Transition weekend
Kids leave on vacation with Glynis and Susan tomorrow, and Val arrives home a few hours later.
The vacation itinerary:
- Leave June 30th
- Arrive Grand Junction July 1st
- Stay in Moab, Utah July 1&2
- Stay in Woordland Park, Co July 3rd
- Stay in Denver, Co July 4 & 5th
- Train to Chicago July 6th, arriving July 7th
- Staying in Chicago July 7 – 12th
- Leaving Chicago the July 12th, Arriving back home July 14th
Should be a blast!
Val will finally get to see the kids!
Pride!
Home from Pride. Riding with Kathie and the girls was, as usual, awesome, as was hanging out at the booths with them and Glynis and Susan. The Exiles and LLW booths where I worked were fun. The weather was perfect! The motorcycle ride to and from was a little chilly in my skirt and lace stockings, and since I hadn’t had the bike on the freeway in a while I was a little nervous, but all went well. The most surreal part was walking the 2 blocks to my bike through wall-to-wall people hanging out at the Rap stage. It seemed to go on forever! Luckily everyone was friendly. I love Pride!
Other pictures here.
Val’s been gone almost a week
Val left for Tokyo last Saturday, and should be on her way to Seoul soon. One more week until she’s back home. We miss her!
Lasagne
We went to the store and got ingredients, including a stop at Red Brick Pizza to get some vegan cheese, and made two big trays of vegan tofu veggie lasagne. Homemade sauce, spinach, zucchini, crook neck squash, broccoli, and brussel sprouts. Yum! We used the no-boil lasagne noodles. They were fine except the top layer because we didn’t have enough sauce to get it moist enough so it didn’t cook much. But with the melted vegan cheese and the little bit of cooking it made a nice crunchy side. Even after eating a bunch for dinner there are about 10 additional single servings stored in the freezer.
More visitors! Jann and Trev (and Toby)
More visitors! Jann and Trev (and Toby)
Jann and Trev brought their usual bag of bagels to our brunch table on Saturday, June 2. This time they brought their adorable dog Toby, who charmed the girls and kept us amused as he ran around our yard. Trev spent some time under Haley’s sink, helping me try (unsuccessfully) to retrieve Haley’s lost earring. In the end, neither of us could get the sink back together so I’m hoping to get Cutberto over to help with that soon. I also spent some time dealing with Jim the electrician, who was there trying to repair our yard lights. The deck lights worked after he replaced a transformer, but the other lights need to wait until I can get Guadalupe’s guys to dig a trench to get to the buried wires. Ah, the joys of hom eownership!
Finally the afternoon settled down enough for most of us to play a fun game of Ticket to Ride, Europe. Katelyn was napping… the stress of finals and staying up late to finish assignments finally caught up with her.
Freda and Thai
Freda joined us for dinner on Thursday, June 1. After an abortive attempt to order sushi (wonder if Sushi Raw in San Bruno is closed?) we got Thai food from Thai Stick in Millbrae. Really enjoyed the food and the visit!
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.
Since vacation…
The week back was difficult because we were all still tired and had laundry to do. We got through the week, and Haley did the Play-a-thon with the Taylor band, raising a bunch of money towards her trip to Disneyland. Thanks to everyone who donated!
On Saturday (4/14) we got our new sofa for the family room. Picture coming soon…
On Tuesday, the kids and I attended the Mills Music Awards Banquet (really a potluck). It was fun to hear various performances, mostly solos. There are some really talented musicians at Mills!
On Thursday, Val, Adrien, and I attended Open House at Taylor. Haley was busy throughout as a “tour guide” in Mr. Ewing’s class. We had a nice time talking to her teachers. We only spent about 20 minutes doing this, but had to hang around for over an hour waiting for Haley to finish. Oh, and she spaced out about the time for arriving for a band performance, and completely missed it. This prompted me to send an email to Mr. McGaw asking for better communication. We’ll see what happens.
Arizona Vacation Journal!!
Finally finished the vacation journal. Pictures will be coming soon…
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