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10 Weeks as a Teacher
Well, as a student-teacher, anyhow. I've hardly posted anything in ages, and I feel bad about that. I seem to never have any time. I loved working at F5 this spring and summer, but since it was supposed to be a short-term contract, I just kept putting things off until the job was over. And then it kept rolling along until the very last day of the ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts from a Job
Ya'll may remember back when I was employed, before I was laid off. I had a job, and I didn't hate it ( Read more... ) -
Random Tristan
Tristan has finally started to speak actual sentences over the last couple of months, and a couple weeks ago he surprised me with what seems like the first thoughtful abstract expression he'd ever really put into words, which was (as we were driving in the car), "The air has music in it ( Read more... ) -
Teaching Cursive
This seems a bit like a random post, even from my perspective, but I've been mulling over the idea of teaching Vivian cursive. Mainly because (a) she keeps asking me to; and (b) she's developed some weird bad letter-writing habits that would be nearly impossible to do in cursive ( Read more... ) -
Vivian anecdote
I had larposcopic surgery today, intended to remove an ovarian cyst that wasn't budging on my last ultrasound... except that between then and now, it totally went away. Super! But I digress, because I wanted to post about Vivian. This is, you recall, the child who a previous evaluator rated as "borderline autistic"... as in, low empathy for ( Read more... ) -
Want One!
So I actually thought to check in and read some updates on Facebook for the first time in, I don't know, 2 months? and saw this super-awesome TARDIS cat house. I want one in the worst way. I mean, we NEED a cat tree, and wouldn't that be the coolest cat tree ever? Why yes. Yes, it would. (Only it really should be taller, 'cause cats like sitting ( Read more... ) -
Collected Thoughts on ADHD, Asperger's, and my kid
Having been reading about Vivian lately, with the most interesting, relevant, and worthwhlie single item being Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits. ( More. ) -
Rejected / Submitted
Rejected:
* "Let Us Pray" rejected from Analog's, um, awhile ago.
* "Spirit Husband" rejected from BCS
Submitted:
* "Let Us Pray" to Clarkesworld
* "The Spirit Husband" to Daily Science Fiction
...and Rejected:
* "Let Us Pray" from Clarkesworld -
Toddlers. So tiring.
Vivian, in the hallway with the cat: Ooooo, you're so cute and fluffy! Look how cute and fluffy you are!
Tristan, on the changing table: TRISTAN CUTE N FLUFFY TOO!
I have to say, people, that Tristan has excellent creativity and problem solving skills. Just let me give you a run down of our day today:
( One day's worth of Tristan antics! )