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Jun 13 2012

My friggin rant


I’m gonna be real honest here and tell you that Gavin is driving be plumb loco.  We’re talking beat my head into the wall just to make it all stop. He doesn’t listen and I honestly don’t know if he’s even capable of listening anymore. 

I realize how that sounds but I swear to God that he just never seems to learn or follow directions.

At times it seems as though he’s just not capable of following even the simplest of directions. I’m sooooo friggin tired of repeating myself.  It would be easier and far less exhausting to just yell at him when he doesn’t listen.  However,  I don’t do that,  as I feel yelling at him would only be setting a bad example and teaching him that yelling is ok.

There are times that I have to raise my voice but I rarely ever lose my patience with him.

I can’t begin to explain just how exhausting that is. I’m so tired of playing nice and giving him the benefit of the doubt.  I’m frustrated because no matter how much time and energy I pour into Gavin,  nothing seems to stick.  The time and energy seems to be wasted on him and it’s time and energy that I could have given the other two boys.  They would actually benefit from it as well.

Most of the time I can cope but today has just been extremely stressful for me and I just can’t take a whole lot from of his behaviors tonight.

Do you ever get to a point where you literally feel like your head is going to explode and you’re going to go crazy if you don’t get a break. Maybe not necessarily in that order but you get the point.

Something has got to give. Even if we decided to try inpatient care,  I could take months and months to find a place that will both work and have open beds.

This is one of those situations that I’m screwed no matter what I do. 

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May 29 2012

The rule of three’s


I think we are all aware of the rules of three’s.  You know the one that says,  everything happens in three’s. While I’m not a superstitious guy,  I have seen this rule play out,  time and time again.

In my personal experience,  I usually see this happen when someone on the Lost and Tired family gets sick. 

Typically,  it’s never just one of us that gets sick,  it’s three of us. For example,  Elliott has been sick with a head cold for about a week now.  About 2 days ago,  Emmett joined him in the head cold arena.

While both boys are still dealing with the runny nose and sneezing,  Lizze is the latest to end up, under the weather.

That makes three.

Ironically,  Gavin,  the only person in the house without an immune system,  is as healthy as can be expected.  No head cold or runny nose for him.  I joke about that but it’s honestly a blessing.  We never want Gavin to be sick because he could go down hill quickly. Besides,  the poor kid already has enough on his plate and deserves the break.

Elliott should be fine for school in the morning.  Lizze and Emmett will hopefully feel better soon.  I hope whoever is watching over Gavin keeps up the good work…

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       -Lost and Tired

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May 21 2012

Autonomic Crisis 05/21/2012: Update 09:19 pm


I just heard from Lizze.  Gavin is hooked up to an IV and is receiving fluids. Apparently,  they are going to do a head CT as well. 

This is the 2nd time in a month that he has suffered one of these episodes.  His speech is slurred, he’s disoriented and so they are concerned about his brain.

That’s all I know right now and I will be passing more along when I get it.

Thank you all so much for the thoughts and prayers. :-)

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May 02 2012

I have a confession to make: 05/02/2012


A few weeks ago,  the Easter Bunny brought the kids these plastic hollow animals,  filled with these tiny little candy balls.  When you push down on the head,  the animal poops out the candy into an Easter basket.

I’m not sure what the Easter Bunny was thinking but I would guess it had something to be really tired and stressed out.  Perhaps a little Lost and Tired;-)

I hate these stupid things. The head of the animals makes this constant noise.  In the case of the cow featured in this post,  it would moo constantly.  They are touch sensitive and so the damn thing would go off every time the boys would run around the house.

I couldn’t take it anymore.  I snapped. That goddamn cow would not stop mooing and Emmett has been carrying this thing around,  constantly asking if he can eat the cows poop.

I have been listening to that friggin cow for days now and I had all I could take. 

This evening,  I’m ashamed to say,  I did something about it. Emmett brought the cow with him to Dr. Patti tonight.  As he was getting into his car seat the cows head fell off.  I buckled Emmett in and snatched up the cows head,  which was mooing incessantly. 

I covered the speaker up with my hand and snuck it out of the van.  I hopped into the drivers seat and we were on our way. 

As we were driving to the appointment,  all the bad news of today and the stress of everything else finally broke me.  I rolled down my window and I waited for the perfect opportunity.  I chose my moment and I threw that goddamn cows head out the window and watched it bounce off the pavement and was eventually smash by a truck tire.

I will never hear that annoying and endless moo ever again.

Sometimes I have one of these moments and I freak out and kill an annoying plastic cow.  That’s pretty normal….right?

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Apr 25 2012

Things I never thought I’d say: 04/25/2012


I’m really starting to hate today.  I have a post I’m working on that will explain that.  However,  Emmett is really struggling right now.

I just caught myself saying to Emmett“Emmett,  we don’t stab your brother in the head with a fork.”

Really? 

That’s how my day is going. 

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Apr 20 2012

The Bella-in-a-box


I thought I would share this because it’s pretty darn funny.  Bella had gotten into the dog food closet and got her head stuck in the dog biscuit box

She kept running into the wall and falling over.  She wasn’t getting hurt and it wasn’t easy to catch her.

I was totally cracking up…  Maggie was even trying to help her get the box off her head.

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Mar 23 2012

Today’s Victory: 03/23/2012


Today’s Victory is brought to you by Elliott.  This is more of a humorous Today’s Victory.  I try to really find the positive each day but let’s be honest,  sometimes there just isn’t a positive side.

Today is one of those days.  I going on little to no sleep and I have an entire house full of sick people.

This morning,  Elliott appeared from behind his bedroom door with the craziest hair I have ever seen on him. Despite being completely miserable,  he still somehow manages to pull this hairstyle off.  How many of us can honestly say we could do the same.  Shoot,  I know I couldn’t.  I mean,  I don’t have any hair but if I did, I couldn’t pull it off.   :-)

So congratulations Elliott on pulling off one of the worst cases of bed head I have ever seen.

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