Yesterday we had a “staffing meeting” at my son’s school. What that means is, we met to go over test scores and “psychological evaluations” and teacher “observations” and checklists and oh mah God mommy’s head hurts… all to determine what exactly to “do” with a “gifted” child.
P.S. I think I just won an [...]

My birthday turned out absolutely wonderfully.  Thank you, all of you, for the well wishes and kind words.  Wonderful – all of you.
Anyway, I celebrated last night with a rousing family game of Cranium’s Cadoo.  Yeah, that’s right, cuz that’s what old people DO on their birthdays, ok?  Because I am now much too old [...]