Max woke me up at 6:10am this morning by pinching and punching and hitting me. Great. Then I turned around to sit up and get out of bed and his pull-up was sagging nearly to his knees and poo was running down his legs. Oh great. So I got up, changed his pull-up, got him cleaned up and back in the bed. He was up until after midnight last night and luckily it was still dark outside so I turned on his music and got him to go back to bed without any fuss. BUT, 7:30am he was up again, pinching, hitting, squeezing and punching me, while laughing, trying to get me up again. I sat up, turned around and damned if it wasn’t a near repeat of the same thing that happened at 6am. It wasn’t running down his legs thankfully, but still it was pretty darned nasty anyway. I got Ian up this time and got him to help. The pinching and hitting I could do without, and the poos worry me…. He ate a bunch of strawberry pop-tarts yesterday. They’re a new brand we hadn’t tried before, Food Lion brand actually, and looking at the ingredients there’s no real difference between them and other store brands, so I just can’t figure it out. I was thinking if they were “made from real strawberries” or some other natural fruit then maybe he has a previously undetected allergy, but it doesn’t say anything like that, just the usual “made from concentrate”. Oh well. I still think we’ll try a different kind next time. Right now he’s laughing uncontrollably at THE SAME “FAMILY GUY” EPISODE HE’S BEEN WATCHING EVERY DAY FOR WEEKS. BUT, I did figure out a way I could change the volume and set it so he can’t turn it up to the extremes he usually does. I went in to “sounds” in control panel and adjusted the speaker volume in there. He can’t change that at all without going back in there in cpanel and changing it manually! Yay!
Ugh. In other news, my chair finally busted. It sucks too. All the ball bearings have fallen out. I’m having to balance carefully or push with my feet to stay upright. Ugh. Cliff says we have to go thrift store shopping tomorrow and find me a new chair. Keep your fingers crossed! I need something that swivels and that I can sit cross legged in. I hate regular desk/computer chairs. I prefer chairs like these:
And I’m currently sitting in one like this:
What I’ll have to actually get we’ll just have to wait and see. I don’t suppose I’d be lucky enough to get one of these:
Ha ha! No, the closest to that would probably be:
In fact they call it the “Trek Swivel-Action” chair.  Ha ha! It does look more comfortable than Kirk’s chair though….
I would go for a standard office chair if they were wider. I like to put one foot in my seat when I’m sitting here. I’m like those birds who fold up one leg under them when standing. I always fold up one leg while sitting here. Standard office chairs aren’t made to accomodate this. If the “big and tall” type office chairs were wide enough though one of those might work…
That’s a rather extreme example, but you get the idea. A wider seat means I can sit on my foot comfortably. Yay! (I am seriously wierd, aren’t I?) :lol:
Anyway, we’ll see what happens. It’s easy to find a big chair that would work for size. What’s not easy is finding one that swivels. I need that because of Max. I have to be able to turn around when he’s climbing and leaning on me. (Life is crazy around here, I’m telling you.) 
So, wish us luck. At least I get to go shopping tomorrow. I love going to the thrift stores. I think I’m gonna push to visit all four of the close by ones. Cliff will complain, but it’ll be okay. I wonder if they’ll mind me bringing my tape measure…..
