I think I'm bemused by the whole thing because in the 3 years when she has seen a billion specialists, maybe this is the first time I've heard CP

It took me by surprise when you said it! I think my reaction was, wouldn't they know that already? But maybe, like you said, everyone thought it was assumed.

It's probably a useful thing for the exact reason sara mentioned.

It clearly took me by surprise too. In fact, so much so that after, the doctor came back to the waiting room and took me back to a clinical room to explain why he thought it was CP and how it was necessary to call it CP to get the services Grace will need.

I mean, the definition fits

"Cerebral palsy, also referred to as CP, is a term used to describe a group of chronic conditions affecting body movement and muscle coordination. It is caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring during fetal development; before, during, or shortly after birth; or during infancy."

So why wouldn't it fit? But yes surprised.

What's your nail fragility?

One of my big toenails was split in half when I was a little kid and never quite healed properly. (You can see a very faint seem there.) It's really not a huge issue until I get professional pedis. The buffing seems to weaken it further and opens up the seam so that it begins cracking beneath the polish, like a spiderweb china crack. Then when I go to remove the polish, layers of the nail will just flake off, opening the door for potential fungal issues, which thank goodness, I've managed to avoid, but mostly because I think become absolutely militant about keeping my nails utterly bare and allowing them to grow back in.

So I figure if I want pretty toenails I need to a) do them myself so I can keep the enthusiastic buffing to a minimum and b) maybe find a really natural good quality polish and see if that helps any.

That, and they were pretty colors.

It's basically descriptive, but we're (or at least I am) used to hearing medical terms as prognosis related...but this (and many other terms) aren't. They describe a state, not an outcome.

They describe a state, not an outcome.

Good to remember.

No it is good to remember. The diagnosis though does open doors for the Medical Therapy Program to kick in which is part of the CA Dept. of Healthcare Services.

Sigh. Lots to do now.

Another all day meara

I hope you are feeling better Tom. You are too awesome not to.

eep. That NB piece. Such a bummer.

Serious Bummer.

Today, you are my hero.

Mine, too!

And mine!

I am wearing green, because we were told yesterday we were having a party and should wear green.

At least I got to wear green nail polish.

Boss just said he's going to fight for my conversion from contract to permanent because of the good work I've done.

AWESOME. Smart dude FTW!

Grace's appointment was good.

YAY

Barb, where's Perkins to set off FCM? I'm not so good at that, or I'd try.

Sorry. I woke up to three emails from big boss lady. First one asked if I had time to do something. Second one was to the original requestor telling her I would do it, and volunteering me to do more work than originally asked. Third one was telling me I should check in with her before I started the second part, since she had other stuff she needed me to do.

The day did not get better from there.

Today's lesson, for me, seems to be that work stress is not conducive to being on a no-buy, because I spent most of what little amount of lunch break I took buying a very large amount of polish from Nubar's sale.

So my new Executive Director, who is the only person that I would use the c word on (not being the c word that means Cancer: Malignant, which describes a blissfully fired coworker, the only good thing the ED has done in my eyes)... Besides the four letter connotation, there is also C is for Control-freak, and Choke: what she is doing to me and my coworkers and what I would like to do to her. Constriction and Cocksucker also come to mind.

I really need advice. I am not an educator. I am a grunt. I am the dirty person. Once a season, I get to be the dreamer and let loose my tempermental creative . . . creativity, and order a bunch of plants on someone else's dime according to my own design.

ED has Glass Head Syndrome. She asks for brainstorming ideas. But that doesn't mean what she thinks it means, because apparentlyn that means playful class titles and set dates and set times and the advertisement and the extensive market research done. So she asks for the class, date, time, our cost, and student price (and still calls this brainstorming), and gets just that, and then calls it a fail.

So, Educators: when presenting potential classes, workshops, lectures, how the frick do you present it? Is it normal to do hours and days of research on a "brainstorm"? only to get it kicked back with a "do it again, only right"? She's renaming everything with pretty titles to the point that I wouldn't be able to tell what the class is even for. Ravishing Roses? Are we raping them?!

T-Rexes on Saturn!

Tonight Mythbusters has been doing a bunch of alcohol related myths. CJ is currently watching one comparing a beer hangover to a mixed alcohol hangover. He asked me if hangovers really are that bad after one of the guys hurled. Now, I've been drunk and I've had headaches and been wiped out the next day, but I haven't had a classic hangover (that I remember).

Anyway, CJ says he will never know cause he won't ever get drunk like that. I laughed and asked if he would put that in writing.

I now have a note - "I, CJ, will never drink alcohol to excess without acceptable cause." Dated today and signed by him.

I asked about the "acceptable cause" and that is his out if he is ever "forced to do it for science". Oh, and he told me I could frame it. I just may do that. Definitely going to tuck it away for when he is a bit older.