Monday, May 15, 2023

 Monday, May 15, 2023  

      I weighed 147.5 this morning, and there was no change in my waist measurement. It is ten inches greater than it was until I gained weight in my mid-fifties.  

     I took my new computer into Jack Be Click to be loaded with Word. I couldn't figure out the password. Scott had asked me for one. I thought he was asking for a new password for something else. Fortunately, I had recorded the password on my tablet file and had the tablet with me. I felt so nervous because I feel helpless when it comes to technology. I can't imagine someone being able to help me.   

      I completed writing several blurbs for the parents of my children to post on Kona Moms and their Facebook pages. I got an almost immediate response from one of them, including more information and in their own voice. I didn't have an acknowledgment of receipt from the other two. One has posted for me before. I'm sure she will again. The other is so passive; I have no idea what she will do.

    Adolescent D was my only student today. We worked on the personal checklist he had to fill out. He argued that he couldn't do it because he couldn't remember what they were doing that day in class. The first quality was 'determination.' I told him he was a 5 out of 5; he was determined to do no work. He insisted we end our last session on time. He wouldn't give me five more minutes to complete this assignment. Today, he insisted he couldn't do the work; doing anything would be better than nothing. We finished the task together. Besides evaluating himself on personal characteristics, he had to answer a few questions. He dictated the sentences; I typed them and emailed them to him. It was hard getting words out of him, too. He had to have the sentences perfectly formed. He had no idea how to brainstorm. I'm sure teachers have instructed students to use it in his nine years of school. D would refuse to do it.   After the session, he texted me, "Thank you." 

     That leaves a dozen more assignments to be completed by the end of May when school lets out. It took us two hours to complete two short assignments. Most of the time is spent getting him to do something, anything. he says he doesn't like the quality in himself, but he clings to it like saran wrap. If he makes no effort on his own to complete the remaining assignments and spends time in our sessions fighting against doing them, there is no chance he will get even half of them completed before the end of the school year.

   After getting my evening dose of Firefly Lane, I took one of my short walks before bed. Judy came by driving home from teaching her RCI class. We had an absolutely lovely exchange. I was filled with love. Thank you, Judy.