wanted to go walking, but if I don't push myself and continue working towards weight-loss, I have no one to blame but myself. We ended up walking almost four miles before I had to pick Lizze up after her appointment. I feel pretty awesome. I…
Elliott had a really good morning but Emmett's was pretty rough. He had a pretty massive meltdown over some confusion about when we are supposed to sign his homework folder. He was thinking that since it's Tuesday, we should be signing for Tuesday. We tried explaining to him that we don't sign for Tuesday until he comes home from school and we go through his folder. I explained that we signed Monday's spot and will sign for Tuesday, when he gets home from school today. He was so freaked out, I had to call the school so they could verify that Lizze and I were correct, and Emmett could relax. Even that didn't help him feel better about this whole folder thing. This is pretty straight forward logic, and I'm…
This will be super short and sweet, because I'm going to bed. For the first time in a long time, both boys went to sleep tonight without any issues. Elliott's been having a rough time falling asleep and Sunday night was really bad. Tonight however, both he and Emmett fell asleep to Lizze reading Harry Potter. This is a pretty big victory, and it means that I have a good chance of getting so sleep tonight. I fully intend on taking advantage of it.
While I haven't gotten much accomplished today, I was able to deal with a utility issue, and get all the paperwork, including PR releases for both organizations involved in our trip. That's not a ton of work but it's done and one thing we can check off our list. On the school front, Elliott finished all his makeup work from when he was sick, and Emmett aced his spelling pre-test, so he doesn't have to take the Spelling test on Friday. He was really proud of himself. ☺ Gavin's been relatively quiet today. I'm not exactly sure what he's been up to but it can't be too bad because I haven't heard about anything yet. We did get Gavin's IVIG infusion done first thing this morning, right after breakfast. He…
Today's been stressful because I've not been sleeping much at night lately, Emmett began the day with a massive meltdown, only to have Elliott join him with one of his own shortly after. I have been trying to get everything ready for us to leave but financially, things aren't good at the moment. I very much dislike our bank but moving has not been an option because of the way the kids SSI is setup. I'm exploring a move right now and I'm waiting for a callback, as to how we handle the SSI. As it stands, I get paid the night before we're supposed to leave and that's when we'll be able to get our shopping done, at least whatever we have left. Another problem that I have to…