A Little Grease Fire to Liven Things Up

Yeah, so I darn near caught our house on fire this evening while attempting to start dinner. Yay, me! I get the award for Idiot of the Day.

I was heating a skillet on the stove to sear some chicken and got preoccupied (only a few feet away) with another task for a little longer than I should have. When I came back and drizzled olive oil into the pan, it instantly caught fire. Live and learn....first time for everything, so I will definitely be more diligent in the future regarding not getting sidetracked with other tasks.

After last week's incapacitating illness that kept Reiss down for four days straight, he is back to school this week. It has taken him all week up until today to get back on track with being able to stay on task and maintain himself without meltdowns or disruptive behaviors. Poor little dude. If there is one thing I hate about autism (Actually, I hate autism altogether - all parts of it, no ifs, ands, or buts), it is the fact that the smallest things can set Reiss off into a tailspin. Granted, being sick for days on end is nothing small but it has taken him just as long as he was sick to get back into the swing of things at school to a point where he is not causing a ruckus for his classmates.

Less than two weeks until this baby makes it arrival. At this point, I get very little sleep due in part to the simple fact that I am so large that some whales are even smaller than I am, but also because my children allow me approximately the same amount of sleep as newborns allow. I am thoroughly exhausted and find myself getting annoyed by trivial things. It is a challenge, to say the least, to remain calm while trying to care for two children whose needs quite often exceed the needs of say, ten children. Try as I might to channel Michelle Duggar, often times the calming effect only comes after I retreat to the laundry room and devour some of the candy that was meant to be for Halloween. Five bags. Two weeks of being in there. You do the math. I will be buying more candy before Halloween, for sure.

In other news....I hate when I say that because it lacks any sort of creativity. However, what I am about to say this time literally is in the news. If you are in the mood to get ticked off about the injustices of the legal system and how children with special needs get the short end of the stick almost every time, go HERE. And if you really have a desire to get worked up, read the comments following the article. This kind of thing happens every day in schools around our nation. Unfortunately, this particular incident was at a school approximately five miles from my house, which drives home the point that no school, no community, is immune to this kind of treatment of our children by educational "professionals."

I said it on Facebook when I linked the article to my Wall and I will say it on here: God help this woman if she ever crosses my path because she will need it. And to Ms. Littleton - If, for some odd reason you happened to have stumbled upon my blog and perceive that statement as a threat, go right ahead.