Haley’s Field Trip: Home of Peace Cemetery
Haley’s religious school class went on a field trip to the Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma. I accompanied. Rabbi Feder went over some of the rituals we have around death, reinforcing what had been taught as part of the “lifecycle” studies. We took a trip through history, looking at graves in different sections from different points in time. We ended up at the Peninsula Temple Sholom section, where Haley and I both placed stones on Rabbi Raiskin’s headstone.
Katelyn’s field trip: Church of Scientology
Katelyn’s religious school class had their last field trip of the year, to a Church of Scientology.
Mothers’ Day
We went to visit Mom for Mothers’ Day. Just a few hours and a trip to Sizzler, but it was nice to do it.
Hillbarn Theater
Val and Marilyn went to see “The Producers” at the Hillbarn Community Theater in Foster City. Marilyn got the tickets through a silent auction benefitting the Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC). The production was good, although a bit long.
Lunch with Bennett
I had a delightful lunch with Bennett. She works at Genentech, so it was fun to go back there and have lunch where I used to work.
Home from CHI (Austin)
I returned home yesterday morning on an early morning flight on JetBlue. First time flying that airline, and I really enjoyed it.
CHI Conference
Day 3 of 4 at the CHI 2012 Conference in Austin. All day sessions, women’s lunch yesterday, hospitality reception tonight at the Texas State History Museum. Last night I met up with Pat, a local contact dyke from Lesbian Connections. She showed me around downtown Austin, we had a nice dinner at Zen, and hung out with her friends Becky and Terri.
Rosh Hodesh
Attended an intro session for the Rosh Hodesh program for Haley, on Sunday. It’s a support group for middle school girls, meeting monthly starting on the fall. Sounds great; will be signing her up!
What a week!
Last Friday we learned of the passing of a dear friend, Ken Thomas. The most amazing thing about his passing is the amount of love and support offered to his partner Tim, and also how the community has supported each other as we grieve. So even in the sadness of his passing we’re surrounded by love.
Last Saturday we had a lovely visit from Jennifer and Selena, and on Sunday I accompanied Katelyn’s religious school class to the Mormon Temple in Oakland for a delightful educational session.
Haley continues to have lots of band rehearsals in preparation for Taylor Middle School’s trip to Disneyland in 2 weeks. So she’s now practicing Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings, Monday evenings, and Tuesday after school. At least this week has been STAR testing so not much homework.
Had a lovely lunch with Francesca on Monday, although wasn’t feeling well. Now on antibiotics for a bladder infection. Sigh.
My friend Stacy came to rehearsal of the West Bay Community Band with me (where I play tuba) on Monday, considering playing clarinet but being lobbied to consider percussion since we’re short in that area.
On Tuesday I interviewed another house cleaner. We had one for a while and she stopped returning calls, and the next one isn’t very responsive so we’re looking again. Blessed to be able to afford this luxury, but one more thing to manage in our lives.
On Wednesday I got two shots, one Euflexxa shot in my left knee (synthetic cushioning, to help make up for lack of cartilage) and a cortisone shot in my left hip to deal with some recurring bursitis. So I’ve been limping around.
Haley has been having trouble with her left foot and it hasn’t gotten any better, so we took her to the doctor on Thursday. He recommended better shoes, so she got some fancy athletic shoes.
Katelyn continues to struggle in school with her ADHD, so we’re starting on a different path. She’s going to start seeing an adolescent psychologist who specializes in ADHD. He will take on managing her medication and hopefully help in other ways too. Her first appointment is scheduled for 5/16. We will also be moving forward with a “504 Designation”. This is for kids in school who have a medical impairment of some kind who may need special accommodations. For example, for kids who get easily distracted they can sit in the front row in class, or take tests in a separate room without distractions. There are apparently a number of such accommodations, which will go over with the folks at the school. Katelyn can choose what, if any, accommodations we think will help her. We’re trying to get the 504 meeting scheduled before the end of the year so we can decide what to do for next year.
We had a lovely visit with Liza and Jody last night, complete with sushi delivery.
Looking foward to lunch with Freda today.
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