Sunday, April 28, 2024

Sunday, April 28, 2024

   Elsa doesn’t have lesions anymore. Since I started using Royal Canine Ultima instead of Science Diet, her skin has been golden. I don’t have to check her for lesions anymore. Now, I just hug her and pet her. I give her a good body rub with plenty of hugs and kisses. It’s good for me, and she seems to enjoy them. 

      I chose Saturday for my weekly application of the renewal lotion to my eyes. My God, this stuff really works. Someone said I looked ten years younger.  The wrinkles under my eyes are much less, even if it does make the black lines more visible. The applicator works with a pumping motion. I pumped and pumped. Nothing. I thought, ”I got a dud. The applicator is empty.” But, just in case, I packed it into my purse to check with Paulette when I saw her at church.

   When I saw her, I told her the problem. Before I got it out of my purse, she asked, “Did you take the lid off?”  Lid??? What lid??  Sure enough. I had left it on. I had a good laugh. I see differences in my mental processing that I hadn’t when I was younger. I don’t consider as many options as I once did.  I don’t consider the impact of an action beyond the immediate as much. When I do, my range is less.  It’s weird. I’ve been someone who makes wild connections and considers the impact to the 10th degree. No more. Well, maybe just less.

   While I sat there laughing, Monica came up to say hello. She asked why I was laughing. I told her. She told me her own story. When she was in her twenties, she had a funny experience. She was filling the gas tank on her parents’ new car. She was standing with the nozzle in the car. Another car that looked like her parents’ car pulled away. She panicked, thinking he was stealing her car.  We both had a good laugh.  

  Third-grade M was in a weird space today. She participated, but she dialed in from a remote location. I would spend several minutes showing her a video to help her understand a vocabulary word without putting the visual image on Share, and she said nothing.

    There was a reference to a ‘tug,’ meaning a tugboat. I figured M wouldn’t have any idea what one was. Again, she let me ramble on, showing videos and explaining what they do. Then she said she was on one. What??!! Her dad’s job has something to do with the port in Hilo. Of course, they use tugs to help bring the boats safely to the docks. She knew more about tugs than I did.

  I had a session with Adolescent D. He chose coding over reading aloud. He did all the coding independently while I just observed. The only mistake he consistently makes is in identifying the Vowel-Consonant—e (VCe) pattern. He’ll split the base word into two syllables and identify the silent e as sounded.

   I asked if I could use him as a reference if I advertised my tutoring service at his school.  He said, “No, thank you.”  I still have never seen his face on Zoom. He is the most hidden person I have ever met. Nah, I think I know some people who are just as bad. It’s just they have a better social face.