Wednesday, February 17, 2021
I woke up early, suffering from anxiety. A friend had told me about something going on on the mainland where she lived concerning Covid. Whatever it was, it wasn’t an immediate threat to me. Fear is great – when you’re facing a direct physical threat. It helps you run like hell or fight fiercely. However, when not facing an immediate threat, it is useless at best and counterproductive at worst. All problem-solving skills go out the window because you can’t figure out what the problem is to be solved in the first place. No, it isn’t that tiger growling at you. There is no tiger in front of you. There may be one a mile away. In that case, you need to work out an avoidance strategy calmly. When I came home from my morning walk, I sat down to meditate for an hour. I applied some of the protocols I use. Finally, I could feel the anxiety leave me. Ah! So much better. I needed a nap after that.
Brian, the friendly computer guy, texted to say he was free to come by to check on my computer problems. I thought he would address all my computer problems, but no. He said he was just good at the computer hardware problems. He checked to see if I was indeed having problems with my battery. I was. He ordered a new one. He was going to replace it for a total of $100, including his service. He would charge me less, but I told him that I had money now while the stock market was still alive and well. He was kind to give me a house call and will give me another one when the battery arrives. He gave me the name of someone he thought could help me with my software problems.
He checked on the problems I said I was having with the Surface pro computer/tablet filing system. He said it was weird. He asked if my account was set under Mike’s account. Yep. He said that’s the problem. I will call the Josephinum tomorrow to see if they have a record of Mike’s email password. That’s what I need. I called Tommy, the guy he recommended for my software problems. He’s coming over on Sunday. Yeah!
I had D at 11:30. We worked on math word problems. He does very well solving the one-step 2nd-grade word problems. When it comes to anything more complicated, he misses the point. He has problems with reading because he skips and misreads words. He produces something that makes no sense. He makes careless mistakes with word recognition. He does what comes easily with no concern for accuracy. D is not a bad kid. I fear this ‘laziness is a neurological problem. He is missing something. Whatever it is, it is frustrating for me. I snapped at him today, telling him how his behavior drove me nuts. I don’t know if he can help it or if it’s some chemical lack that leaves him a little too relaxed. He doesn’t respond to errors. I don’t know. I’ve been working with him for a year. Has he improved? Yes, but how much?
I did some work on the PowerPoint. It’s incredible; I made significant revisions again today, making it better; now, there’s a parallel structure that wasn’t there before.
I had M at 2. We continued with the inferencing. I prepared fifteen excerpts before today’s class. She zoomed through them. This is a vast improvement—time to up the ante. I typed up some of the higher-level excerpts from the book we worked in. I also have some prepared from the book at the next higher level.
I was supposed to have J today. I had contacted him, and he confirmed for 3 pm. However, he didn’t respond. I was just as happy to go back to my PowerPoint work.
I spoke to three friends today: Judy, Jean, and Darby. I am so lucky to have so many friends. Judy is doing okay after her surgery. Her sister, Paulette, sent a picture of her wound. She has twenty (20) staples running down her spine. She says she’s doing okay except when she has to get up and move about. She can’t do a lot before she starts hurting. She watched a video of the surgery she had. OMG! Good thing she didn’t watch it before she had it. She might not have been so calm.
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