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  • I survived my first week as a student teacher! My biggest frustration at this moment is dealing with changes in rosters. Kids here, kids there, kids are moving everywhere.On Tuesday I met the person from the university w…

  • My Visit To the Illinois Railway Museum (with pictures)

    My oldest brother, who is between his freshman and sophomore years in college and studying to be an electrical engineer, did a summer internship at the Illinois Railway Museum, which is about two thirds of the way from C…

  • Moving On

    My brother Daniel had his bar mitzvah today. It went well and I think we are all relieved. I surprised myself by getting teary eyed while one of my brothers carried the Bar Mitvzah Boy around in a triumphant dance after …

  • I just realized that I have a nurse visit scheduled such that if it goes longer than twenty minutes, I'm going to be late to my therapy appointment. Not terribly horribly late, but late. I do not like this one little bit…

  • Thoughts on Testing

    My oldest brother is home for the summer, between his freshman and sophomore years of college. At dinner Friday night, he mentioned that he'd been offered the chance through his college hillel to get tested to see if he'…

  • My father's prostate pathology report came in on Thursday. When people have surgery to have a malignant tumor removed, there are three kinds of outcomes from the pathologist. You can have clear margins, where the cancer …

  • I haven't been to my trans youth support group in over a month. It meets Wednesday nights. April 22, I had surgery. April 29, I represented TYRA at the gay and lesbian health center's consumer advisory board. May 6 was l…

  • I went to see the endocrinologist yesterday. My weight came in at 104 lb. That's a little bit scary in that it's the lowest it's been measured at since September 2006, but it's still not dangerously low, and the speed at…

  • Carbon Monoxide Detector Alarm

    I woke up around noon today. I got up out of my rocking chair (oy, how old does this make me sound?) and headed down the hall. I had just gotten out my door when a shrill BEEEEP stopped me, and I froze, for a moment fri…

  • My Bubbe died on Wednesday and I am in Baltimore. She was a person who managed to do a lot of things despite a major anxiety disorder. She was buried on Thursday, next to my Zeide. I am trying to absorb stories about her…

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