Too Much to Think About

I've got too much on my mind.

I'm trying to focus it on Alex, because at least something can be done with Alex. I've got job issues, and life issues, and I want to work on health issues. Alex issues might at least yield some results. I think we're going to try an elimination diet. I know that the AMA and CDC haven't accepted any findings from researchers on the effects of diet in relation to autism, but the anecdotal results are compelling. I'm not going blindly into this, grasping at straws. If we can eliminate some of the most common triggers, and see improvement, then we'll have an answer that will be a component of Alex's overall treatment. If we don't see results, then we can try something different. I don't ever want to be one of those parents who just blindly takes the word of the latest guru, pinning all their hopes on one person's ideas. I'm going to do a bit more research before I start eliminating, to make sure I understand how the components work in the diet. I'll probably do a bit of tracking here, as well as notes on paper.

And in "oops" news. So, the toaster has been making this odd smell for awhile. Today, when I got home it was still lingering in the air, so I decided to have done and clean the thing out. A pen. A stinking pen was in the toaster, melted to the wires and wall of the toaster. I had to toss the whole thing out. I'm surprised we didn't have a fire. It most likely fell off of the microwave, where we keep some odds and ends, and into the toaster. I don't know how we didn't notice it right away. Ugh.