Michael got injured at school

Just few minutes ago got a phone call from Michael’s school that he injured himself. 

I was with a client and usually I don’t answer phones, but this time I wanted to turn sound off and saw that the call was from Michal’s school nurse, so I decided to take it and apologize to the client. 

Nurse told me that Michael hit his chick, next to his eye with some metal thing.  She said that he is OK, holds cold pack on the injured face.

I asked nurse if he is there and if I could talk to him.  He was there and we had a short and nice conversation.  His voice sounded pretty happy, even heroically enthusiastic.  I expected to hear him cry or whine.  He said that he is OK and that he loves me.  He even kissed me over the phone!   

Sweet boy!

I got to the day care and asked Michael to tell me what happened.  He explained:
-I was talking to a teacher and then accidentally got out of control and hit my face on some metal...

Michael got injured at school

Just few minutes ago got a phone call from Michael’s school that he injured himself. 

I was with a client and usually I don’t answer phones, but this time I wanted to turn sound off and saw that the call was from Michal’s school nurse, so I decided to take it and apologize to the client. 

Nurse told me that Michael hit his chick, next to his eye with some metal thing.  She said that he is OK, holds cold pack on the injured face.

I asked nurse if he is there and if I could talk to him.  He was there and we had a short and nice conversation.  His voice sounded pretty happy, even heroically enthusiastic.  I expected to hear him cry or whine.  He said that he is OK and that he loves me.  He even kissed me over the phone!   

Sweet boy!

I got to the day care and asked Michael to tell me what happened.  He explained:
-I was talking to a teacher and then accidentally got out of control and hit my face on some metal...

different=wierd=normal

I was just thinking, that my personal “weirdness receiver” or “radar“ has been stuck on neutral ever since I started working at our community college.  Yes, our campus is very diverse and there is always something going on.  On the daily basis I could meet with people from many different countries, different ages, races, looks, beliefs, disabilities, etc…. 

I am not surprised by seeing unexpected!  For someone, talking to a young woman with tattoo on her face or see a man wearing a skirt and shirt with a tie might be shocking.  For me, it is my everyday life and I am not surprised about anything.

Now, I will try to remember more “weird” stuff that would make other people turn their heads over or be in some sort of shock.

I have met a lot with individuals with physical disabilities.  This client still stays in my mind.  He was in a wheelchair, a veteran without legs up to his knees and without ability to talk.  For some reason, he was wearing shorts and through the shorts were hanging tubes from his catheter that while our session kept getting full with urine.  He was talking to me through his computer device.  The guy typed what he wanted to say and then pressed “speak” button and computer voice would say aloud what he wrote.

More than once I had clients who had no voice and used devices on their necks to make weird sound through their neck muscles.  I am not sure how exactly the mechanics work.

More then once I had blind clients who used lips and tong to dial a phone number on their cell phone.

More than once there were blind people, paralyzed, people without arms, clients in their 80^th, men, women, GLBT, undocumented, ex-offenders, homeless, schizophrenics with paranoia, people with various addictions, individuals with pink, green, or purple hair; nose, lip, eyebrow, chick and ear rings, 1 inch radius holes in the ears; clients dressed in their traditional clothing from Africa and Middle East, women with orange fingers from henna, people of different races and from many different parts of the world including Native Americans, etc.  One thing I can say about all of these people, they are all Human and with a lot more abilities then closed-minded people often stereotype.

There is nothing that surprises me anymore.  It is actually funny to be with someone who does not have such experience and hear them being shocked from seeing a student with an elaborate hair style and zebra stripes tattooed on the face.

different=wierd=normal

I was just thinking, that my personal “weirdness receiver” or “radar“ has been stuck on neutral ever since I started working at our community college.  Yes, our campus is very diverse and there is always something going on.  On the daily basis I could meet with people from many different countries, different ages, races, looks, beliefs, disabilities, etc…. 

I am not surprised by seeing unexpected!  For someone, talking to a young woman with tattoo on her face or see a man wearing a skirt and shirt with a tie might be shocking.  For me, it is my everyday life and I am not surprised about anything.

Now, I will try to remember more “weird” stuff that would make other people turn their heads over or be in some sort of shock.

I have met a lot with individuals with physical disabilities.  This client still stays in my mind.  He was in a wheelchair, a veteran without legs up to his knees and without ability to talk.  For some reason, he was wearing shorts and through the shorts were hanging tubes from his catheter that while our session kept getting full with urine.  He was talking to me through his computer device.  The guy typed what he wanted to say and then pressed “speak” button and computer voice would say aloud what he wrote.

More than once I had clients who had no voice and used devices on their necks to make weird sound through their neck muscles.  I am not sure how exactly the mechanics work.

More then once I had blind clients who used lips and tong to dial a phone number on their cell phone.

More than once there were blind people, paralyzed, people without arms, clients in their 80^th, men, women, GLBT, undocumented, ex-offenders, homeless, schizophrenics with paranoia, people with various addictions, individuals with pink, green, or purple hair; nose, lip, eyebrow, chick and ear rings, 1 inch radius holes in the ears; clients dressed in their traditional clothing from Africa and Middle East, women with orange fingers from henna, people of different races and from many different parts of the world including Native Americans, etc.  One thing I can say about all of these people, they are all Human and with a lot more abilities then closed-minded people often stereotype.

There is nothing that surprises me anymore.  It is actually funny to be with someone who does not have such experience and hear them being shocked from seeing a student with an elaborate hair style and zebra stripes tattooed on the face.

little kids and buttons

I was editing post about different=wierd=normal, correcting some mistakes while Michelle was trying to push some buttons on my laptop as I tried to type or read. 

I can say that little kids are inborn geniuses of pressing buttons on computers or remote controls.  Just one second and one touch and things are screwed up and it takes adults long time to get things working normal again.

Anyway, Michelle pressed some buttons and my screen changed.  As I tried to get back where I was, she pressed more keys and my browser shut down.  I have no clue what one can do to make that happen, but apparently 1 year old Michelle figured it out!

So, I usually type things in word and then post, so I decided to re-post it again.

little kids and buttons

I was editing post about different=wierd=normal, correcting some mistakes while Michelle was trying to push some buttons on my laptop as I tried to type or read. 

I can say that little kids are inborn geniuses of pressing buttons on computers or remote controls.  Just one second and one touch and things are screwed up and it takes adults long time to get things working normal again.

Anyway, Michelle pressed some buttons and my screen changed.  As I tried to get back where I was, she pressed more keys and my browser shut down.  I have no clue what one can do to make that happen, but apparently 1 year old Michelle figured it out!

So, I usually type things in word and then post, so I decided to re-post it again.