Author Archives: carl

hypervigilance is starting to wear me out

This constant state of awareness is starting to wear me down. Having to always be on, and aware of David’s position/location in the house is wearing on everyone. tonight I caught him hiding a couple of combination padlocks in the couch.  He claimed to have found them on the floor.  He said that Cinnamon  must have put them there. Cinnamon is our 18 month old cat.  She doesn’t have opposable thumbs… moving forward, it is time for the night watch.  I think that I will try to do some web development stuff tonight.  The hard part is keeping quiet and still being able to both stay awake, and keep an ear/eye out for David. Related articles What do you mean? (whynotfathers.com) psych team visit today (whynotfathers.com) My Dad Says (whynotfathers.com) 20 Euros and a mp3 Player (whynotfathers.com) Tweet #fighting4answrs

Sherlock Father and the Case of the Missing Gadget

Well, he came home. Had him take off his pants, in the process he had to kneel down and untie his shoes.  David thought that he would be clever with a little slight of hand.  I saw him move something on the floor. After he stood up, I patted down his socks, and the back of his underwear.  He had to pull the front away and let it snap back so I could know that there was nothing in there that shouldn’t be. Then I had him change his shirt. After that, he was directed to sit on the couch.  So I went through the pile of stuff on the floor.  Low and behold, like magic the iPod was there. Now, it could be argued that we had placed the iPod there with the thought that we could accuse him of taking something.  David has made that argument before.  However

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it’s 4pm, have you had your tantrum yet today?

David will be home from school in 15 minutes. Last night we discovered him upstairs.  In that section of the house that he is not allowed to be in.  Today, we discovered that big sister’s iPod is missing again. David will need to take off his clothes and put on pajamas right away when he comes in the door.  Pajamas don’t have pockets.  After that, his clothes will be searched. After that, the tantrum will begin because he will be accused of taking the iPod, and everyone in the house knows that if he gets caught stealing, there will be a 4 and 5 hour tantrum. Hopefully the bed will open up on Thursday at the residential facility that he is supposed to go to.  They have to file a certificate of need in order to get authorization for him to be there. Related articles Master of Deception (whynotfathers.com) its

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