Feb 15, 2007
The Dept of Rehabilitation person dropped by today with Gary’s “plan” for him to sign so he can get the money for the modifications to the van (should come to approx. $20,000, so I was right about that :-p). The form he had to sign is a standard one and had been filled in for him, just requiring his signature. I looked it over. For employment goal, “Professor (math)” had been filled in. In the section entitled reasons for selecting employment goal, it said, “I explored options and feel this is a good choice. I have received training in this area. It matches my interests, abilities and strengths. The job outlook for this type of work is good.” Thank God Gary felt this was a good choice and decided not to pursue, say, carpentry ;-). I hadn’t realized he had been considering giving up his secure, tenured position for some other form of employment. As for the outlook for this type of work being good, this is of course especially so since he already holds the position ;-).
There was also a list of responsibilities he needed to agree to. For example, he is supposed to attend all scheduled meetings and appointments, he agrees that he understands the importance of attendance and punctuality (fortunately the woman didn’t take off points there today – his bus was late getting home and he was late for his appointment with her), he is supposed to cooperate with all job placements efforts, and he is supposed to take all his prescribed medications.
Anyhoo, things are moving along there. Not absolutely sure I’ll have the energy to take him to Montgomery to pick out a van this Saturday. Originally, Shepherd had scheduled him a follow-up appointment with his Shepherd doctor tomorrow (Friday), but they had told us they would cancel that for him because they scheduled another one for him in March. We got a call yesterday reminding him of this appointment, so apparently they forgot to cancel it. We decided to go ahead and go to it because we are making no progress in clearing up the rash on his booty. This does mean I don’t get to go to the dentist and have another two cavities filled tomorrow. But fortunately the dentist had a cancellation for next Friday, so I will have it done then.
We are now watching Star Wars, Episode 3. I missed episode 2, but if it was anything like episode 1, no great loss. This one isn’t too bad – at least there’s a story in there amidst all the light-saber rattling. But I don’t buy how Anakin becomes the ruthless Darth Vader seemingly in one swoop. Of course, Gary says he’d destroy a republic without remorse in order to save my life. Just call him Darth Gruenhage. Except I think he is conflicted. He spent the rest of the evening trying to talk like Yoda, putting his verbs at the end (or maybe he was just being German ;-)).
The Dept of Rehabilitation person dropped by today with Gary’s “plan” for him to sign so he can get the money for the modifications to the van (should come to approx. $20,000, so I was right about that :-p). The form he had to sign is a standard one and had been filled in for him, just requiring his signature. I looked it over. For employment goal, “Professor (math)” had been filled in. In the section entitled reasons for selecting employment goal, it said, “I explored options and feel this is a good choice. I have received training in this area. It matches my interests, abilities and strengths. The job outlook for this type of work is good.” Thank God Gary felt this was a good choice and decided not to pursue, say, carpentry ;-). I hadn’t realized he had been considering giving up his secure, tenured position for some other form of employment. As for the outlook for this type of work being good, this is of course especially so since he already holds the position ;-).
There was also a list of responsibilities he needed to agree to. For example, he is supposed to attend all scheduled meetings and appointments, he agrees that he understands the importance of attendance and punctuality (fortunately the woman didn’t take off points there today – his bus was late getting home and he was late for his appointment with her), he is supposed to cooperate with all job placements efforts, and he is supposed to take all his prescribed medications.
Anyhoo, things are moving along there. Not absolutely sure I’ll have the energy to take him to Montgomery to pick out a van this Saturday. Originally, Shepherd had scheduled him a follow-up appointment with his Shepherd doctor tomorrow (Friday), but they had told us they would cancel that for him because they scheduled another one for him in March. We got a call yesterday reminding him of this appointment, so apparently they forgot to cancel it. We decided to go ahead and go to it because we are making no progress in clearing up the rash on his booty. This does mean I don’t get to go to the dentist and have another two cavities filled tomorrow. But fortunately the dentist had a cancellation for next Friday, so I will have it done then.
We are now watching Star Wars, Episode 3. I missed episode 2, but if it was anything like episode 1, no great loss. This one isn’t too bad – at least there’s a story in there amidst all the light-saber rattling. But I don’t buy how Anakin becomes the ruthless Darth Vader seemingly in one swoop. Of course, Gary says he’d destroy a republic without remorse in order to save my life. Just call him Darth Gruenhage. Except I think he is conflicted. He spent the rest of the evening trying to talk like Yoda, putting his verbs at the end (or maybe he was just being German ;-)).
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