Parents of the HS Class of 2009 - Page 1840

downtoearth · 10-08-2012, 08:58 PM

Gosh I was cringing reading my typo posts, I am trying to proof read but forget most times. Back from the lake, it was fun, love the fall. Looks like lots of CC folks live in or visit Boston frequently. Glad to hear from TM. MP puts it all in prespective.

oregon101 · 10-08-2012, 11:41 PM

Darn! DT, I had a lovely message written and suddenly CC dropped me. Just want to say that I always enjoy your posts and many of us make spelling and grammer errors but we are only concerned about each other and not those things.

college_query · 10-09-2012, 06:42 AM

shawbridge, sorry you are "stuck" in a Manor House, and although it's probably not convenient, I imagine there are worse places to be!

DTE, I find especially using my Nook or other non-computer devices there's no telling what ends up when I post! Makes communicating unpredictable and interesting! But it's good to hear from everyone.

Trying to coordinate a get-together with the parents (5 families) from our son's group graduation party. Back in May we talked about getting together after the kids all started. Somehow I am the one attempting to organize it. It shouldn't be this hard, but it is!

kmcmom13 · 10-09-2012, 07:07 AM

Egads, graduation party! I knew there was something I was forgetting to plan this year

then again, one is never 100 percent certain with mcson that he won't end up a course short to walk

perhaps I'll wait until I see the engineering grade and end of term to plan...
I'm reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" right now on his recommendation, which I must say is supremely interesting and quite funny in parts. Mcson is not aspie, but when younger was often mistaken by teachers as aspie, because he does have some of the traits, and as we know now, is on the spectrum, so to speak, with his inattentive ADD. But he said there were a lot of parts of the internal logic of the protagonist he could relate to. (The book is written from the viewpoint of a teenager with Asperger's syndrome.) At any rate, I'm enjoying such a fresh, unique narrative. What a coup for the author that his first book was such a challenging viewpoint.

missypie · 10-09-2012, 07:50 AM

kmc, Son and I both read the book. While we enjoyed it a lot, we would describe the boy as pretty far into the autism scale.

I got dressed to work out last night but then after dinner I just covered myself with a blanket and read We Need to Talk About Kevin. The first few chilly days and nights are fun. H wanted to build a fire but I thought that was overkill. My, my, Kevin certainly is evil.

TheAnalyst · 10-09-2012, 07:53 AM

kmc, excellent book. I thoroughly enjoyed that one. I just finished Heaven is for Real and thought I would love to be in a book discussion group with you on that one. In summary, an almost four year old has a near death experience during an operation and describes his experience in heaven to his evangelical preacher father. Since the son reports things he couldn't have known, I'm wondering if some sort of mind meld was possible between father and son where the son could see inside his father's thoughts and beliefs. I had one of those out of body experiences after an operation where I was technically dead and could see and hear everything happening to me as if observing from the ceiling of the hospital room, so I get that part.

Modadunn · 10-09-2012, 09:10 AM

I don't wish any near death experiences on anyone. Yesterday morning there was a huge fire just half a block from my house. The elderly woman living there woke up to a house full of smoke, couldn't find a phone or didn't have a phone (one of two) and then drove to the fire station up the hill which is a volunteer fire department so... no one there. I heard this weird pop and hiss and stood up on my porch to see flames shooting off the front porch three houses down across the street. The houses around here are built literally within spitting distance (less than your arms span) and if one goes, it's a high risk they all might. In any event, I am very bummed I didn't see it even five minutes earlier than I did. The cute cottage was a complete loss and the house next door suffered massive damage between some fire but mostly smoke and water. Fortunately no one was injured, which was amazing.

So I take video of the flames while waiting for the fire truck to come... and now that video has somehow found it's way onto the news!

Parent's weekend: Awesome except for son leaving his back pack in the back seat and our having to fed-ex it yesterday back to him. Thankfully just notebooks and not text books!

D started practice. How's it going, I ask. Good she responds. And so is the level of communication between myself and freshman daughter. <sigh>

missypie · 10-09-2012, 09:54 AM

Moda, that was excellent video...I wondered if you had taken it yourself. Have you contacted the TV station? Is there a way to protect the intellection property rights of things you post on Facebook?

shawbridge · 10-09-2012, 11:01 AM

c-q, you are right. Being "stuck" in a gorgeous manor house is not the worst thing in the world, but I try to use my time pretty efficiently when I travel, so being in a place with a) very slow internet; b) very slow restaurant at which I'd have to eat alone; c) room service that told me that they had run out of hamburgers after I had ordered one; and d) separate buildings so I have to walk outside, sometimes in the rain, for breakfast or dinner and have to roll my rolling bag across pebbled courtyards is not great for time or covenience. Fortunately, I'm on my way to a nice hotel in Stockholm.

ShawWife and ShawD are very mellow after time at an ashram doing yoga. ShawSon is sick and digging himself into a bigger hole after not having been productive for the first part of the semester. I'm sure he'll pull himself out of the hole after recovering. Plus he'll have to deal with GF and the likely unhappy denouement. And, job-applying. Ah well. Only so much I can do at this point (I can tee some possibilities up and suggest places to try) but the rest is up to him.

kmc, I loved the Curious Incident.

missypie · 10-09-2012, 11:15 AM

"Intellection"? I can't even blame that one on a smart phone. Intellectual. Must have been a slip that resulted from suppressed political thoughts.

Modadunn · 10-09-2012, 12:19 PM

I figure it might be creepy to take credit for something so tragic. I had been forwarded the news blurb from the local paper and had offered the video to accompany the story. He replied

Quote:

Would love to! If you want to email it, we'd be happy to give you credit for the video.
Thanks!

So I sent the video, but it's not like I have a "release" on my computer or anything, so not sure I have much to pursue except being kind of ... creepy.

kmcmom13 · 10-09-2012, 03:23 PM

Missy, I want an "intellection" if it means an "intelligent election"

Also, yes, the brits call Curious's protagonist aspie; the north americans, autistic; so somewhere in there -- eg. neuroatypical

TheAnalyst, I will be happy to read and discuss that book. I have had a few unusual experiences in the past that make such things of interest to me. Hopefully I'll wrap up on "Curious" shortly and then download that one. I will keep you posted

Moda, they used it with permission then, right? Or did I misunderstand? I do think it's sometimes cathartic for people (and also drives home a safety message) to see actual footage of live disaster. I hope it helps the community rally around the homeowner, who will be devastated. When they can "see" it, they can imagine/sympathize what the victims are going through. That's why I always opted for the most emotional fire photo I could find (not to sell papers....to make it real for the reader so they would help.)

NorthMinnesota · 10-09-2012, 05:49 PM

Hi All! I have missed you! California was very fun and H and I had a wonderful time together. Nice to know we can still make each other laugh and really like each other after being together nonstop for 8 days!

The weather was perfect, the wine delicious and we did so many things! Wine country, hiking and so much going on in San Francisco.

Sounds like you all have been busy. As a long ago political science major I try to stay out of the political arena with friends. Enough said.

kmc...hope the Thanksgiving celebration went well.

missy....ugh on the junior year drama. Sending positive mojo her way.

Missing c_q, TA, FallGirl, oregon and I know I am missing others. Will have to go back and reread what I have missed!

#TM!!!!! So happy you checked in! You have been missed. Would love to read some more of your poetry if you are willing to share a link. SO glad #TS is doing well. He is so smart!

RM...more about your trip, please!

dte...JC expected here this week.

arabrab...snowed here in state this week too but glad we weren't here! Making soup for dinner tonight

shaw...hoping shawson feels better soon! Sending positive mojo/good health for his love life and illness.

woody...you are a saint! I can't turn FOX news on!

Moda...the fire was awful! Glad you are enjoying your time away.

What a difference a day makes in temps and gas prices throughout the country. Yikes!

D2 ran the Twin Cities Marathon this weekend and I was sad not to see her run her first marathon. D1 came home to cheer her on.
Hopefully there will be more in her future. I am glad to be home and sleeping in my own wonderful bed.

#theorymom · 10-09-2012, 08:17 PM

All, I meant to share a tragic story with you about an acquaintance of S's. Like #TS, he was a talented singer, actor, mathematician. Unlike #TS he was also gifted in languages and self expression. You would think he had everything going for him, free ride to a good university, friends, family but he was high on the scale of Aspergers and also suffered from depression. After his first year at college he came home and stayed home, was working now and again at the CC as a tutor, but whatever demons haunted him, he could not shake them, and he hung himself in his closet late this summer. #TS was, as were many of this boy's friends, very shaken by this tragic loss. Hug your kids.

woody · 10-09-2012, 09:11 PM

Oh my god, #tm. Your story is so very sad. Just breaks my heart to hear of young people taking their lives.

Northminn - you are so sweet to think of all of us! Cool news about the marathon. Sounds like a great vacation!

Tomorrow I give my deposition in my expert witness case. I really hope I know what I'm doing here. I'm confident in giving my opinion regarding the nursing care...not so sure of my presentation skills.