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Labor 24/7
Today is a national holiday. Not that you could tell from looking at our lives. Our middle son doesn’t have his day program today so he has stayed in bed. Otherwise it’s just another day. I like to say that caregiving is 24/7 but that’s not completely accurate. I do not work every waking minute…
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So much poop…
This morning was poopy, literally. I’ve talked here before about how my youngest son with autism has to turn on every single lightbulb in the house when he wakes up. I’ve also probably mentioned that he is incontinent and wears a diaper everywhere but baths. He had diarrhea when he stomped around the house turning…
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Sleeping Too Far In
It’s afternoon and I just got up and started doing things. I’m a scraggly mess. But I’ve had breakfast and given pills. I tried to explain a meme on Discord but the person asking wanted to video chat. My phone is already problematic for that on the website. Maybe I can do it on my…
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Not so nice dreams
Many years ago before I realized that in order to succeed at college being smart wasn’t enough, I failed out several times. I could blame it on depression or maybe just laziness, but the fact is I didn’t do the work. I don’t think I’m ever going to be sufficiently motivated to get a degree.…
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I’m Being Published
A while back I wrote a poem and submitted it for publication. The submission guide included a request for an author’s note about what motivated the piece. I just heard back today that the poem was rejected but that they want to publish the “essay” about it. So unexpected, weird, and awesome.
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Hottest Night of the Year
There’s an Anne Murray song that goes, “You make the hottest night of the year a little bit hotter. Ain’t gonna be no cooling down… As long as we keep fooling round.” It’s definitely too hot to be fooling round. It’s hot and humid and reminds me of the summers I spent in Maryland. I…
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Diet Pepsi
I have a friend who counts on me for some of her support. One of the things we do about once a month is go grocery shopping. She stocks up all at once. One of the things she gets is cases of Diet Pepsi. The cases with thirty six cans. Four cases usually. She’s a…
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Today’s AriZona RxEnergy
I slept pretty well last night, but still want caffeine and sugar to wake completely up. So I’m sipping on an RxEnergy. It’s a guilty pleasure because it’s not a healthy breakfast. My youngest requested a bath so he’s soaking. His older brother is ready for his day program. And both of my sons on…
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Pull Cord
On Friday in the early morning my youngest son was turning on all the lightbulbs in the house as he always does. He got to the light over the kitchen sink and yanked the cord so hard that it came clean out. That started a meltdown that lasted for 16 hours. With extra medication we…
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WordPress’ Gimmick
I have run out of daily prompts. My views dropped from a steady stream to a trickle since then. I’ve talked to WordPress about giving more precedence to original posts but they don’t see the problem. If engagement is almost entirely reliant on the daily prompt gimmick, the service is of much less value to…
Latter Day Sinner 