The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[jerseyangel]

Hub & I seem to be physically degenerating. Body parts are taking turns to make certain that 2 or 3 a day are aching.

OMGawd--us too!!!!!

[Darn210]

Evenin' Peeps. Yep. Busy here. Preschool started this week so I had to go back to earn a few (and I do mean few) bucks. Yesterday I worked at the Elementary School. Working out lots of bits and pieces to get Smackl straightened out. I'm sure I've mentioned this before . . . Smart kid that struggles to get down on paper the volumes that he knows. Will be getting an OT evaluation (finally). I don't know how many people I have said "Dysgraphia" to and I think I finally said it to the right person. However, I am talking to the school system so I'm sure I'll be disappointed. Have also initiated contact with the ped about sleep issues. The older he gets, the worse he gets. Has a horrible time falling asleep. I use to think he got good quality sleep once he finally got to sleep but I don't think so anymore. We got to see the ped doc in a week and may do a sleep study. Other than that . . . my house is filling up with dirty laundry, dust, dog hair, school papers, and dead ladybugs (they come through my bathroom vent).

@..@..@..@..@..@..@ <-- JoDog-hair-tumbleweeds blowing through my kitchen

[elye]

.....I had to do a 7 day collection while working all day........

WHOT?

A SEVEN DAY COLLECTION??. . .. .. . . ..This is truly heinous. How in hell big would THAT orange jug be? Like, the size of my dishwasher, methinks. . .. . . ...

I'm actually on me second jug. I'm usually good for one and a quarter containers.. . . . ...big water drinker, here.

ANNNNND.. . . .....for the first time, I read the sticker on the side of the jug, and I think I was subconsciously refraining from reading it all these years because it explicitly tells one to refrain from drinking ANY alcohol whilst collecting.

Man.. . .. . . .could NEVAH do a week's stint.. . . . . . . . ... ....

[elye]

Jyaghnutt! I feel your stress with Smackl's sleeping troubles. DD has gone through periods of insomnia, and has never been a great sleeper. Seems to be getting somewhat better as she gets older, but it still concerns me. Good for you getting him into a sleep clinic -- you could get real help there!

[Darn210]

Good for you getting him into a sleep clinic -- you could get real help there!

Hope so . . . now that I have brought it up to him, he's expecting me to fix his sleep problems immediately . . . anybody know what a safe amount of nyquil is to give an 11 year old boy?

. . . are we trying to do that 'no posting' thing again? Where is everybody??

[Darn210]

News from the preschool (I didn't work today so I had to get this second hand) . . . one of the four year old boys drank out of the urinal . . . he said he was thirsty. I guess it looked like some kind of fancy water fountaing to him.

[kareng]

Many many years ago, Nyquil had a good dose of alcohol in it. My sister would keep everyone up coughing like a sea lion from an allergy. My mom would give her a good slug of Nyquil and she slept soundly. Why is it OK to give them alcohol in medicine but not give them a half shot of something thats equivalent? Vodka & OJ would taste better and give you vit C.

[elye]

Why is it OK to give them alcohol in medicine but not give them a half shot of something thats equivalent? Vodka & OJ would taste better and give you vit C.

Yep, I concur fully. A big mixed drink can also involve hearty, healthy stuff such as celery sticks, marachino cherries, slices of lemon.. .. . . . .ya don't get that goodness from a capful o' Nyquil!

[mushroom]

Yep, I concur fully. A big mixed drink can also involve hearty, healthy stuff such as celery sticks, marachino cherries, slices of lemon.. .. . . . .ya don't get that goodness from a capful o' Nyquil!

Ya missed the onions and the olives, my fave veggies, and so good for ya!

[Judyin Philly]

WTH? Someone really wanted 7 days worth of your pee? Does it cure warts? Increase male performance? Seriously, do we really pee that whole container in 1 day?

Hub & I seem to be physically degenerating. Body parts are taking turns to make certain that 2 or 3 a day are aching. We will have to consider a spa soon. I'm afraid I may not be able to get out!

Endocrinoligist wanted it. Left the office with 7 of those damn jugs..... one for each day.............

OMGawd--us too!!!!!

us 3 & 4

Evenin' Peeps. Yep. Busy here. Preschool started this week so I had to go back to earn a few (and I do mean few) bucks. Yesterday I worked at the Elementary School. Working out lots of bits and pieces to get Smackl straightened out. I'm sure I've mentioned this before . . . Smart kid that struggles to get down on paper the volumes that he knows. Will be getting an OT evaluation (finally). I don't know how many people I have said "Dysgraphia" to and I think I finally said it to the right person. However, I am talking to the school system so I'm sure I'll be disappointed. Have also initiated contact with the ped about sleep issues. The older he gets, the worse he gets. Has a horrible time falling asleep. I use to think he got good quality sleep once he finally got to sleep but I don't think so anymore. We got to see the ped doc in a week and may do a sleep study. Other than that . . . my house is filling up with dirty laundry, dust, dog hair, school papers, and dead ladybugs (they come through my bathroom vent).

@..@..@..@..@..@..@ <-- JoDog-hair-tumbleweeds blowing through my kitchen

I went to a sleep clinic and they were great. Like a nite in a motel only had things stuck all over my head and body Found sleep apena so use a CPAP every nite for 6 years now. I bet they can figure if out at the clinic.

WHOT?

A SEVEN DAY COLLECTION??. . .. .. . . ..This is truly heinous. How in hell big would THAT orange jug be? Like, the size of my dishwasher, methinks. . .. . . ...

I'm actually on me second jug. I'm usually good for one and a quarter containers.. . . . ...big water drinker, here.

ANNNNND.. . . .....for the first time, I read the sticker on the side of the jug, and I think I was subconsciously refraining from reading it all these years because it explicitly tells one to refrain from drinking ANY alcohol whilst collecting.

Man.. . .. . . .could NEVAH do a week's stint.. . . . . . . . ... ....

"snort"

Jyaghnutt! I feel your stress with Smackl's sleeping troubles. DD has gone through periods of insomnia, and has never been a great sleeper. Seems to be getting somewhat better as she gets older, but it still concerns me. Good for you getting him into a sleep clinic -- you could get real help there!

well I'm old and can get to sleep but can't stay asleep w/o the mask

Hope so . . . now that I have brought it up to him, he's expecting me to fix his sleep problems immediately . . . anybody know what a safe amount of nyquil is to give an 11 year old boy?

. . . are we trying to do that 'no posting' thing again? Where is everybody??

Janet, Mom's a susposed to be able to fix everything....don't ya know

Nyquil..don't know about it kido

WELL don't know about the others in the 'ville' I've got my head out of boxes and now in mud holes.......so that's where i've been

[Darn210]

Ya missed the onions and the olives, my fave veggies, and so good for ya!

No way in hell is he going to go for onions and olives . . . might be able to get him to drink a strawberry daquari, though . . . although he'd have to fight me for it.

Janet, Mom's a susposed to be able to fix everything....don't ya know

Yeah, but he's gettin' older and catchin' on to all me tricks. Bandaids on knees that aren't even bleeding don't work anymore.

[elye]

Endocrinoligist wanted it. Left the office with 7 of those damn jugs..... one for each day.............

OMG.... . ...seven o' those jugs.... . .. I had enough trouble making room for two. Who in hell has enough fridge room for SEVEN jugs?? An industrial meat plant, maybe.. . ... ..

. Like a nite in a motel only had things stuck all over my head and body.

Hey, that sounds like a night I had during my sophomore year... .quick stop along the interstate.. . . ....

[celiac-mommy]

I'm back from the bowels of school hell. I've been knee deep in principals and teachers and pretty soon, my knee is going to be buried deep in that principals junk if he doesn't take care of this blasted situation!! Sorry-bit of a vent! No new news, we'll find out next week what will be done (or if my dh will be calling the superintendant again)

Em-

Why are you peeing in a jug????

Yeah--they love a good weather story....too bad when a storm fizzles and they gota phill the time

Lordy, some schools around here have altered their school schedules because of "Winter Storm '08" That stuff NEVER happens around here! Once every 10 years isn't enough to git everyone's panties in a bunch!

Many many years ago, Nyquil had a good dose of alcohol in it. My sister would keep everyone up coughing like a sea lion from an allergy. My mom would give her a good slug of Nyquil and she slept soundly. Why is it OK to give them alcohol in medicine but not give them a half shot of something thats equivalent? Vodka & OJ would taste better and give you vit C.

My papa used to put a bit of whiskey in my mom's baby bottle (wif the milk) when she had a wicked cold and it was keeping her up at night. Graduated to a glass as she got older. I asked her once as a teen during a nasty cold why she wouldn't do that for me... she never had a good answer

[kareng]

M is a strawberry daiquiri fiend. We stayed at a hotel with a happy hour. Everyday, they had 2 frozen drinks - strawberry & something else, in a Icee machine. For adults, they added alcohol to the glass. He had to get back for his happy hour drink.

When I worked at a Childrens hospital, they gave sick/ premmie babies a " whiskey nipple" if they had to do something painful like an arterial line. It was a sponge soaked with whiskey and sugar? In the shape of a pacifier. Babies loved it!

Rey Shell, is that nasty boy bothering your daughter again? In 6 th grade, a boy kept hitting J. J said, " it's OK, Mom. He' s little. He can't hurt me.". This kid was severly mentally ill and was supposed to have a helper or teacher at all times. The teachers said that since he has a special need, we couldn't do anything about it. My son was not to react in anyway. He was using his Tae Kwon do and moving out of the way at the last minute & the kid would go flying. I said that my kid deserved to go to school in peace. That kid wasn't allowed alone again. He also was sent somewhere else the next year, hopefully for the help he needed. Good luck.

[curlyfries]

Have also initiated contact with the ped about sleep issues. The older he gets, the worse he gets. Has a horrible time falling asleep. I use to think he got good quality sleep once he finally got to sleep but I don't think so anymore. We got to see the ped doc in a week and may do a sleep study.

DD did a sleep study years ago. Turns out she has restless leg. She never realized it cuz she didn't get the feelings they talked about in the commercials. Lack of sleep can affect so many other things. She was put on medication and it has helped tremendously.

So now I've started my second month of torture physical therapy. My therapist said she has to get more aggressive in my treatment!

Are you kidding me?????

On the bright side......I'm going to attempt to go dancing tomorrow!!!!!! So excited!!

[elye]

Em-

Why are you peeing in a jug????

I do it every year, to check fer kidney function. Another year, another orange jug.. . .

On the bright side......I'm going to attempt to go dancing tomorrow!!!!!! So excited!!

:D

Best of luck with that aggressive physio, Leeeesargh. . .. ... you will need it if you begin dancing again!

[celiac-mommy]

Ugggg! Woke up wif sore throat and post nasal drip (....betteh than post coital drip, eh... ) I'm on call till tomorrow morning, I don't really care what happens during the day, just leave me in peace tonight!

The boy has not come in contact wif dd yet, teacher is keeping them as far apart as possible, I just cannae fathom WHY they put them in the same classroom My eyes and ears are wide open--and I have some spies inside the school as well

[celiac-mommy]

Wow! I sure know how to clear a room...

[kareng]

Afraid we'll catch it!

[psawyer]

Good morning!

[celiac-mommy]

Feeling better today.... You can all come back now....

[jerseyangel]

Quickest poop in imaginable....just wanted to say hi and hope Rah-schell is pheeling better

Have a psille Psunday all

[Judyin Philly]

News from the preschool (I didn't work today so I had to get this second hand) . . . one of the four year old boys drank out of the urinal . . . he said he was thirsty. I guess it looked like some kind of fancy water fountaing to him.

. Why is it OK to give them alcohol in medicine but not give them a half shot of something thats equivalent? Vodka & OJ would taste better and give you vit C.

Yeah, but he's gettin' older and catchin' on to all me tricks. Bandaids on knees that aren't even bleeding don't work anymore.

Those days are over sister

[quote name='elye' date='10 September 2010 - 05:47 PM'

OMG.... . ...seven o' those jugs.... . .. I had enough trouble making room for two. Who in hell has enough fridge room for SEVEN jugs?? An industrial meat plant, maybe.. . ... ..

took them in everyday and would drop them off at Dr office.

So now I've started my second month of torture physical therapy. My therapist said she has to get more aggressive in my treatment!

On the bright side......I'm going to attempt to go dancing tomorrow!!!!!! So excited!!

PT can be a jerk......have fun dancing

I just cannae fathom WHY they put them in the same classroom My eyes and ears are wide open--and I have some spies inside the school as well

glad you have some spies on the inside Feel better soon

Quickest poop in imaginable....just wanted to say hi and hope Rah-schell is pheeling better

Have a psille Psunday all

Have a great day Patti

Forget who is fighting the schools......Janet...........????

I tried to copy it

I spent years doing that and all i can say is your the best advocate your child has so don' t give up the fight!!!!

They will try to beat you down..( I say that respectfully as an ex teacher doing IEP's for 25 years)

Keep fighting

[kareng]

So here's a phunny story. My J, 17, has Homecoming dance coming up at school. He wasn't going to go, maybe, probably because he didn't have anyone special in his mind. Suddenly, 3 of his male friends started asking him when he was going to ask " Mary" to Homecoming. Telling him him not to wait until the last minute. One of Mary's friends offered to take some pictures & help him with a fun way to ask her ( apparently, you cannot just call someone up & ask). Another girl told him to hurry up & ask Mary. These are all kids in a large group of about 30 kids that sometimes do things together. So, J asked her. He has known her since 1 st grade and always got along with her. He said, " I was assumed into asking her. Do girls have meetings to decide who should go with who?"

I said yes. He said, " Well, where do they meet? How did I miss that this was going on?".

[Darn210]

I spent years doing that and all i can say is your the best advocate your child has so don' t give up the fight!!!!

They will try to beat you down..( I say that respectfully as an ex teacher doing IEP's for 25 years)

Keep fighting

I've seen it coming since first grade (he's in fifth now). I kept getting the "It's still normal for kids at this age to . . ." It was finally no longer normal. They tried to buy me off with a GEI (General Education Intervention) and after about 6 months of no progress with the best intervention that they could implement, THEY recommended an IEP. Got it last year. Doing a little more testing now thru the school which, unfortunately, takes quite a while. At the same time, I've started the ball rolling with the pediatrician. I do LOVE his teacher of record this year. I've never worked with anyone as proactive as she is and I think she will be his best chance of being set up to be successful in middle school (next year).

He said, " I was assumed into asking her. Do girls have meetings to decide who should go with who?"

I said yes. He said, " Well, where do they meet? How did I miss that this was going on?".

Awwwww . . . another young man is learning that women rule the world . . . brings a tear to me eye.