wearing thin

i have decided that autism is very draining, I do not have it, my son does and if i feel this drained just taking care of him I can imagine how he feels. I try to be patient, and understanding. I am blessed that he is verbal, he talks all the time and drives his sister crazy and she drives everybody crazy. he wakes up at 4:30 every morning and can't go back to sleep unless I check on him and pat his back and cover him up and give him his fuzzy (his bear). then it takes me about an hour and a half to go back to sleep, then I am up at 7:00 most mornings, then I take care of the dog (biscuit) get austin ready for school, pack his lunch and backpack, take him to school. come home take other dog out (sassy) get kayla up and spend mornig with her. she is a liitle hyper in the mornings, but more so in the evenings. then we eat breakfast, run errands. take her to school and sassy for a walk. then I come home eat lunch. and either bake, cook, or clean house or all three. I have been doing this forever. just now I am having to bake and cook all of their food. I am exhausted, I was supposed to make dinner rolls and start dinner and plan snack for after school, get started on organizing the downstairs and finish the laundry. then organize the kitchen. instead I took an hour nap and now I feel really tired. better a late start than never I guess. oh yeah and tonight we have a ball game. I am hoping to survive motherhood.