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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 17, 2013 15:01:15 GMT -5
It's a beautiful, sunny day here in central California (high 77 is forecast) and my day started with bacon courtesy of my wonderful DH who picked up some from Whole Foods! Yum! He went by the nursery yesterday and selected a nice assortment of flowers to be planted, plus a few tomato plants and a watermelon plant, and those will all get added to our flower beds today! He also bought me the niftiest lime green and white bladeless fan (with a remote), and a really cute kitty cat stuffed animal (Pusheen is the cartoon kitty.) All in all, a delightful assortment of loot and love! I must say, at the 30th anniversary of my turning 18 (I'm 48 this year), I "still" don't feel like a grownup! I was about to haphazardly slather sunscreen on my shoulders and arms when I glanced more carefully at the tube. SELF-TANNER. Wow, that could have been a dreadful error, LOL. (Hey, why do you have orange stripes and splotches all over?) I don't even recall buying self-tanner ... I wonder how old it is or if I bought it by accident last year? Anyway, it's gone. Our internet with ATT has gone up. Seems like most of our bills are!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 17, 2013 15:47:52 GMT -5
DS and I went through parents' stuff yesterday. We got through everything DS has in her house. I now have a car full of stuff. This stuff was more interesting than the last batch. 's DS had talked to mom on Friday. Mom told her she is "going downhill" and has to get moved but "Father" won't move until the house is sold and they don't have quite enough money. DS told her AGAIN that she will loan the difference and the house can sit empty. She told her again that she was there the day they signed the listing paperwork and realtor said house would look bigger without furniture. DS told her AGAIN that the house isn't going to sell as long as they won't leave the house during showings. She had her usual reasons for not leaving.
It sounded like DS is going to go down while I am in CO this weekend and have a talk with dad and put it to him: Do you want mom alive? If so, you have to get her moved and now. She's depressed from never seeing anybody and she would be seeing people here. I talked to her earlier in the week and she complained about how long it's been since the sun has been out. She is right about that.
DN and her hubby and kids came as Grandma was going to keep kids for St. Patrick's Day. Had a family pow wow about it. Poor DN. She can twist Grandma and Grandpa's arm easier than anybody else and the way she worded it when she told DS what to say was PERFECT. Dad would move if she could go with DS.
Niece's hubby and kids are coming over to work on my faucet and shower head this afternoon. I'm going to call DS after that.
I also have to bring the stuff in from car as I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and hatchbacks don't work well with stuff you don't want people seeing.
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Post by motherto2 on Mar 17, 2013 17:28:16 GMT -5
Hello all! It's been a quick week. DS has been home for spring break. It's been great having him home. He has been in a pretty good mood. Such a difference than the last couple of months. It's been a tough year for him for so many reasons. He spent alot of time at home, with his grandparents and some with his dad and stepmom. He and I have had quite a few opportunities to chat about life. He asked his best friend's sister to be hsi girlfriend, so he's been going to their house to see her, not him . He actually wasn't home this week = he spent his time with others. DS decided he didn't want to go with them, and I'm glad. He needed some down time to be away from his brother rats, get some breathing room. His girlfriend's parents invited he and I over to their house last night for dinner. We had a great time. The dad's parents came over also. They are all so nice, and sure do LOVE my DS! It's great to hear coming from folks who haven't known him his whole life! He went to dinner with the lady that wrote one of his recommendation letters for college. She is an alumni. Her, her husband and DS had a great time. They also love him! Life is good . He just left to go back to school, but will be home in 2 weeks for Easter weekend. After that he'll have about 5 more weeks of school and then will be leaving shortly after that to go to his summer training. DD has been gone for a week now, but I've been able to talk to her and Skype with her. She's been issued a bunch of new gear and they've been hitting the shooting range. Got a bunch of new shots . Other than that she's doing well. Sharon, I have to say I feel so bad for your nephew. There is actually a name for women like that thay prey on service men. DS said they got "the talk" at boot camp. I dont' remember the name, but it's something like bar fly. One thing I'd never heard of til DD had an Army friend go through it, is apparently the Government pays these ladies the whole time they are separated, which is why the women drag their feet. A guy I work with said his GF's brother went through the same thing. His wouldn't sign the divorce papers until she found another military guy to hook up with. Same with DD's friend. I hope he doesn't run into that. And yes, karma's a bioch. Molly, glad to hear DH made it home safe and sound!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 17, 2013 21:14:07 GMT -5
Niece's hubby fixed my sink faucet and installed my new shower head. I am happy.
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Post by Sharon on Mar 17, 2013 22:39:57 GMT -5
Mother I am glad your DS was able to have a nice relaxing spring break. It is so hard on Mom when the kids are unhappy at school. Last term when DD would call home every night crying because she hated living in the sorority was so difficult. Thankfully she now loves her apartment and is doing so much better. I am also thankful that the adult advisory committee of the sorority realized just how miserable she was and didn't hold her to her year long lease. She still does sorority things but it is so different because she isn't living there. She is the type of person who needs quiet and down time to study and to function.
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Post by marvholly on Mar 18, 2013 6:09:18 GMT -5
Molly My internet went up 30% 10 months ago. They just announced ANOTHER 30% increase for April. Needless to say, I am looking at changing ISPs. Hope you are having a 'good' time w/your DH. How long is he likely to be home this time? Has any of his training been cancelled to to the budget restrictions?
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Post by marvholly on Mar 18, 2013 6:27:28 GMT -5
Just realized Dancin starts tonight.
forgot to mention: Wed 3/20 is the official start of spring. Our 'high' is predicted to be 27.
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Post by marvholly on Mar 18, 2013 9:34:38 GMT -5
back again.
My ISP 'notified' me a couple weeks ago that the price was going up 30% next month. this was after a 30% increase JUST 10 months ago.
The email included a link to opt out. Link came up 'permission to enter denied.' It also had a phone number that is NOT in service.
Called the number I have on file. Got my $ reduced to less than I am curtrently paying and a 2 month credit for overpaying for the last 10 months.
I think I done good. Better than a friend w/a different ISP whose intro rate nearly doubled & the ISP would NOT budge.
It is nasty out here. Sleet & freezing rain. NOT going anywhere today. I could stand to hit Aldi & the close fruit/veg mkt but I can live w/o either if I don't get out on Tue.
The 'new' forecast for Wed is now a high (?) of 23. Probably staying home then too.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 18, 2013 13:44:14 GMT -5
Molly My internet went up 30% 10 months ago. They just announced ANOTHER 30% increase for April. Needless to say, I am looking at changing ISPs. Hope you are having a 'good' time w/your DH. How long is he likely to be home this time? Has any of his training been cancelled to to the budget restrictions? Our internet was initially a low "introductory" rate (which we knew wouldn't last)... but that $25 a month was nicer than the $38 a month it currently is. I know, I know, $13 increase over a few years isn't huge ... but everything else creeps up, too. (This is for ATT DSL, which is bundled with our home phone).
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 18, 2013 13:48:12 GMT -5
My wonderful DH will be leaving again in a week or two to fly somewhere in the U.S. to pick up a plane and fly it back here. That should be a 2-3 day project.
Looks like my wonderful DH may actually be going to Peru with the USAF. If that happens, it's a week of training in Northern California mid-April, then 3-4 weeks in Peru from mid-April to mid-May or so. As with everything in the military, a lot can change, things can get cancelled, and I'm 1000% certain this will result in some sort of impressive screw-up involving his pay. (grin) (Remember when he went to the Ukraine for 3 weeks? That really messed up his pay ... this will do the same thing!) (I should point out that our 10-year wedding anniversary falls within these dates.)
I also don't know if he has to go back to Texas, yet again.
THIS, of course, is why we don't even try to plan things like vacations.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 18, 2013 17:24:58 GMT -5
OUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER HAS BEEN STOLEN AND USED FRAUDULENTLY!
I just attempted to buy 2 books on Peru from Amazon.com and got an email saying my card was declined. Which is weird ... it's been paid, it's not over limit, etc. So I logged on to the website and saw 5 charges today from Kroger in Stone Mountain Georgia (4 charges in the same amount, 1 charge in a different amount.) We called our credit card company and it seems that they had already figured out (somehow?) that something was amiss and had put a hold on the account (hence the Amazon decline). We assured them that we have both actual cards in our possession and that we're not making charges in Georgia at Kroger. They're closing out that account, giving us a new card (Fedexing it tomorrow to arrive Wed, with a new number), and said we won't be liable for the charges. They wouldn't tell us any more information about who has the number, or anything ... but it would've had to be manually put in since we have both cards in our possession. Anyway, this is always scary and frustrating and a bit of a hassle.
And, of course, we have no way of finding out WHO stole our number or how it got compromised.
AUGH!
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Post by motherto2 on Mar 18, 2013 18:12:25 GMT -5
Molly, sorry to hear about your CC. That happened to DS a year or more ago. I noticed his account was overdrawn online, so I looked at the charges and noticed one for over $100 from a Safeway in somewhere like Idaho. We've never even been to the state. I called and they got it straight and gave him a new card. But his was a debit card. I was told that they can manufacture new cards very easily. And, no, they will not tell you anything about who did it. Privacy laws. Apparently the only ones who don't have rights are the person wronged . Cold here tonight. We had snow this morning. Now it's just really cold rain. Tomorrow morning should be interesting. I'm fighting a nap. Not sure if I'll win. Boring day at work today, but I'll take a boring day any time. At least we are still getting paid
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 18, 2013 20:28:55 GMT -5
We got 3.4 inches of snow today and it's VERY windy now. I just heard my neighbor plow my driveway which is a good thing since I have an eye doctor appointment at 9 AM. Now I can take the trash out. I wanted to drop by before I do some other things and let people know that I called my mom. She started talking about the house and how they've had no offers on it. I said again that you need to be out of the house when people are looking at it. I think I got the truth out of her. She said they were going to the last time. The appointment was at 3 PM and by 1:30 PM, she was in the midst of a major panic attack and they had no idea of where they would go. She did say that if they have no contract by April 1, they will drop the price. I told her you go to McDonald's on Saturday and Sunday to eat so why can't you go there? She said I only leave the house twice a week. I did not know it was that bad. I knew she had agoraphobia, but not this bad. I said what about a ride. Same response: I only leave the house twice a week.
Called DS. She and her hubby will be going ASAP, either this weekend or next weekend, to convince them to move NOW or for dad to let mom move now if he insists on staying with the house until it sells. Mom said they can't leave because something might go wrong with the house. I have a cousin who has said over and over that she would watch over the house. She will. All they have to do is ask. My mom was her rock when her husband was dying of cancer and while she grieved. She has since remarried, but still talks to mom often and includes her in any holiday dinner she puts on.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 18, 2013 20:33:13 GMT -5
I have to do this in a new post.
My Colorado Buffaloes will be playing in the NCAA tournament in Boulder, CO on Saturday at 6:30 Eastern. I am taking two days to drive out and drive back. They better win that first game and play again on Monday.
My CC closed and I had enough points for a free night on the way out, so that cut down on the cost of hotels by one night.
I will leave once I get done with my church work on Thursday and drive to Lincoln, NE. It's about 6.5 hours from here to Lincoln.
I didn't even look to see where they might go if they get out of Boulder because they will be playing a 1 seed and I honestly don't think they are good enough to beat a 1 seed.
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Post by marvholly on Mar 19, 2013 7:03:50 GMT -5
Molly AT&T has a DSL (I think) offer going most of the time here for $15/month BUT it is on our phone bill so there are taxes which total about 20% added on. Also, they are NOT good about making deals on renewels. Friend jumped to $25.
RE cc: I suspect what may have hapopened is that either you or DH used the card somewhere that had a hidden skimmer on the slide unit. Happened here several years ago at Marshall's/TJMaxx. Info was collected & sold off. 'Cards' were used all over the world.
Not sure what I am up to today. Always have housework to do. Could pick up a few things at a local market, Aldi & WAG while they are still on special BUT could also live w/o. Will depend on weather. Nasty/cold=no go. Above freezing will= go. Total trip is about 5 mi.
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Post by mrsdutt on Mar 19, 2013 8:23:10 GMT -5
OUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER HAS BEEN STOLEN AND USED FRAUDULENTLY! I just attempted to buy 2 books on Peru from Amazon.com and got an email saying my card was declined. Which is weird ... it's been paid, it's not over limit, etc. So I logged on to the website and saw 5 charges today from Kroger in Stone Mountain Georgia (4 charges in the same amount, 1 charge in a different amount.) We called our credit card company and it seems that they had already figured out (somehow?) that something was amiss and had put a hold on the account (hence the Amazon decline). We assured them that we have both actual cards in our possession and that we're not making charges in Georgia at Kroger. They're closing out that account, giving us a new card (Fedexing it tomorrow to arrive Wed, with a new number), and said we won't be liable for the charges. They wouldn't tell us any more information about who has the number, or anything ... but it would've had to be manually put in since we have both cards in our possession. Anyway, this is always scary and frustrating and a bit of a hassle. And, of course, we have no way of finding out WHO stole our number or how it got compromised. AUGH! This happened to me 3 weeks ago. I didn't know anything happened and the cc company sent me a new card and told me. The only thing is the same number was on the card. So I called and got a new number. they wouldn't tell me anything either. Like where the card information was breached. The dry wall guy was here to patch any settling cracks. He'll be back after it dries to finish up. Today is Marley day as she is almost out of food. So I'll pick up a couple of .68 cent chickens while I'm at the grocery. Pudue ones. I made tuna cassarole and will be gladly eating that for the next couple of days. Tuna was .50 a can and the noodles were 1.00 for 2 lbs. The soup was .65 cents so a very frugal dish. Asparagus was 1.98 so I'll have a complete meal. MARV: You done good - real good! So good, in fact, that you just won this adorable bug! yea yea!!!!!
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 19, 2013 22:35:04 GMT -5
I need to go grocery shopping tomorrow.
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Post by marvholly on Mar 20, 2013 6:47:49 GMT -5
I have a list of 10 chores to be done THIS week before I can get my mani/pedi Sun or Mon. Knocked off 3 Tue and 1 so far today.
I plan to stay in again today as it is going to be COLD out (22-25) in spite of it being the first day of spring. What a difference a year makes. It was 80 last year.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 20, 2013 11:01:29 GMT -5
It's 13 but sunny here this morning. I am hoping weather in Colorado will be warmer. Yesterday the low was higher than our high temp. I'm busy doing laundry and taking care of taking care of last minute things. I will pack this evening. I think Lucy will be entertaining herself with a pair of birds that are back and busy building their nest. She is spending a lot of time watching them. Maybe she won't miss me so much.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 20, 2013 15:55:21 GMT -5
Well, our new credit cards arrived today via Fedex ... yay. They say it will take 14 days to see the fraudulent Kroger Georgia charges to fall off our bill. (April 2) I have made a note and will watch for this; our statement closes April 10.
My wonderful DH's pay issue has been referred off base to the national pay people for resolution, and a form email he received said it could take 30 days or more to be resolved. (The error is about $150). My only frustration is that, once again, we've done nothing wrong and we really have to watch and supervise and prod to get this fixed! We are, as expected, still waiting to hear about the taxes/W-2 messup and may be waiting until April 15 for a resolution there.
What did you do this spring? Babysat various money matters to ensure nothing falls through cracks.
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So ... looks like my wonderful DH will head to West Virginia for a few days to pick up a plane and to fly it back to California with another pilot. I don't think he has to go back to Texas in the next few weeks, primarily because of the whole Peru thing.
At some point, he will be driving to northern California and spending a few days in meetings/training for the Peru trip in early April.
Tentatively, he thinks he will fly out (through Atlanta) to Peru around April 15, returning in May from Peru (about 3 weeks later.) He's sent off his Visa application for Peru. They are flying into the capital city of Lima ... but he wasn't sure where they would be staying. Lima is right on the coast and from what I've seen online, very historic and beautiful.
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We are 71 today, with forecast for showers. Our 10-day forecast has every day in the 70s. Just lovely weather, but very polleny. (Is that a word?) There's a yellow dusty polleny film on everything outside! My flowers and newly planted tomato plants should be doing well.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 20, 2013 21:23:47 GMT -5
When the federal government flies my ex to South America, it's always routed through Atlanta and then on to wherever he's headed. Sometimes, they really cut the return connection short as he has to clear customs and they don't seem to take that in to consideration. Even when he is using his red diplomatic passport and can cut the line, it takes time. However, for some trips it is regarded as too dangerous to use the red passport and he has to be a regular person and use the regular line. Still the luggage has to get to him for him to totally clear customs.
Lucy seems to like having a second litter box. The problem for me is that it is in the kitchen and not covered. Even though my niece will clean it, I will come home to a messy floor.
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Post by Sharon on Mar 20, 2013 22:58:51 GMT -5
We got word tonight that my nephew will be coming home at the end of April for a visit. He originally hadn't planned on coming home until June. There is some more training he needs to do in Texas in May. I think the break up of his marriage and mess that was left at home for him on top of the deployment has just been too much. He just needs to come home and touch base with his family.
One good note is that he has found his military medals and awards. It appears, although we will never know for sure, that whoever was helping her move out of the apartment stashed them away for him instead of throwing them out with the rest of his things. Well again we are assuming that she threw out all of his things.
The one medal he earned on one of his tours in Iraq. It is an Army medal and they are the only Air Force unit that has been awarded this medal. He received it for some work he did with the Army at a prisoner of war camp.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 20, 2013 23:22:10 GMT -5
Theo ... if you put a big fluffy bath mat down under or in front of the kitchen litter box, it will keep a lot of the litter from being tracked.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 20, 2013 23:24:01 GMT -5
Sharon, good news about the medals. A small victory in light of a crummy situation.
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Post by marvholly on Mar 21, 2013 7:22:59 GMT -5
I have made GREAt progress on my list of 10 house chores to complete before getting a mani/pedi. Only 2 left. However, I did add 2 personal care chores. Will call today for an appt. As per usual, will treat myself to a meal out after. Why come home to cook & do dishes on a fresh mani?
I HAD planned to grocery shop today BUT it is 14 out there right now. Forecast is to break 32 BUT it was watrmer at this time yesterday & we did not break freezing. May shop Fri instead.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 21, 2013 14:51:44 GMT -5
Holly, Yay for getting chores done!
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Post by motherto2 on Mar 21, 2013 18:11:35 GMT -5
checking in on all my peeps . It's cold out. I think I've mentioned a few times I hate cold weather. Well, that hasn't changed at all . DS will be down in NC this summer doing his MOS training and he wants me to come and visit one weekend. I got the great idea that I might just hit a few places that I'm interested in possibly moving to after retirement. Then I realized a trip like that will be close to $1,000, and so I've decided I'm probably not going to go at all. Still will play it by ear because it is several months from now, and things could change. But I've got taxes to pay (not sure how much they will be yet, will try to start those this weekend). $300 reservation fee for DS for school next year to be paid next week. And I had decided I would pay the difference between the HELOC I took out for consolidating all the student loans (I took out the full amount because the interest rate is fixed for 3 years and very low, and I would need the $ in about 6 months). I knew it wouldn't be enough to pay his first semester of senior year, so I would make up the difference. Probably around $1,000-1,500. I will have to take out more for his last semester, but it would be at a higher interest rate. And I have his school books for the first semester. All of these decisions made before the furlough came about. We just had word that they are delaying the furlough letters that we were supposed to receive tomorrow by 2 weeks to allow everyone read the fine print in the new continuing resolution that was approved today. What we are hearing is that we will probably still have the same amount of furlough days, just a shorter time to have them. So instead of 2 days each pay period, there will be a couple that will have 3 days. Absolutely ridiculous. We are still hoping that things will get resolved without all of those days. But because of the huge cut in pay, I won't be able to go and visit DS this summer. Oh well. I made it without him last summer and survived. It's just hard because I'm turning 50 this summer, and both kids will be gone. I guess it will be another party of three - me, mom, and stepdad. Yay me
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Mar 21, 2013 21:18:04 GMT -5
I am sorry about the furloughs. Part of me is still hoping that Congress wakes up and stops being stupid.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Mar 21, 2013 21:33:21 GMT -5
Theo ... if you put a big fluffy bath mat down under or in front of the kitchen litter box, it will keep a lot of the litter from being tracked. Since I am in Nebraska at the moment, I will have to remember this for next time. I am totally exhausted. I worked at the church and then drove to Lincoln, NE. The church had rearranged my office and nobody bothered to test the computer. It didn't power up. Nor did the monitor light change. Something is not hooked up correctly. They put a file cabinet next to the printer. If the printer jams, that side has to be opened to clear the jam. Sent off emails tonight asking that issued by resolved by Thursday when I return. Luckily I had my laptop with me and in the church because it was so cold. I was able to get on their network and download the bulletins for Palm Sunday and Good Friday to a thumb drive and take them to the church treasurer's office. He printed them for me and I brought them back to the church to copy. I had wanted to get away from there earlier, but that didn't allow that to happen. I stopped for a break in Des Moines with a friend from that goes back to 3rd grade. Found her thanks to Facebook. That is what I like it for.
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Sharon
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Post by Sharon on Mar 21, 2013 23:23:09 GMT -5
I drove down to DD's school tonight and took her out to dinner and we did a little wedding shopping. Mom and I have bought all the sequin pins in our town but still need some more for our ribbon pine cone project. I was also able to pick up some different ribbons. DD has one more final and she looks worn out exhausted and on constantly on the verge of tears. Hopefully she can recharge her batteries this coming week. Next term will be another rough one.
She transferred so many credits in from high school that she is able to finish school in three years. Her major has very few students so the classes aren't offered very regularly so it means take them when they are offered because it could another two years before they offered again. With the accelerated schedule and lack of classes it means that she sometimes ends up taking the prerequisite class and the required class the same term. That is what has happened again for next term. Plus next term all 4 of her classes also have labs. She will be busy, busy, busy.
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