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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

Vocabulary Word of the Day – Dunderhead

So. David was in trouble tonight for going into a section of the house that is off limits to him. (it is the upstairs area) There followed a good hour long diatribe of colossal proportions that involved words that even I had to consult a dictionary to determine the meaning of. Now, it would seem that when I ignored him, he would run out of gas. No such case. As a result, he became even more angry. Did you know that “Dunderhead” is an actual word? Truly. You can look it up. It means: “stupid person”. I thought that he was making up words as he went along. He did use quite a few words that I can’t repeat outside of the cab of a Peterbilt or a Kenworth. Well, I guess I could use them if I was a drunken sailor, but I digress. Tweet #fighting4answrs

You are like night staff

David told me last night that I was like “night staff”. He told me this after I explained why I stay up all night with him. You see, David tried to convince me that he would sleep through the night and not cause trouble. Yeah, pardon me buddy, I don’t believe that for a second. As much as he frustrates me some days, I have to admire his intelligence. He is pretty creative in how he puts things together. His perception of reality, at times, seems skewed though. He thinks that everything that happens is a personal attack on him. He also claims that other people are out to frame him when he is accused of stealing an item from another family member. At safe bed he blamed the boy across the hall from him. At home he blames his next oldest brother. Today is the first day in two