School Archive
13 Jul 2010
This gotta be a dream
Sometimes I don’t believe my life either. Pearlsky’s school aide calls around 11 this morning. I just want you to know that she is coming home later with a band-aid on her elbow. She was rubbing her elbow back and forth on her tray for a while. No one noticed? How does she know, unless
11 Jul 2010
“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less; our kids, their rights, or an email from S.D.” ~apologies to Susan B. Anthony
A dear friend is dealing with her child’s first Individualized Education Plan (IEP). They had a good meeting, great things were put in the IEP … and none are coming to fruition. Delays, excuses, crap.
06 Jul 2010
I don’t remember dying, but I woke up in hell (** UPDATED! **)
Earlier this weekend, the love of my life did the one thing, the only thing, that I cannot tolerate, knowingly. Ouch. Then life continued to get worse. See, you can go downhill from downhill; there is always a deeper hole.
11 Jun 2010
Never give a gun to ducks. Ever.
I have always told my employees, on their first day of work, “If you need an afternoon off, do not tell me why.”
06 May 2010
Medicine, shmedicine
Sent to Pearlsky’s teacher this morning: Pearlsky had a tough day yesterday at home. This morning, when I went to refill her medicine for school I noticed that she never got her 2:30 dose yesterday, it was still in her bag, hence the problems we had. A bit later, the response: I am so sorry
05 May 2010
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I know very little about Mexico. I have enough problems with American history, don’t start asking me about General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín and his victory over the French (I knew I liked him) in the Battle of Puebla. Hell, I was just a kid back in 1862 … It is also very unfortunate that the
15 Apr 2010
(with apologies to Buddha)Three things cannot be long hidden: the son, the moon, and the truth. (with apologies to Buddha)
“Courage has its rewards” was the fax a dear friend sent upon hearing of the pregnancy.
31 Mar 2010
Hijacking a comment: a guest post!
Make sure you have read this post, the one from a few days ago on IEP Hell. A comment was left on that post which I removed since it was too provocative, in an appropriate sense. The author is Stephanie Lynn Keil, self described as having “high-functioning autism, PTSD, borderline personality disorder and major depression.”