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Sunday

Aug012010

Friday's meeting with the neurologist did not go as planned. Our request to the school district for K3's records to be sent to the University were rewarded with 3 pieces of paper that provided insufficient information to support a diagnosis. As K3 prepares to enter her 14th year of public school, I swear, she likely has three reams of paper consisting of evaluations, recommendations, plans, reports, etc. To provide us with three sheets of paper seems a little hard to believe. I'm past the point where I can work up any real anger with the school district. I think they've burned it out of me. Ah well...

So the plan at this point is to do yet another evaluation of K3. Possibly not the last if we decide to apply for state services. But this will be the most complete evaluation done since jr. high. I did find it mildly interesting to note where we were referred... it is a clinic associated with the university's autism center, probably the most logical place to do it.

If anything, I'm simply impatient with the process. K3 has had any number of evaluations in her life and they don't seem to have moved her past this point. That and I'm fairly certain where this is all leading. But I guess I have to honor the process. I'm not looking for a short cut, just efficiency.

Off to work. I got the one grant out last Friday. This one is due by noon. I worked on it a lot last night and I know I'll have some rewrites this morning.

In the meantime, I'll try to get my cheery butt back online. Thanks to all of you that sent your good vibes last week. So appreciated!

AG out!

Update on Monday, August 2, 2010 at 6:35AM by

Asthmagirl

PS ~ Blogger has decided that I may not comment again this morning. Stay tuned for further insanity.

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Wednesday

Jun302010

Blooms

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 6:48AM

Just a shot of what's blooming in my garden right now. At times like these, I wish I had a macro lens.

As much as I've complained about what a wet spring we had, it's hard to hold a grudge when you've got things like this going on in your yard!

However... now that it's officially summer, I would like to request a few days of temperatures in the 80s. And if that's too much to ask, I'll settle for the 70s.

Yours in "oh goody, another 65 degree cloudy day"

AG out!

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Wednesday

Jun092010

The Saga Continues

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 5:58AM

Boy is continuing his recovery...

He continues to show a decided lack of interest in drinking much on his own but totally allows K2 to syringe water into his mouth whenever she wants. Still not processing much urine which worries us since we know the bladder was heavily impacted in the attack.

Last night, Boy felt well enough to to lounge on this Brute Squad blanket outside his kennel "home". His butt pretty much stayed in one place and he just moved his front end for lovies, water and some salmon treats that I brought him when I came home from work. He is still very wobbly and we're wondering now if he will regain full control of his hind end. I believe he will walk, it's just hard to imagine he will be the graceful, athletic cat he was.

On the home front, K3 and I are leaving for her appointment with the neurologist in a few minutes. There has been talk of TOG coming too but since he's still asleep, I'm not sure. In theory, this visit should give us the "formal" diagnosis that we need to finish the guardianship application. This is the appointment with the emotionally difficult pre-application form that K2 and I filled out together regarding her disability. I hear the diagnosis/guardianship/application for state services process gets more overwhelming as you go on so I'm trying to approach this appointment as positively as I can.

And finally, K2 has her first graduation tonight... the nurse pinning ceremony in which her nursing class graduates and gets their nursing pins. Tomorrow is the college graduation for the whole dang school. I assure you, TOG and I could not be more proud of her accomplishments!

Yours in emotional exhaustion,

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Wednesday

Jun022010

Status Quo

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 6:56AM

It's raining again.

I swear, it's sucking the life out of me.

Thank goodness I have new tires. (I got tired of hydroplaning down the freeway.)

I think I need new wipers.

I think I'm growing gills.

Or scales....

Glurp...

AG out!

PS ~ The bread things were sourdough turnovers stuffed with ham, broccoli and cheese. They were nasty... you wouldn't have wanted any. I took care of them for you.

You're welcome.

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Thursday

May132010

The "Go" Button

Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 5:34AM

You know that commercial for the "Easy Button"? I think someone has pushed my "Go" button.

After working a full day yesterday, I spent a several hours at a clients business cleaning trojans off one of their computers. Honestly, by the time I got home all I did was eat a sandwich and doze off. Woke up to talk to TOG when he got home, then back to sleep for a few hours.

Today is staff meeting, so I'm out of here in a few minutes to go pick up the catering for the meeting. Then work all day. Tonight after work, I am going to Tacoma to do K2's photo shoot for her graduation from nursing school. I'm excited to do it, but I have the feeling I'll be coming home and crapping out again.

Then there's the photo editing and finishing K3's guardianship papers (which I didn't touch last night). We've scheduled a neurology appt for her, thanks to Dr. M. who made the referral. This should provide us with the medical opinion we need going into to K3's hearing.

Oh, and I have to do my invoices for last month's tech work, and this months...

And K3's torque test is tomorrow, so it's up early to drive into Seattle....

My head is aching. Time to take some tylenol and go to work.

AG out!

PS~ No, I didn't get a chance to visit y'all last night. I'll catch up soon I promise!

PPS~ Don't forget to enter the book giveaway!

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Thursday

May062010

Scenes from Seattle

Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 11:32PM

Each time I take K3 into downtown Seattle to see the surgeon, I remind her that I hate driving downtown and I would never do it if I didn't love her so...

The traffic... the hills.... the expensive parking...the car exhaust...

In this case, the rain....

And this cheeky bus....

...which despite the fact that K3 and I are inhabiting this lane, moves over without so much as a kiss-my-butt. I threw the camera at K3 so I could make the emergency lane change and avoid being squashed like a bug.

I'll take my small 5 stoplight town any day of the week.

I can live without the noise and smells and the great shopping and the kamikaze buses!

Here's wishing you a groovy weekend!

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Friday

Apr022010

Triple Shot Friday!

Friday, April 2, 2010 at 6:00AM

Oh no's! Say it's not so, Whee-maw! You only got 3 hours of sleep last night because of Madeline?

Yes, Ben. This little dog is not the angel she appears to be. She became so fearful of her water dish yesterday (the same water dish she's used for FOUR years) that she kept us up most of the night pacing and whining. I finally figured out what she was frantic about. I put some water in the smallest tupperware I had, maybe a one cup size and she drank almost two of them. Apparently it's not enough to be afraid of her food dish, now she must have a water dish that is too small to fall into.

Your dog needs therapy, Whee-maw.

Tell me about it, Ben!

Happy Triple Shot Friday! I will be picking up a real triple shot on the way to work!

AG out!

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Wednesday

Mar102010

Wide Open Wednesday

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 6:59AM

Welcome back to Wide Open Wednesday. This weeks rambling discourse is on Tolerance...

It's been on my mind a lot this week. It is difficult to ignore the examples of intolerance we see and hear every day... it feels like we're bombarded by it in the media through reports of religious and political intolerance. This week I also read some fairly strong examples in blogs I visit semi regularly.

I realize it's a cliche to say I can't tolerate intolerance. Mutually exclusive terms and all that. It's a conundrum for me.

I remember my proud-to-be-non-traditional Grammy becoming more and more traditional in her views as she aged. And my dad has gone from a fairly tolerant attitude to a markedly rigid view of the world in what seems like a few short years. So much so, that I've made certain topics off limits for us. I feel like I need to be ever aware of the possibility of becoming less tolerant of people with differing views.

Yet I feel very strongly (another conundrum for a passive person such as myself) that we're becoming such a polarized society that taking a non position is viewed as taking a position against someone or something else. Politically, it seems to me that the extremes of both major parties cannot tolerate an ideology anywhere near the middle. Are you with us or against us?

And I'm almost scared to bring up religious intolerance even on my own blog. Although in my heart of hearts, I don't think religious views or differences should affect my online or real life friendships. It is a non issue to me.

All of which just leaves me wondering.... whatever happened to civil discourse? Compromise? Finding common ground? Acknowledging our differences and moving on? Whatever my dearly held beliefs, I assume yours are just as dear to you.

Enough rambling... time to go squeeze my chubbiness into my work clothes. Those thin mints are irresistable!

AG out!

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