Autism Doesn’t Take a Break

Today is a special day. 29 years ago, Tom and I said “I do.” I woke up slowly this morning, expecting to ease into the day. I was grateful Tom got up with Josh and the dogs, and let the chickens out.

I got out of bed and was brought back to reality. First thing I did is clean up a poop mess in the bathroom.😩

I prepared my sourdough last night to make english muffins this morning. The 3” biscuit cutter that just arrived yesterday had disappeared. One of the “fun” things we deal with regularly is trying to find things Josh put away where HE thinks they should go. Tom and I both searched for over an hour before I finally found it inside a bag in my office. (Like, how does that even make sense?!)

Somehow it makes sense to him, I guess.

Josh’s anxiety and ocd behaviors are through the roof the past few days, and it makes me nervous for when this school year is over. We have some ideas of things to help him stay busy, and ways for him to make extra money to help pay for some programs we’re looking into.

Josh has less than a month left of school, before he ages out. The idea of “life without the routine of school” is terrifying, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it. Today may have had each of us feeling frustrated at one point or another, but we also felt a lot of love. Even though this day has significance for Tom and I, autism doesn’t take a break so we can’t either.♥️