Smoke alarm on the fritz

So sorry I have been slow to blog.

You know, why keep things calm?!

Whether it's a choice or how things tend to go.

Mostlly, it is how things tend to go

so

if we do get a choice

we don't tend stray from the not crazy

because we would be choosing

the non-norm.

Anyways, yeah, so I have surpassed

2 months to the date since

surgery

and

Wednesday marked 9 weeks.

This week I have hit a lull.

First time in a while I have over done it.

I did not mean to.

REMEMBER, (for the super critical non-constructive ones)

my first and foremost choice is to take care of the
Boys.

That includes, diaper changes, taking them to school, snacks, meals,

groceries, laundry etc.

Once I get the hang of that I will do more.

That said, I have taken a dip back into my

Super Awesome Boot Camp class.

Why?! People may ask,

well, that is how I handle my stress.

Is it easy to handle stressed out kiddos,

Autism tantrums?!

(Have you ever experienced them?!)

It is hard and after hours upon hours of it

you know you sometimes tend to lose your cool

especially if you don't have an outlet.

My outlet is exercise.

The few times I can actually give my brain a break.

I feel revived and ready to start again.

I as have mentioned I am no where near where I was before

with class

AND

that is OK.

I AM OK with that.

AND

THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT!

By going back to class I handle the Boys better,

I am better for Andrew

and

for myself.

Health wise you must find a good

stress outlet.

Bottling it up is not good for your mind or body.

It REALLY can affect all of your bodies systems.

Don't worry I studied for my bachelor's degree on that.

It's not a fake thing, it's true science.

And again why the neuro-oncologists

are pushing for it.

OK, I need to step off my soap box.

Andrew and I had an unplanned trip to Texas.

It was pretty stinking nice.

We really enjoyed it and loved the area.

It was the first time either one of us had been there.

It deserves it's own post

and

I will do that soon.

(Probably after the long deserved Angels Among Us post.)

That said, I missed the Boys.

A break is nice and the Boys

can be a handful

but

we both still want to be with them.

So, you know after all the stress on them with

my surgery and recovery

let's add a trip for us to it!

Talk about some super separation anxiety of these

Sweet Stressed Little Men.

D has hit his limit and was in our bed with us.

(He usually wants ONLY his bed.)

So that was how Sunday night went.

I slept pretty OK

and

Andrew was kicked all night.

Monday, the Boys did well enough.

The older two went to school

and

I chilled out with D.

I also caught up all of our laundry.

Then went to Boot Camp.

I came home pumped with energy.

And had two great friends come over for a surprise visit!

THEN came our typical crazy.

Super early Tuesday morning, I was already in the shower.

The Boys were all woken by one of our smoke alarms.

Yup.

So, when one goes off it makes all the others go off.

We have six in our house.

Well, nothing was smokey it was just one on the fritz.

Don't worry they all got brand new batteries 2 months ago.

Yeah...so it is hard to pin point the fritz one

when they all are going off anywhere from 5 seconds to a minute

you are running like fools comforting the Boys

and trying to see

which one is the culprit.

We read up on it could be insects or dust

on a sensor.
So, first step take them all down and blow them out.

(Thanks to our air compressor.)

Guess what...

it did not work!

And one squealed like a fool

when being cleaned out.

So they would wait 5-20 minutes

in between going off.

Logey also has his Speech Pathologist come in

on Tuesday mornings.

Yes...real helpful for a therapy session!

So by that point it was almost 3 hours of them

randomly going off

and I was

right by the dumb one.

FINALLY!

SO Andrew got it down

and we were good.

Andrew went to work,

I took the Biggun' to school

then

Bitty, D and Me hit up

the home improvement store.

We bought 6 new ones.

You know, if one is on the fritz and you fix it

that pretty much

asks the rest to follow suit.

So we took the initiative to start fresh.

Tuesday's are long days.

Logan has Occupational Therapy in the afternoon.

Lately, their office has been bonkers when we get there.

So, have a stressed out (since we were out of town),

early risen (due to the smoke alarm),

sound sensitive (due to constant alarm sounding) Kid

not to mention his Special Needs

and

put him in the overstimulating (paint and lights)

waiting room,

with it's recent increase in crowds.

He was kind OK at first, a little over stimulated and trying to work with it

then saw his Therapist come out

with her current patient then

step back into the office.

He flipped out. She came quickly back out.

I gave her the short update

and

since she knows him so well

knows the crowd was not helping.

She took him back quick

holding his small flailing self

who ended up kicking

a nearby Boy in the head.

(He was not aiming or aware of the other people, that was just

how stinking crowded it was in there.)

Barely room to move.

I apologized profusely to his Father.

Who thankfully was super nice.

Yes, so D get's no naps on those days

and

is tired.

Etc.

Yes, those are long days and early nights.

Wednesday was a day of needing groceries but

I have signed up to meet

one of my Friends and her Baby Boy

for free play at one of our

local recreation centers.

D LOVED it!!

But that was a long day too.

I had an afternoon appointment also (=no rest) then

you know the Boys wake from nap

and the day continues.

Thursday, we needed all groceries.

I woke early to make the bread we were out of

and I was too tired to make it

the night before.

I took Aidan to school

then

took the Little's on our grocery runs.

I use coupons some but mostly know

the stores have more consistent prices

and the least price

of some of our big ticket items.

So unfortunately I needed to hit 3 stores.

Well, when pushing carts full of groceries with

60 pounds of kids in it.

Yeah..first time I have tried that since surgery.

I usually only go with just D

but it did not work with our plans this week.

So it had to be 2 kids

or

I get up super early to go kid free

or

go super late to be kid free.

Which means less sleep.

So obviously I chose more sleep but

more kid weight.

It was too much for me.

Now I know where I am

and

will more easily remember it

due to my exhaustion level.

Only thing is, Summer is coming up

and

will be taking all 3 Boys!

I make Aidan walk but

everyone once in a while (pre-surgery)

I would let all 3 be in the cart

which takes it to 100+ pounds of Kids.

Yes, that is not gonna happen anytime soon.

Needless to say, I got some help unloading the groceries

and picking Aidan up from school.

I rested but it wasn't enough.

So I went to bed early,

slept all night.

Slept in, and was still exhausted.

I can't even remember right now(today is Saturday)

what I did yesterday morning.

But by lunch time with the Boys I was done.

I called Andrew home.

:(

He took over lunch and got them to nap.

All 3 napped.

I napped 3 hours.

I woke to 3 sleeping Boys at 4:40p. YIKES!

I was still tired but know if I nap too much

I can't sleep at night.

Needless to say, I made dinner.

And could barely get myself up our steep stairs.

Andrew put the Boys to bed and I literally crawled from

our hallway into our bedroom

and

into our bed.

I was asleep before the Kids.

I slept until this morning.

Aidan had a school mate's birthday party to go to.

It was a lot

so here I am this afternoon resting.

I could seriously nap but would rather

just go to bed early.

Or perhaps take a short snooze.

But yes, I knew the party would be too much.

But he is almost done with the school year

and

will miss his school friends as they all

go to a different school next year.

So we all went since if I did not go that

means taking care of 2 littles

and

it is too much for one of us to take all 3 Boys by

ourselves to a museum.

You can lose Logan in a heart beat

and to

find him you have to relinquish your

attention 100% from the other 2.

Just not safe at all.

So, 2 adults are needed to take all Boys

out to a place like that.

Perhaps, after more years it will be

feasible but not

at this moment.

We'll get there though!!

Angels Among Us Post due soon

and

A Texas post which includes some awesome air plane photos.

Yes, an awesome private air show.

SO neat!

AND

some GREAT Family time too!