I turned off everything

Except the light and the computer

The dryer has finally stopped making it’s whirling and twirling noises

I hear the clicking of my fingers on the keyboard

I bit my nails again

They don’t touch the keys anymore

The man thinks I clipped them, but I didn’t

I bit them

He doesn’t like it when I do that

I don’t know why I do it

I know why I started

To keep my mom from clipping them when I was little

She would cut them too short

It hurt

I figured out that if I bit them she had no reason to cut them

I generally don’t bite them though

I stopped for a very long time

I have clippers

Sometimes it just feels good to bite them down

I don’t get them too short

Never into the quick

Just to my fingertips

That’s short enough

Breathing has been difficult

I feel like someone has their hand over my nose and mouth

No one does

It’s just a stupid cold

I hate not being able to breathe

My lungs feel raw

To be gross about it, it feels like someone took a cheese grater to them

The little side

I guess you grate Parmesan cheese with that side?

I don’t really know

My mind feels okay

But my body feels yucky

I don’t like it

I’ve missed a lot of work

I hate missing work

I feel lazy

Let's see... what's been going on.... um..... weellll.... Lots and lots of tutoring.  The kids are teaching me new words and when I use the new words it surprises the parents and they laugh.  I have observed that children absorb everything... I knew this, but it's funny how one doesn't realize the things they say until it is said back to them.  Luckily for me I watch what I say in general, but my youngest boy has picked up, "Oh my goodness," from me and the most interesting thing is he says it in the EXACT sing-song way that I say it when I use it.  For some reason I use it when we are playing games, I didn't realize I was saying it until he said it back to me when we were playing Skip-Bo.  It made me laugh.  I'm very proud of him, he's starting to initiate conversations, he didn't start doing that until last week.  We have not gotten to the point where he can express all that he is thinking without some help, but it's coming.  I'm looking forward to it.

The other children are all doing well.  Does anyone have any ideas for some inexpensive craft projects?  Several of my kids are very artistic and normally on Fridays we play games, but I was thinking they might like to build or do something.  It can't be anything too girly since half of my students are boys.  I purchased some mugs that they can color pictures to put in, I think they'll like that.  I've thought about trying to do some scrapbooking, but I was overwhelmed with how much stuff can be used to make scrapbooks, and it can get costly very quickly.  Even some simple science projects/experiments could be good, or at least something that can encourage communication.

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The man and I went to Metropolis.  I kid you not, there is an actual town called Metropolis and they have a giant Superman statue in the town square!

The man got a little creative with the picture and modified it a bit, what do you think?

Hope all is well with ya'll.