Working Mom Blues

Ever reach a point where you literally cannot take in any more information.....
That happened today.  It was awesome.
After weeks of change and new beginnings with work and let downs with finances, insuance, therapy, drs appointments, hearing how your child literally has hardly any nutrients left inside of him even though he eats healthier than most kids, because of his leaky gut...today was the day where I said to myself "Self, stop." 

And you know what. I'm listening and it's ok.
Well after I stayed at work until 6:15 pm.

About two months ago we went to our new (AND SERIOUSLY BRILLIANT) holistic pediatrician to get some tests run on K's insides.  After scooping poo into vials among other fantastic procedures that included blood sweat and tears from Kaiden, Mommy and Neni....the results came in.

And, basically our world got shook again.  Long gone are the days of oh let's just grab something to go.  Or I'll just pull in here and grab him a chocolate milk.  Nope, not so much.  Every. single. part. of every day now has to be planned out.  There's vitamins in the morning, creams in the morning, liquid vitamins in the day, creams at night, and probiotics before bed.  There is NO more dairy, no more gluten and we will be on hidden veggie overload.  It's goodbye to Walmart and hello to natural stores.  It's goodbye to resting on  Sunday afternoons and hello to pretending I'm a gluten free Betty Crocker.  But like I say every day.....the kid is worth it.  He's worth the traveling notebook that goes from Mommy to Daddy's house that keeps us knowing what's next.  He's worth the twice weekly grocery store runs where buying 5 things costs $75.  He's worth the entire house smelling of brocolli for two days.  I have never known a more wonderful human being (even if his new favorite thing to say is stinky butt:)

So, life continues to be crazy.  But hey, that's our norm.  That's what keeps us rockin!
But, it's time for me to start slowing down and pushing the things that really don't matter THAT much to the side.  Because it'll be there tomorrow.  And the next day. 

Someone fabulous showed this to me the other day and I can't stop thinking about it :
"Autism: where every success is worth more than money can buy"

People just don't get it.  I would live in a shack if it meant seeing Kaiden succeed in life.