one week and counting

[zestfive]

Surgery for my Dad and sis is in one week. I'm nervous about that, I'm taking the day off for it. I'll be helping take care of my sister as she recovers in Iowa. Of course, I've got to get over my cold otherwise it wouldn't be very good for either of them. Any suggestions for getting healthier other than vit c, cough drops, lots of fluid, sleep and echinacea. I've gone from stuffed up to coughing so I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Tonight should be cough syrup with codine for me and sleep. Although, I do have to get an absentee ballot for election night. I've also got to get some laundry done or A will be going to school in his underware!

Yesterday my son's 3-5th grade teacher came in. Apparently A had written her a letter for an assignment. I'm not sure exactly what he wrote to her but she said that it made her cry. She also said that he's "brilliant" and I said sure (along the lines of Garrison Kellior where all the kids are "above average") she insisted that she really thought that he was. Oh my...not sure to believe her, this coming from the woman who also thought he might have ADD.

Comments

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

hey, maybe he's brilliant *and* has ADD! stranger things have happened... ;)

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I certainly didn't mean to infer that ADD folks can't be brilliant. I guess, I think she can be kind of ...how shall I say it?...flakey.

[ignusfaatus.livejournal.com]

I parent a fourth grader with ADD. Sometimes I think ADD is sometimes a symptom of certain kind of intelligence. Imagine finding elementary school entertaining. Ha!
Well, I know that shitake mushrooms have anti viral properties. Sometimes I get a pound of those when Im feeling sickly and eat them raw. Hope you get healthy quickly.

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

I totally support different thinker types and wish that public schools didn't force our kids into only thinking one way, but allows them to blossom in their own personal strenghts. Unfortunately, they're trying to manage a group when kids are not all a like. To this day, I'm surprised I like learning as much as I do despite public schools.

Thanks for the tip about the mushrooms, GRIN!