So life was a whirlwind yesterday. As Ferris Bueller says "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it."
I am still battling a stomach virus of some kind, and not feeling great. Strangely enough, the "remedy" that has helped me the most has been to drink a glass of tap water with a teaspoon of baking soda stirred in. Old home remedy, but it works.
This is Lola, watching us eat dinner last night. Our family room [built in 1968] is "sunken" - a step down from the kitchen and foyer and back hallway. She likes to rest her head on the family room floor and look up at us pitifully. Nevertheless, she didn't get any pizza...
I was taking Michael to school this morning and stupidly left a lb. of bacon on the counter. When I got back, I discovered Lola had eaten the ENTIRE lb. of bacon!! Yesterday she ate half a loaf of bread. She cruises the kitchen countertops on her hind legs and nothing is safe.
Tomorrow morning at 10:45 we will be at Petsmart, and she will start a training class to learn to behave herself. That is going to be interesting...
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Another 504 Meeting for Michael yesterday but I felt rotten all day [the virus this week has been horrible] and I couldn't attend. In case you don't know about 504 plans, here is a great explanation by the excellent Wrightslaw website:
"Section 504 was enacted to "level the playing field" - to eliminate impediments to full participation by persons with disabilities. In legal terms, the statute was intended to prevent intentional or unintentional discrimination against persons with disabilities, persons who are believed to have disabilities, or family members of persons with disabilities."
Because of Michael's missing hand, he is entitled to accommodations; for example, extra time on writing assignments.
He doesn't like having the 504, but it has helped him in a lot of ways. For example, today for one of his classes he was required to wear dress clothes. He wore khakis, a dress shirt, a blue blazer and a tie.
Well, except for the pants and blazer, the whole outfit took much longer to manage. I had to help him with the shirt buttons and the tie. Putting on a belt takes him a bit lnoger, too. He couldn't dress out for PE. So I sent the PE teacher an email explaining that he needs to be excused from dressing out today under his 504 plan.
The sad thing is that a lot of parents have no idea what a 504 plan is, or how to get one. Some school systems will refuse to implement one unless there is an attorney involved. I should've had one for my daughter because she has a learning disability but I didn't know it and the school didn't tell me about it. That was before I met Kristyne Seidenberg. She does education law, in addition to wills and estates and litigation. She got Mike's 504 plan implemented and it's working, this year. Last year the school never did anything about it.
