10/15/2026
The specials and the news
First an update on the hand. I woke up the other morning and nothing seemed to be working correctly and since the guy (Wonder Worker, Chiropractor John) who normally puts all the stuff back where it goes doesn’t have hours I could make work (and I needed fixed asap) I called and got an appointment with Kaitlyn. She put my back back where it goes, fixed my neck, so my head turns, went around and popped a hip back in…then she paused at my hand…you know the one I spent 6 hours in the er for and made a trip to ortho, who scheduled an MRI…after a 2 second glance at it she exclaimed “you dislocated a bone in your hand…you want me to put it back?” “yes please…” So, she did and it has since been on the mend. I cancelled the MRI UPMC contacted me three times about prepaying my copay…. Which is just ridiculous, imagine if you made a reservation for dinner and I asked you to pay a portion before I fed you.
In other news Tall’s. This year he has joined the upper school, he changes classes on his own and has what seems like 12 binders to keep track of, a planner, a master binder etc. It started out small, a forgotten paper here, a late turn in there…let’s just say the kid who managed to wear every coat he owns to school and never bring one back, is having a hard time of it. I tried nudging him (encouraging him to communicate with his teachers) hoping he would straighten it out on his own…it wasn’t working. So last Thursday I went through his bag when he got home. Found some crumpled papers that turned out to be a missing test he hadn’t turned in. Next, I pull out a paper that seems covered in red marks and has a post-it note on in that reads in bold “see me after class” So I ask, “well what did the teacher say when you saw them?”
My kid says “nothing”
“what do you mean nothing?”
“ I didn’t see them, I thought I could go during my study-hall, but I had to do math then.”
Exasperated I exclaim “CHILD, when a teacher sends you a note that says see me after class that means when class is dismissed you go see them. right then!!” …
Kid looked stunned by this bit of news, he didn’t realize until I pointed out to him that if he is late to his next class he would get a pass from the teacher.
I continue unearthing papers from the backpack, see a blank copy of the failed paper, so the teacher was going to give you a chance to redo this work and you just left!?! Grasping firmly my disappearing patience I tell him he can redo the sheet now and maybe turn it in and see if he gets credit. He says “but I don’t know the answers” …For heaven’s sake, all of the answers are at the TOP OF THE PAGE on the timeline…This is also news to him as he didn’t think that part was important, so he didn’t read it. He has apparently just been learning things through osmosis up until this point…. Kid seems so bright, he has straight A’s in all the classes that didn’t require him to keep track of anything.
Lastly, Smalls sat down to learn to play chess with me. As I pulled each piece from the box I explained how it moves, Knights are sneaky and they can jump around, Bishops are crooked and only move diagonal, Kings think they are in charge but can only move one in any direction, Queens really rule the kingdom…as I am explaining all this he reaches in the box, sets down a small piece on the board and declares “and theses are Porns” “ No” I reply “thats an entirely different thing, those are Pawns”
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