Thursday, March 11, 2021
The problem looming largest on my mind was a bodyworker that insisted on pulling my left leg out over the edge of the table to do some work. I am always resistant to that move because I have been hurt by practitioners when they did it. I know the difference between good pain, which says 'healing,' and bad pain. That pain sets in when the leg is released from its extension. That's what she did, and I screamed. I don't think she caused any damage, but it can take me fifteen minutes for the pain to subside if it is done wrong. No, no, and no. I will not allow her to do that again.
As I walked up and down the street, getting my 10,000 steps in, I worked on pushing out my left hip more. It seems extreme, but I suspect this is just what I need.
I got two phone calls during driveway yoga. Both were people my phone had dialed at 5:30 in the morning. They must have thought something was terribly wrong with me. Yvette had us lie on our backs in the class and put blocks under our tushes with our legs out straight. Boy, that is some psoas stretch!
After doing some work on the blog posts, I went to town. I was going to stop at Costco to look for white or distilled vinegar when I remembered a man posted at the store's exit told me to call ahead to see if they had vinegar before I came there. It took a while for a woman in the administrative office to find the information, but it came out they had none and would have none until sometime in April. What the . . . . ? I drove to town to the bank to cash a check and to Safeway to pick up some food items. My biggest concern was apples. I use apples and cashews as an afternoon snack. I decided to check for vinegar. Safeway had several gallons. I grabbed two. They also had PK Chang frozen food items on sale. I grabbed four.
When I got home, I napped. I woke up after an hour. I did some work on the two PowerPoint slides, one for the workshop presentation for the Step Up Tutoring Program on the 22nd, and the other to accompany the Phonics Discovery System audio file with phonemic transcription I posted on YouTube.
I had J at 2:30. In the past, he never asked me to work with him on his homework except for a little with his math. I assumed he was doing all right- wrong. His sister outed him. His grades were not good. Now, I'm insisting he work with me on his classwork. We started with his math work. It was decimals with exponents. I was able to help him get the idea. He learns fast, and it was fun working together. He thought it was fun. I got one wrong (any number)0= 1. Huh? I never knew that, and I don't understand how that works. Jean, my hanai sister, has a master's in math. I will check with her.
We spent about half an hour on the math. Next, J brought up a reading exercise. The LA school district has this online learning down pat. I'm not sure, but I suspect Hawaii is nowhere near it. As he read, I could hear his reading speed had improved. I helped a little with the work he was doing, not much. He aced most of it. When he tallied his score, he missed many more than I remembered. It came out he had done more poorly when he wasn't working with me. Why is beyond me because he did most of the work with did together on his own. I merely confirmed his choices.
I had a session with E. We had missed a least two weeks because he was busy with other things. He reported that his schoolwork, which used to be such a burden, was a much lighter load. He sailed through it now that he was not beating himself up as he did his work, telling himself he was too stupid to do a good job.
I asked him to pick something that annoyed him. He said the dryer had broken, and he had trouble getting clean clothes. I did a release on his negative feelings about not having clean clothes. Boy, even I'm surprised by what 'annoyance' can bring up. It was amazing. But that's all I'm going to say about in this case. I think we are working on a tender core issue for this boy. While only one person who reads this will know who I am talking about, it feels wrong to write about the details here. Even though I would love to because the process is so interesting and so powerful.
I went for one of my short walks before setting up for my session with A. I tried to set up on the Surface Pro to find myself locked out. It asked Mike's email password. I had it, but it didn't work. I think the Josephinum canceled his email address again. They misunderstood me. I want them to keep it forever. Otherwise, I'd had clear him from the tablet. It won't say Mickael Ross with the password of betty, his choice. I'll call in the morning to see what is going on.
In the meantime, I set up on the Apple. As I did, I got a text from A's mother, asking if we could cancel for the day and just do Saturday. I asked if we could talk. She was immediately available. Both she and A's father were on the phone. I wanted information on how much progress they thought he had made. On a rate from 1 to 10, 10 being the level a 2nd grader should be on, they thought he started on a 1-3, and he was at a 4-5 now—pretty much as I saw it. I asked them if he ever had any other testing. They said no. This is remarkable. This boy looks like he is constantly swimming in confusion. It's on his face, in his movement. I recommended they have a neurologist look at him. I told them that I concluded his problems impacted his relationship with his peers. I also told him that he learns quickly. I thought that most of his problems were caused by sensory processing, both visual-spatial and auditory.
Damon called while I was working with J. The phone had not rung. Sometimes the phone rings; sometimes it doesn't. I thought having the earbud in would block the ring, but then I heard it ring when it was in. That was not the problem. I will have to call Apple tomorrow.
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