Contacts for Katelyn
Katelykn got her first taste of contacts last week, and she likes them enough that we ordered a year’s supply today. She looks different!
Katelyn pet-sitting
Katelyn stayed by herself over at Glynis and Susan’s on Saturday night to take care of the animals. It was her first solo overnight, and was generally uneventful. But it pointed out that she can get up early if she has to… the animals woke her early in the morning to get fed.
Katelyn is now a Sophomore
After finishing classes on Thursday, Katelyn went back on Friday to play with the band at graduation. She got sunburned, competed heavily in poker game (with face-flicking as the coin-don’t ask), and got home exhausted but having had a lot of fun. She’s now officially a Sophomore!
Visit from Michelle and the girls
Michelle, Ariella, and Miriam joined us for a burrito and taco bar and just hanging out on Friday, June 2. It was great to have yummy food and just hang out, and Haley got a Feldenkreis lesson while the rest of us watched “How It’s Made”.
(Val couldn’t be there because she was attending the memorial for our friend Ken, who passed away last month.)
Guitar Hero “fail”
On Saturday the kids decided they wanted to get Guitar Hero for the Wii. Since it was their own money they wanted to spend (including Haley’s gift cards), and because I’m always accused of not being spontaneous I decided to go along with their desire to go to Game Stop and get it. We went to Bayhill, where of course the Game Stop was no longer there, messing with our plans to visit Starbuck’s, Jamba Juice, and Mollie Stone’s at the same time. After verifying that the closest Game Stop was indeed at Tanforan (ugh, a mall on Memorial Day weekend!), we headed out. Luckily the girls knew where it was so we parked close by. But it turns out they don’t carry the instruments, just the games, because it’s “just not popular enough”. So we decided we’d have to get it online. Sigh. We did, however, make it back to Bayhill, where we split up and met up again at Mollie Stone’s and got everything else we wanted to get. Whew!
Tale of Two Problems
First Katelyn hurt her elbow in PE (whacked it on a metal ring in the pool while swimming) on Tuesday. Kathie had to take her to the doctor and for xrays (luckily nothing broken), so I had to leave work and get Haley to her drum lesson. So now she can’t move it well enoguh to play her saxophone. On Tuesday night she spent 20 minutes trying to convince me that attending band rehearsal in the morning (the second-to-last rehearsal of the year) would be completley pointless. I tried to explain to her that listening, watching the music, and fingering even without an instrument were all different ways to rehearse music. She was absolutely convinced it isn’t, and she would be bored out of her mind. She is sure I’m cruel and ridiculous for waking her up 75 minutes earlier to attend class. Had a nasty altercation yesterday morning getting her out of bed. Not a great way to start a day.
Then Haley lost her Social Studies book. Couldn’t do homework, so borrowed a book from the teacher the next day to finish it and turn it in a day late. Then the teacher insisted on taking back the borrowed book, so she couldn’t do her homework again last night. We’ve torn apart our houses and can’t find it. Guess she’ll have to pay for it, but meanwhile doesn’t he realize she can’t do her homework without a book? Oh, and the school and public libraries don’t have a copy. Sigh.
Band Upheaval
We learned ove rthe weekend that Doug Miner, the band directory for both Mills High School and the West Bay Community Band, was in a serious motorcycle accident on Saturday the 19th. He will recover, but it will be a slow process as his injuries are relatively serious. The school is finding a substitute to cover the last few days of school and the performance at graduation. The WBCB is looking for another conductor for a while. One of the musicians led the group at Sunday’s performance at San Carlos Hometown Days, which I missed.
Best wishes to Doug – get well!!
Katelyn’s field trip: Church of Scientology
Katelyn’s religious school class had their last field trip of the year, to a Church of Scientology.
Mothers’ Day
We went to visit Mom for Mothers’ Day. Just a few hours and a trip to Sizzler, but it was nice to do it.
What a week!
Last Friday we learned of the passing of a dear friend, Ken Thomas. The most amazing thing about his passing is the amount of love and support offered to his partner Tim, and also how the community has supported each other as we grieve. So even in the sadness of his passing we’re surrounded by love.
Last Saturday we had a lovely visit from Jennifer and Selena, and on Sunday I accompanied Katelyn’s religious school class to the Mormon Temple in Oakland for a delightful educational session.
Haley continues to have lots of band rehearsals in preparation for Taylor Middle School’s trip to Disneyland in 2 weeks. So she’s now practicing Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings, Monday evenings, and Tuesday after school. At least this week has been STAR testing so not much homework.
Had a lovely lunch with Francesca on Monday, although wasn’t feeling well. Now on antibiotics for a bladder infection. Sigh.
My friend Stacy came to rehearsal of the West Bay Community Band with me (where I play tuba) on Monday, considering playing clarinet but being lobbied to consider percussion since we’re short in that area.
On Tuesday I interviewed another house cleaner. We had one for a while and she stopped returning calls, and the next one isn’t very responsive so we’re looking again. Blessed to be able to afford this luxury, but one more thing to manage in our lives.
On Wednesday I got two shots, one Euflexxa shot in my left knee (synthetic cushioning, to help make up for lack of cartilage) and a cortisone shot in my left hip to deal with some recurring bursitis. So I’ve been limping around.
Haley has been having trouble with her left foot and it hasn’t gotten any better, so we took her to the doctor on Thursday. He recommended better shoes, so she got some fancy athletic shoes.
Katelyn continues to struggle in school with her ADHD, so we’re starting on a different path. She’s going to start seeing an adolescent psychologist who specializes in ADHD. He will take on managing her medication and hopefully help in other ways too. Her first appointment is scheduled for 5/16. We will also be moving forward with a “504 Designation”. This is for kids in school who have a medical impairment of some kind who may need special accommodations. For example, for kids who get easily distracted they can sit in the front row in class, or take tests in a separate room without distractions. There are apparently a number of such accommodations, which will go over with the folks at the school. Katelyn can choose what, if any, accommodations we think will help her. We’re trying to get the 504 meeting scheduled before the end of the year so we can decide what to do for next year.
We had a lovely visit with Liza and Jody last night, complete with sushi delivery.
Looking foward to lunch with Freda today.
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