Parents of the HS Class of 2010 and college years beyond

[ProudNJMom]

Adding my prayers for GSharp's mom and PVC for Scualum's son.

[momof2inma]

Sending PVC's to G#'s mom and scualum's S

D received a letter from Tau Beta Pi inviting her to attend a meeting which of course is during one of her classes. I don't know much about it, but I believe this is one of the legitimate honor societies. Does anyone here know anything about it?

[MaineLonghorn]

GOOOOO, scualum's son! I hope it went great for him.

Up and down with S2. After good reports from his teachers earlier in the week, he wouldn't get out of bed this morning. I woke him up once, and when I went again to tell him to hurry, he said I hadn't woken him up yet. After I said more than once that I had, his response was, "You suck at getting people up." So I went and got a little water and threw it on him. I guess I'll do that from now on. He never did get out of bed. I'm so tired of this.

[esobay]

Momof2, yes Tau Beta PI is a legit honor society, the one for Engineers. Similar to Phi Beta Cappa for Letters and Sciences people. It has been around "forever" as in my H was one and our D got hers last year. and yes, it does count on the resume so put it down....

[TWINMAMA]

showmom, DH's ancestors are from the Glasgow area so that is the lure there...I don't really care where we go in Scotland as long as we can see D1 and listen to the wonderful Scottish accents

[12rmh18]

G#: I'm sorry to hear about your mother. It sounds scary. I'm sending healing wishes that the docs can get this under control & your mom on the mend.

Sending (hugs) to ML and limabeans.

Scualum: I'm probably too late to point the PVC toward your DS but I hope the other vibes got there in time for his GMAT.

I'm on the road & have limited Internet access, but I'll try to check in.

[coskat]

Positive thought to & for G#, MaineLonghorn ( try an air horn next time),limabeans and all who need them.
YDS you couldn't have said it better this is a wonderful community!

[RobD]

PVC locked & loaded for Mama G# and Scualum's S!

ML: so sorry you had to start your day like that. It would frustrate me. But I have to say, water on me would have gotten me up. So hugs to your S as well.

DB: good luck with the remodel! Hope all goes smoothly.

[psychmomma]

PVC and hugs all around! THe list of those in need seems to be expanding a little lately.

S heads back to NU tomorrow. It seems like he was here forever - and of course, now I'm shocked that he's leaving! I've kept my tears from D leaving a month ago bottled up and fear the ride home from taking him tomorrow will include a little bit of weeping. Luckily S2 is still home so I still have one more ride around the CC merry-go-round with him.

[initiatelaunch]

Loading ++++++ vibes for G#'s mom and scualum's S.

S2 got his cast off (pirate speak, though a bit "belay" tedly)

Not much from S1 recently. This RA gig must be hard work. Will have to get on his calendar so we can catch up

[LIMOMOF2]

Sending healing vibes to GSharp's mom and good luck vibes to scualum's ds.

ML - sorry things got off to a bad start this morning. Hope your day improved!

Nothing exciting to report - but tomorrow is Friday! Woohoo! I need a weekend!

[parent56]

good morning all..coffee is ready

hope scu's S did well and hope gsharp's mom is feeling better

[Youdon'tsay]

Is it morning? This West Coast series by the Rangers is killing me. But we won! Woot!

Second p56 on hopes for good outcomes.

Ds2 is wearing me out. Between college search and a rockin' social life that I'm trying to keep from rocking too much I'm worn out. Well, the Rangers get some blame, too, I guess.

Ds1 e-mailed me yesterday asking me to send him some family photos, I guess to share with the host family. While researching, I saw some pics I hadn't seen in years of a family fishing trip, including my Dad. I was surprised to see how strong he looked just a few years ago.

Hey, maybe I could get some excess PVC action tonight for the football game. We're 0-3 in preseason, as is our opponent. Someone is getting a win tonight. Hoping it's us. ... On second thought, I don't want to jinx the PVC, which has never been wrong!

[DougBetsy]

Good morning and TGIF.

ML - sorry about the rough morning with your S2. I hope today is/was better.

scualum - I'm a little late, but I hope the GMAT went well for your S.

For anyone who cares (mdem???) Mumford and Sons will be on Saturday Night Live tomorrow.

Have a great day and weekend.

[showmom858]

TGIF everyone. I really need a break this weekend. No break tomorrow as my friend and I are holding a big yard sale at her house!

It's been another long stressful week for me at work. Because of our company restructuring they are letting 2 more accounting staff go. That means they have let 5 accounting staff go in less than a year and there are only 4 of us remaining to do all the work! And we don't know what may happen to the group we support yet in the new year. Yikes!

DB - Forgot to say good luck with the remodel. Thanks for the tip on Mumford and Sons. H and I are going to see the Black Keys in two weeks and are very excited. D2 said they were excellent in concert.

The good news for us this week is that H was made the Director of Engineering officially. He has been doing the job for the past two months, but now has the title and a 10% increase. And they told him this is an out of cycle increase so he will still be eligible for an increase in February when they have focal point reviews. H is happy he is getting the recognition for the work he is doing even if the company is not where he would like to be in the long run. For now things are stable which is great with both girls in college this year!