Tues 4:37pm — it’s just the king & I at home this afternoon. The wife went to her parents house for a big New Years dinner with her sibs & nieces & nephews. The king has been pretty CRAZY the past couple of days so we really didn’t even consider taking him.
He hasn’t had any seizures since Friday thank god. But the combination of an increase in his anti-seizure med mixed with his now ravenous appetite (mostly due to the anti seizure med) mixed with no school or structure for a week equals Crazy Kyle
What does Crazy Kyle look like?
very aggressive, plays with his saliva, spits, has lots of pee accidents, is hungry all the time, wants to watch tv all the time, holds his breath like crazy all the time, clims on bathroom sink all the time, headbutts the tv, headbutts the window, bounces on the sofa, etc, etc, etc.
As the wife was minutes away from leaving for her folks house I was thinking of saying…
“Don’t leave me! I can’t take much more of this! I can’t do this by myself today! I’m starting to lose it!”
But I got a second wind and instead said….
“Go! Save yourself! Get out while you can!!”
And she didn’t hesitate and flew the coop… 🙂
As I’m writing this the king is placing his saliva on the ottoman and headbutting the tv while watching the “Big Red Chicken” episode of Dora for the 89th time this week. There’s popcorn & Cheerios all over the floor and Paula is having a ball vaccuming it all up.
And I’m lying on our love seat, curled up in a ball, in the fetal position, sucking my thumb and chanting this over & over & over..
“…4 hours to bedtime & school starts tomorrow, 4 hours to bedtime & school starts tomorrow, 4 hours to bedtime & school starts tomorrow, 4 hours to bedtime & school starts tomorrow, 4 hours to bedtime & school starts tomorrow, 4 hours to bedtime & school starts tomorrow…”
Happy New Year y’all!
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its been a long break for us, too!
Ha!! You just described my day!!
Tomorrow will come! You will get a break! You are a wonderful dad for letting her escape. :)
We don't go back till Monday!
lol ur awesome but I think every parent in the usa is chanting "bedtime soon n school starts tomorrow!!!! lol Be blessed!!!!
How many times have we all thought, "I can't do this anymore!" Kudos to you for letting the wife get away from the insanity you call home. I feel for you.....just keep chanting away....Let's hope the hours pass quickly.
Oh my I feel your pain! My six year old has punched me in the head about 6 times today. No school for us until Monday and my husband goes back to work tomorrow. Kinda want to cling to his legs in the morning but I guess someone has to earn the mortgage. ~Amy
Good luck with the next few hours! I'd be very interested to read about your plan for Kyle once he ages out of the school system. Do you have a plan? Does it even make sense to have a plan with so much unknown? Just interested in your thoughts.
It was funny to see how happy the staff was on the last day of school for a 2 week break. One of the parents ask a parapro don't you feel 2 weeks is to long for the students to be off, it break their schedule ? parapro said didn't you know in June that school would be out why didn't you as a parent get your child ready for this and why don't you want your child home with you for 2 weeks seem like parents need a iep @ home, she was shock went to the office and was just blow off by the principle saying you ask she responded feel free to call the board.So right after they go back they have another day off within the week,plus they pray for snow days. The fact is they don't give damn what happen to parents @ home or the children they just say that's our problem not their's. Hell they allow my child to sleep in school I ask them not to let him he'll stay up all night but all I hear is they can't stop him so my choices are he sleep there or I can pick him up and keep him awake @ home say it's against his right not to let him sleep check it out and I have no legal leg to stand on. It's up to me to correct his sleep pattern @ home not the school. Needed to vent.
Im chanting go to your happy place, got to your happy place lol We survived! ! Only one broken window, one hole to patch, 3 vomiting episodes, escaped the house twice in socks and t shirt, lost glasses twice, overflowed toilet once and locked me out of my house once. Im back to work and hes back to school tomorrow woo hoo! ! I can nap at my desk, if I get caught I raise my head and say "AMEN" :)