Having shared the good news in the previous post, unfortunately, that leaves only the bad news to share.  That centers around the fact that it will be early next week before we see the gas turned back on.  Apparently, the medical certificate is still processing and since they don't work on the weekend, we have to wait until really newest week.  While this definitely sucks for a number of reasons, we certainly aren't relying on it to heat the house.   This will also make cooking a challenge but we still have a toaster over and the air fryer, with which to prepare meals. Having said that, when isn't making meals for my kids a challenge?  All we can do is make the best of a bad situation. Freaking out…

I'm dragging today because I've only had about one hour of sleep.   Being totally petered out is something that has become the status quo. It's safe to say that I'm far from the only Autism parent who's petered out because their kids don't sleep at night.   Considering the facts, I feel like I'm doing pretty good today.  For starters, I'm staying awake and I'm in a really good mood. While it's possible the good mood is due to the fact that I'm delirious at this point, a good mood is a good mood... ☺   

It's been one of those days where the weather sucks and money's tight, so we're limited to what we can do.  We've gotten a few things accomplished but nothing super ambitious. ☺  There was also some of the same old same old as well.   We had a few meltdowns because Emmett's snuggling a bit with life and Elliott had a few of his own as well.  Gavin's been sorta been living in his delusional world and fighting bad guys for most of the day.  He's happy but stressed out because I guess it's not always going so well for him and his visibly challenged band of super best friends.  The boys played with the ferrets and of course, that's always fun.  We even built a new house for the…

This may seem like a silly question but I think it will be interesting to see the various differences across households. Sometimes these things are related to Autism and other times they aren't.   In my household, we can't seem to keep toilet paper in the house.   We use Cottonelle toilet paper because it can be used as a paper towel in a pinch.  For some reason though, we just can't keep that in stock.  Part of the problem is related to Autism because the boys have a routine as far as the bathroom goes and go through a tremendous amount.  Often times it's needless because they aren't actually using the bathroom, they just think they need to and compulsively follow through on their routine.   Is there something…

I'm feeling pretty good today.  It's beautiful outside, the kids are mostly having a good day and there's not much to get done today.   For the first time in a little while, I'm feeling pretty chill. I mean, there are a great many things I'm worried about but my anxieties seem to be in check and I'm focusing more on the things I have control over st the moment.   I had a good night's sleep and maybe that helped.  That doesn't happen very often so it's sorta hard to know if that's impacting things right now or not.   We only have two places to be today.  Our Dr. Pattie appointment for this Wednesday was moved to today at 4pm and Lizze sees her psychiatrist to touch base…