So, the class after reading the ugly article wasn't as helpful as I'd hoped. I did get a chance to express feeling like a lot of the intensity of the parent's reaction was culturally driven, but I got frustrated enough by the abilism in the class sentiment, and inarticulate enough about my own responses, that I ended up walking out of class, rather ( Read more... )

I am officially offended by my homework. I've been reading Gilbert Foley's chapter on the Loss-Grief Cycle: Coming to Terms with the Birth of a Child with a Disability. Quotes include "However, the birth of a child with a disability presents a remarkably different scenario and signals a potential threat to the spirit as well as to the daily and ( Read more... )

I've made it to San Francisco safe and sound, but with limited internet access for a bit. I'm liking being here, but also homesick. Fortunitly, I planned for homesick time and have a fairly chill week ahead of me, thanks to R's willingness to hoast me for a bit before school starts. Anyone have sugestions for cool (and cheep) places to go in the ( Read more... )

So, in my countdown to moving to California (where I will be on Wednesday) I have been having a lot of good moments before I go. Apparently, I feel the need to brag about the one's I've orchestrated lately...

The first being breakfast in bed for bdeastman, who I've been "hanging out with" this summer. I made crapes with glunten-free mix, and procured ( Read more... )

So, this summer in general, and the last week or so have been very good to me ( Read more... )

So, the basic news is that we're not out of the woods yet, but we're getting there. Sometime today I should hear if he's out of the red-zone. The surgery was intense, but the surgeon was amazing, and things went well all things considered. Unfortunately, he is looking at having more surgery throughout his lifetime to follow up on this one.

So, my 3 month old baby cousin is having surgery today. His heart was build wrong, and they're supposed to go in and fix it. It's been a day of delays and longer and longer surgery time estimates. I'll hopefully hear more in the next few hours.

It's been a long time since I updated....and I think that's because I go all introverted when life gets big. The brief overview is I decided to come home from England, mostly because I relized it wasn't worth being there just to be there. So I came home, and figured that doing the long distance relationship thing wasn't really worth it to me, so I ( Read more... )

I'm back in D.C. today, just in time for the election... but I hop on a train to northampton in about 24 hours. If you're in D.C. (or want to travel there) you can see me after the 17th of november but (hopefully) before Dec 1.

So, I'm 11 days into my trip and there are many things I have figured out already ( Read more... )