Ya know what?

Sometimes real life sucks donkey balls! Choices I made years ago have now resulted in my being on insulin for Type II diabetes. Now what really sucks is that most people gain between 5 and 20 lbs while being on insulin and it is harder for the body to lose the weight. So on top of the 30 or so lbs I gained after quitting smoking, I get to look forward to gaining even more weight. How sad is that.

Maddy of course is feeding on my depression and is acting like a true spoiled little brat today. She is right now in her room cause I can't deal with the constant whining and bitching and moaning about absolutely everything. Kenny has been ok. Just constant "I'm hungry, I'm thirsty" over and over again.

No point to this. I'm just not having a good day.

Home

Now whether or not that is a good thing, I don't know. But we are and we survived the long drive home, border crossing and all.

We got home Wednesday evening. Spent Thursday/Friday catching up on grocery shopping, visiting MIL and preparing for the Scottish Festival. Friday was also the day Kenny decided to run a high fever and complained of a sore throat. By the Tattoo he was feeling better but only lasted a couple of hours before I had to take him home. So I missed the one thing that I wanted to see. Hubby was supposed to march in the 'Walk of the Clans' but when he got to the meeting area, he discovered all other Clan reps where in full Scottish dress. So he backed out (don't blame him one bit).

Then comes Saturday. What a wash out that was. Literally. The rain held off until our tent was set up. Then it wouldn't stop. A total of 4 thunderstorms rolled through, with very heavy rain in between. We finally gave up at 2 and packed it in. We were standing in ankle deep water, the tent was leaking and it was getting cold. Not a good day. We came home, dried off and headed back, there was a band that was supposed to be playing that I was interested in hearing and I wanted to show Maddy some more Highland dancing, but for the first time in history the rain won. The festival was shut down. Sad to see, especially since they had to cancel all the band competitions and heavy events.

Sunday started out better, we headed back to catch all that we missed on Saturday. Most displays had packed it in and didn't bother to come back. Don't blame them, really since the forecast was calling for more rain and possible thunderstorms. Sure enough the clouds rolled in again, along with some thunder for good measure. We just came home.

So now it's back to real life. Laundry needs doing, Hubby is back at work and Kenny is back at school. Hopefully the Fall Fair will be better!

Leaving tomorrow

Yep, we are finally leaving the great city of Columbus OH to head home tomorrow. Back to real life. But hey, we enjoyed ourselves, took lots of pictures and of course went shopping at Target.

Kenny has been wonderful on this trip. Overall, we have seen very few temper tantrums. He has handled himself very well considering that we are not on a set schedule. It's going to be tough on all of us to leave. I certainly don't want to go. I love seeing new places and watching the kids have so much fun. But such is life I guess.

The Scottish Festival is coming up this weekend and we are running the tent on Saturday. That should be interesting with both the kidlets in tow.

Long drive, need sleep. Goodnight all!

Not quite a week yet

In Columbus Ohio and Kenny is doing great! He had a meltdown yesterday at the State Fair but after spending hours in the sun, I'm not surprised. And go figure, he loves rides! He was so ticked when he was refused for not being tall enough. But fortunately there were enough rides to keep him happy. Not to mention the other 3 little hooligans.

Things have been very busy all week. We got here Saturday and haven't stopped playing since. An indoor water park, State Fair, trains, dinner with great friends that also live in Ohio and not to mention the numerous shopping trips to Target. Man do they have some great clearance! I have to say that I'm jealous.

Anyhoo, this trip is going much better than I thought for Kenny. To think we have uprooted him and completely screwed with his schedule and we are not getting massive meltdowns is great! Gonna enjoy it while I can!

What a great concert!

It was fantastic!!!! Of course, did you expect anything less? You know a band has staying power when the fans range in age from 10 to 70. Played some new stuff and most of their old, including solo stuff. Of course the old fav's were by and far the most popular. The concert ended with Take It Easy and one of the best live versions of Desperado I've heard. Had me in tears. And just as a side note, that was the first time in over a year that Hubby and I have been out together, with NO kids!!!!! Man I'd forgotten how much fun adult time was.

As for other ramblings, we have been approved for home care funding. Which means that we will be reimbursed for any monies paid out to workers for so many hours covered. We applied for 8. Not that we will get 8, but hey don't know if you don't try, right?! So how does this help? Well now we can hire someone to take Kenny swimming on Thursday nights, maybe have some respite care so Hubby and I can go out for some adult time together, or hire a therapist to work with Kenny one on one. Any of the above options would work right now. He still isn't fully recovered from whatever the damn bug was that he caught. So extra whinny and clingy, which makes it difficult to get stuff done.

Now on to more fun things, we leave tomorrow for Columbus!!! It's gonna be a blast! Water park, Ohio State Fair, plus other fun and exciting stuff to keep all 4 little munchkins busy. Oh wait, forgot about the beer making for the older kids, so exciting stuff for all 6 kids! I should be packing and cleaning, but here I sit. Man I'm lazy! Laundry to do, stuff to put away, shopping for snack foods. The list goes on. Why does packing for trips have to be so time consuming and feel more like work. Blah, no wonder people need a vacation from getting ready for and unpacking from vacations. Here is one time I really wish we were filthy rich, so no packing needed, just buy what we need! What a concept. Blah, back to real life.

Today is the Day! And other ramblings.

We go to the Eagles concert tonight!!! Air Canada Center, Toronto ON at 8 pm I will be singing right along with the Eagles!!!!! Can't wait!!!

Both kidlets are sick. Kenny now has a horrible sore throat and a bad throaty cough, with a fever of around 101 F. Boogabutt started to puke yesterday. Thank goodness she is now old enough to puke in a bucket rather than all over everything. Although she didn't make the first round and decorated the carpet in the front entrance. I'm waiting until the Dr's opens so I can get Kenny in. I don't think Maddy needs to be seen yet. Crossing fingers that she will get better on her own.

On a side note, he keeps on referring to a beaver in his throat. Guess it's better to have a beaver than a crocodile, which is what he is constantly asking if I have!

Another positive note is we have an appointment today at 1 with a home worker. So even though we don't have an official diagnosis yet, he will still get home care PT/OT and they also teach parents on how to deal with specific problems and give suggestions on how to handle things. Cause obivously things aren't working for us now. He was in full melt-down mode the other day and we just could not get him settled. Once he 'goes' it's so hard to get him to focus to calm him down.

This is going to sound like a spoiled little shit, but I keep asking myself why? Why have I had two children with problems that aren't easily recongized. Why do both have to entail violent temper tantrums? Why am I being punished? I know that none of these questions can be answered or just don't have an answer, but I still ask.

Well my day is starting. Just got off the phone from the Dr and he now has an appointment for 3. Kind of works cause I have to pick up oldest sis to help Grandma baby sit tonight. Oh man this day is going to crawl by! And then on Sat we head to Columbus OH!!! We'd better enjoy cause this is it for the yr!

Now on too other things.

Got that out of my system. Well no, not really but I'll refrain from mentioning it again. At least for a few more minutes.

Anyhow the Duders is still sick. We're not sure what is wrong but he's still fighting some kind of stomach bug. Saturday started the runny poops and boy do I mean runny. Poor kid had an explosion at a playground. Then again 3am Monday morning he was back to throwing up and diarrhea at the same time. No one can say that my child is not talented. I now have to try to get some kind of poop sample from him which hasn't been easy. He wants no part of pooping in a plastic container so I can package it up like the lab told me. Can't take it out of a diaper either. Not to mention that we are still using bum cream, trying to clear up the rash he got from the last round of diarrhea. Poor kid was in so much pain from that he was desperatlely trying to hold in his poop so I wouldn't have to wipe his butt. Not a pretty picture.

He'd better get better fast. We leave to go see Ms Bannon and Family in 12 days! Another thing I can't wait for!

And finally a quick update on how things are progressing. We got a phone call this afternoon from a worker involved with home OT/PT. I will have to call again tomorrow as she had already left the office by the time I was able to call her back. More help for Duders is a great thing.

And finally, because this has been bothering me, if you see a parent having difficulty with a child out in public, like an extreme temper tantrum, screaming etc, don't just stand there making rude faces or comments, go over and offer to help. Even if it is to just let her/him know that you understand and are not judging. Trust me, sometimes us parents (especially of Autistic children) could really use the support. Just my public service announcement for the day.