September 7, 2012
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hands
Feel free to skip to the end.
It’s been a bad week for hands. Mine. Mostly the right, but I am right-handed, so that makes sense. The left is recovering from a big honking staple wound and has some dried glue on it. We were gluing on yarn hair this morning. The right one though is another story. The most recent was an enormous cardboard paper cut. Ouch. Quite productive in the way paper cuts are and quite ouchy in the way the cardboard does that job. Earlier this week I broke a blood vessel in my finger. I don’t know how but it involved the mountain voyage somehow. And then I broke a blood vessel in my palm doing something that I ought not to have done. Those wounds are healed. And the other one is getting there. The one I haven’t mentioned yet.
So I got home from class last night at 9:30 and Spawn asked if I’d replaced her mouthpiece that she broke Wednesday night. Well, no I hadn’t. She started to get all annoyed with me because she apparently has band on Friday mornings. This I didn’t know- I can hardly keep track of my own schedule. I explained the four part harmony of how there is not one thing I can do about this at this time and how it was on my list for this afternoon since I know she needs it for tonight. Then I mentioned that the right time to bring this up is not so much at 9:30 at night but maybe when she got home from school or when her dad was dropping me off at class. These were times that something could be done. And she stopped. So I suppose knowing that someone’s hands are tied keeps an issue from escalating.
Speaking of escalating. We had that. Let’s just say that the transition to middle school has been rocky. Phone calls, emails, conferences, apologies, losing recess, apparently not homework detention (although she mentioned that). And that’s just the action between us and the school personnel. And not the escalation part. It’s been more elevator than escalator action anyhow. At home. Maybe now it’s ok. It took some time for LLO to get the memo that homework is intended for all students not just everyone else but her and that it is possible to do this stuff. She just needed someone to hold her hand while she goes through all these changes.
Have you ever noticed that when something is going really badly in your life that everything else is affected? That your mojo takes a nosedive. That your belief in yourself is run under studded tires. That can do becomes can’t. It takes hard work to get a handle on the ‘tude.Here. Have some tunes.
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I have noticed, yes.
Well here are some hands to give you a hug.
What about:
Put your hand in the hand of the Man from Galilee (Baez)
Hands across the water (McCartney)
Grandma’s hands
Hand me down my walking shoes
He’s got the whole world in his hands
Take my hand
Slow hand (Pointer Sisters)
Take my hand, precious Lord (Elvis)
and all the others?
*hand me down shoes* by seals and croft.
yes darling i do understand how your week has been and i sympathize. totally. this after i just messaged you to hold my hand through something. just what you needed. : )
Yes I have noticed. It’s never just one thing, it’s always a billion at once. My hands hurt lately but it is due to the far less glamorous carpal tunnel syndrome and the fact that I spend too much darn time on the computer. Staple wound, ouchie! 0.o
i do relate hoping it’s a bit better by now. A that they get the hang of the new things, you too.
@leaflesstree - nothing glamorous about any of my hand wounds.
@be_the_rain - i’ll hold your hand. just don’t touch anywhere.
@Roadkill_Spatula - a lot of handy song suggestions.
@buddy71 - thanks.
@ordinarybutloud - yes. but you have a cute outfit. (that was snarky. i’m sorry) i did get a lot of compliments on my sweater today. (something i crocheted back when i finished things). i so wish i didn’t have somewhere to go tonight. and that my in-laws weren’t visiting again tomorrow.
@Kris0logy - hanging by a thread. but at least i have the thread and that’s a step in the right direction this week.
Last Sunday I drilled a hole in my hand with a phillips head screwdriver. My hand has been throbbing off and on all week, so I sympathize with your plight!!!
Mojo killers lurk in every corner. I wouldn’t have a kid in middle school again for anything – that was three years of pure hell!
It wouldn’t have been a mountain adventure without an injury or two
I’m sorry. You are wonderful. It’s tough being a mom, hardest job in the world. Little thanks when you truly need it. Extremely hard when one of your children is going through a very tough transition, especially when she has had a tough time in the past. You have wonderfully nurturing hands, even when you don’t think you do. Beautifully creative hands, even when they are filled with glue and wounded from staples and whatnot. You have the hands of an understanding friend, hands that offer hugs and love when you see that someone else needs them. Suddenly laughing, because I painted my hand today. Maybe it was because I knew you’d need a hand tonight. I should go post it for you, then. ((((hugs)))) Get some rest. Your mojo will find you.
what is the old say, when it rains it pours?
How about a song called “Drink in My Hand”
Ah – the last minute reminder as prelude to a melt-down… Glad reason pre-empted that scenario. Hope the hands can survive the abuse that life seems to be dishing out. It is never just one thing!
Get-well kisses to your hands and hugs to you–don’t let go of that thread!
@lanney - it’s connected to a balloon.
@murisopsis - so much drama. it’s usually not the mama though.
@godfatherofgreenbay - yes, i believe i need one of those.
@songoftheheart - that was very sweet. thank you. and i love your painted hand. perhaps i need to do some me stuff tomorrow.
@BoulderChristina - kids are so different. never a clue what to expect.
@Aloysius_son - now that sounds very serious. my paper cut suddenly feels like a big whine. hope your hand is ok.
“Wouldn’t you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?”
@lanney - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNCxjxSqrE
well, i am way late to this party
but i see everyone is taking good care of you. oxooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
@Bels_Kaylar - i swear i’m going to post something not whiny soon. even if i gotta make something up.
I wish I could extend my hand all the way across. But Jo has already done that it seems. hang in there sunshine. Every thing falls in its proper place eventually.
@ZSA_MD - well. i most assuredly do have a hand from you. i just need to open it up. and i need to think of small successes right now. and they are there. thanks zakiah.
Yes I have noticed how crap spills off of my plate all over the floor and affects everything when things are going sour. My friend told me to look at the positive things and I gave her the finger and felt better.
Spawn knows not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
@Grannys_Place - i love that about you. because somebody just needs to get that message.hugs, lady.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - this is a step in the right direction too. because children don’t always make that connection. now i want to watch willy wonka, by the way.
When ever I get down I get down…I dance stupidly and spaztasticly to music.
Have a good day !
**hugs… Hope the weekend is better…
The Jewel’s video had me in tears. Interesting response…
You seem to have your hands full these days….
@MzSilver - thanks. hope you catch some z’s.
@armnatmom - i’m sorry to be so negative all the time. everyone has their stuff.
Please heal. Nice music.
@vexations - inside and out pretty good right now. thank you.