I have been all over the place with my thoughts and can’t settle on a narrative.  Half the time, I just parent, work, and connect with my partner and pretend that is the stuff of life. While it is, really, there is much floating around and things that are truly up in the air.

I think some of it stems from kind of waiting around for my parents’ health conditions to worsen.  It’s really weird.  I took my Dad to his GP about two-weeks ago and she said that he has some kind of movement disorder and at least some level of Dementia.  I was really glad that he heard it from her given his tendency to deny anything.  Yesterday, I took him to the Neurologist, and the Resident who also assessed him.  He has Parkinson’s.  Officially, my Dad has Parkinson’s.  The only thing is that the Neurologist mentioned that given some of his sleep patterns, he could have Lewy Body Dementia, which has Parkinsonian features.  I hope that is not it, but I’m thinking given what I’ve read through the dangers of Google, it certainly fits.

My Mom discharged from Skilled Nursing after being in the hospital two days and in the former for about 10-days.  One of my personal favorite untruths is that their insurance pays for 100-days of care.  They discharge her between 8 and 45-days when she gets a health impact.  Lies of managed care.  It’s a sham and is sick.  She has fallen six times in the last two weeks since she has been home.

My son has gained a whole bunch of weight.  Because he is extremely tall, it doesn’t show as badly, but it’s sad.  He has to see an endocrinologist next month.  I know that it’s my genes, because my mother had a stroke at 21, and I have all kinds of issues with testosterone.  However, I want him to be able to be stable and in good health when he starts middle school.  It’s alarming how quickly he’s gained weight.  I played catch and basketball with him on Monday, as he didn’t have practice given a holiday.  He also did some extra push ups and almost 30 sit ups last night.  He wants to stay fit.  I’ll be interested in what his next appointment entails.

The middle school topic lends itself to a whole other host of issues.  The middle school that my son is slated to go to has the classic salesman Principal.  Win over the parents, don’t support your teachers, and tend toward insidious approaches which undermine your school climate overall.  No thanks.  It is also a mix up of kids from different neighborhoods with no solid approach to positive behavior approaches given the blend of kids.  When you pull kids from many neighborhoods into one school, you tend to have impacts if you don’t do something quite intentional about your culture.

I’m applying to a Public School of Choice, which is lottery-only, and he will have to have one piano piece for the other school that I’m applying to, and otherwise, I guess that I’ll pull him back to a district that I know well.  I also like and have worked with the Principal of the building.  That stuff matters.

There is a lot going on.  However, I finished “Brain Rules,” and “The Nuture Shock” yesterday given that I had to get two fillings and take my Dad to the Neurologist.  I really enjoyed both of those books and learned a lot.  I’ll make some notes from them when I’m done training this morning.  I also saw my Psychologist and had a productive session.  My next step is converting to regular POA so that I can get my parent’s phone and gas bill on autopay at the end of March.  I do what I have always done with the backdrop of the end of my parents.