The day actually started around 1AM as David started complaining about his teeth. He said he was teething. We offered some motrin or tylenol, but he is afraid of swallowing pills, we got out of bed and found liquid medicine but he was to afraid to take that to. He came in several times after that too. After that I just could not fall asleep. I kept thinking about everything from how much the kids were going to drive me crazy to how much work I had no gotten done yet, everything. And of course the big question on everyone in the family’s mind should we move? It was a question we were getting hounded with everyday. Some of the kids want to move to Henderson, Nevada, some want to move to South Carolina, and some, well I have no clue. So after much tossing and turning maybe I got 3 or 4 hours of sleep, so I woke up a mess.
Today was also the first day of the summer when the middle school kids were home, the only two that had school were Brendan and Logan, and Logan had a half day. Dylan is getting grouchier every day. In case I didn’t tell you he broke his back. We all felt really bad for him initially but now he is driving all of us crazy to the point where I think if he was 18 he would be living out on the streets. He fights with everyone even with Logan the 5 year old. If you just glance at him he is ready to start a fight. Now we all understand it, he is bored he wants to wrestle, he is depressed, we all get it, but come on we are your family we didn’t break his back.
Today my husband and I were doing work, quite successfully until the first fight broke out at around 10AM Amanda accused Emily of breaking her sandal and ripping off the flower off the shoe. Now we have no idea who did, who was wearing them. So how can we solve the problem, no do I really care about a sandal. I have grants to write, clients to keep happy, that is what I care about. David woke up around 11. Naturally he tooth or teeth still hurt. We called up the dentist made him an appointment for tomorrow. Dylan came in complaining as well, looks like he has an abscess. Now we really do not plan these things in groups, just happens that way when you have so many children. So we called back up the dentist and decided that it was time to get all of their teeth cleaned so Tim scheduled all of them for teeth cleanings. Tomorrow Dylan and David are going along with Brendan.
So Lunchtime comes and I am trying hard to work, Bradley is sleeping, TJ is harassing me about moving and Logan who just got home from a half day at school is hungry. So I tell Emily to make lunch. She makes one can of tuna fish for her and Logan. Next thing you know Meghan is hungry she makes a can for herself. Before you know it I go down to make lunch for Tim and I, and there is no more tuna fish I do a little counting and realize that there are 8 kids home, 1 is sleeping and they have eaten 6 cans of tuna fish, pretty amazing, eh? You see we go through a lot of food but even that is crazy for us.
Brendan comes home from school at 3 and before you know it Dylan is fighting with Brendan, Brendan hits Dylan with a soda bottle and Dylan punches Brendan who is 9 in the back, pretty mature for a 17 year old. See what I mean for how grouchy Dylan is.
Bradley finally wakes up at some point in the day and I give him a little push by placing his ad for web site design on Craigslist and help him design a game plan. He comes up with great plans just needs a little help in motivation and in actually doing things.
Well Tim made dinner and it is now time to eat. Dinner for tonight is 6 pounds of chicken thighs, 6 boxes of kraft mac n cheese, and 4 cans of corn along with a gallon of milk. I will continue after dinner.

After dinner the kids were fighting over the computer, and Tim and I were watching Wipeout and the I Survived A Japanese Game Show, talk about funny. Those shows are so funny, I was laughing so hard. Logan fell asleep on the livingroom floor. Brendan is sleeping too. Everyone else is still awake. I would chase them into bed but then they would be up early, and who wants that. I may actually have some time in the morning to do some work if they are sleeping.

We did not make it down to wrestling tonight, things just got to crazy, I feel really bad that we did not make it down. I feel like they are going to forget how to wrestle. It is terrible for us to miss so much time. When Dylan was wrestling, prior to his broken back we went every single day and went to tournaments almost every weekend. We had articles written about us and a movie made about our family, about the wrestling aspect. There was even a reality show that wanted us on the show, bet you can guess which one.

Well I am going to write a few articles before I go to sleep and maybe take a shower, it is really hot in here. Have a good night. Thanks for reading and hope you come back tomorrow.

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