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Another Midnight
It’s another midnight on WordPress and I’m typing into the void. I try to find interesting things to write, but obviously this is not one of them. I need to wait for my reflux to settle before I can lay down. Yesterday was decent but I was awake earlier than I wanted to be and…
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The house is quiet
The house is quiet except for me and Cosmos grooming at the top of the bookshelf next to me. The boys are with their aides. Stephanie is asleep. It’s the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week and I’m still in my pajamas. It is the eye of the hurricane. It is…
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Earning a Fortune
When I was young I was certain I would grow up to be rich. Mind you I didn’t have a plan. I was good at math and was under the impression there was good money in advanced math degrees. I was never as good with money. I can’t save and invest it even though my…
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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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Calendars
Tonight I changed my son’s diaper, gave him his pills, turned off his light, and said Goodnight. About ten minutes later he walked into my room holding my Stephanie’s calendar. You probably know it’s turned September half an hour ago. He insists that the calendars be changed before he goes to bed on the eve…
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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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