Guh. Matilda let us look at her Yearbook and read the comments from her friends and her teachers.
First of all, it's a weird time capsule of 2022 in San Francisco because they were masked up all year. Unlike most of America. So all Club photos and candids are with masks. You can't really see anybody! But that's her reality.
Second, I can't emphasize enough how incredibly diverse her school is. Her high school is a Republican nightmare. Lots of hijabs, one girl in a full burqa, Asian majority, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander.
Third, her teachers adore her. They weren't just laudatory but so affectionate. The one word that came up in every comment, both teacher and friend was, "kind." But they also praised her humor, her intelligence, her thoughtful engagement, her creativity.
Fourth, she was voted "Most Likely To Put A Smile On Your Face."
Fifth, she's on the same row in her class picture with her boyfriend.
She's just a really good person and it's been a hard couple years.
That's lovely, Hec.
Evaluation~ma, askye!
Woken up a bit early this morning by an earthquake so I just got up and went to the gym and *still* was a few minutes late to the conference call scheduled a half hour before my usual start time. Sigh. But it's not anything I really needed to participate in. Having hard time settling into my usual routine, though.
JZ's up and out the door already to meet with the Wallpaper Lady.
Emmett's joining her to assemble the bed frames and the couch. We still haven't figured out exactly how we're going to orient the couch and TV setup.
Trying queso birria tacos from a nearby truck. Nom nom nom.
The FCE thing went well. I'm physically able to do a lot. At one point the guy asked me if I regularly had to carry what ever weight he had me because it was so heavy. I told him no. Like maybe rarely but not a lot. I can't remember how much it was but over 50 lbs.
The main issue was, of course, getting fuzzy headed and then having memory issues. The evaluation feels very fuzzy and like it happened a long time ago and that was my main issue. HOWEVER I didn't get as fuzzy headed as a I thought I would and while I was having some balance issues at the end it wasn't nearly what I thought it would be like..
So now I wait until the 15th. But at this point i'm sure I'll be going back to work I guess the week of the 19th ..so .. like 7 months after I hit my head.
Timelies all!
Another bad night with Mr. S. Didn't go to the er, but we did call 911. Some of the responders were able to get him calmed down. He finally fell asleep around 11. I don't know what sets him off, but it's difficult dealing with him.
I'm sorry, Sheryl. I wish I had something more than sympathy to offer.
Shreyl, I'm really hoping that you will find a way of living that works for all of you very soon. I'm sorry. <3
Epic, lovely seeing your pixels! Continued health~ma.
David, your Matilda and Emmett updates are lovely and heartening to read. Thank you.
My Fitbit tells me this morning"Keep it up, you've been getting enough sleep recently" and then tells me I slept for 6 hours and 22 minutes last night for a daily average of 5 hours and 53 minutes. I don't think we agree on what "enough" means.
I wholeheartedly concur.
arrrrggh
Still testing positive on a rapid test. The chance that I'm still contagious is almost nothing, and antigen tests don't test for that, but I would really like to just put that part behind me.
I have redirected him to Google Albums rather than having my phone go off unceasingly with notification of Yet Another Photo.
I'm loving my Nixplay frame. Various family members share their Google Albums with me, and they all play in the frame. Every now and then I look over and there's a new photo of a great nibling that I've never seen before. I can go into the folders in Google Photos if I want to just see the latest, but the whole random pic that I can see on my own schedule is delightful.
