<p>Isn’t vodka virtually tasteless? It’s been a while since I’ve had a martini! TGIF! I’m ready for a relaxing weekend! YYY</p>
<p>:) we should all set a time and have our cocktails in unison! I am always so happy when Friday rolls around. One more week down and a toast to surviving 10th grade (for the 2nd time!) just seems like the right thing to do.</p>
<p>Hi all. Checking in from the road - our first Parents Weekend with D1. Sooooo good to see/hear/touch her - it’s been two months!</p>
<p>Another cosmo lover here and that recipe (and color) sounds just right, oldfort. Might have to have one at dinner tonight.</p>
<p>Worried about D2 (HS class of 12). She’s been sick all week with intermittent low grade fever, sore throat, and mostly, exhaustion. We brought her with us to see D1, but she is spending most of the time in the hotel room, sleeping. This doesn’t sound like flu. I have no experience with mono and as far as we know she hasn’t been exposed. Any thoughts on what we are dealing with here?</p>
<p>She works hard to maintain good grades and the thought of making up an entire week of work is daunting. </p>
<p>Sorry to be a downer on your TGIF cocktail party - party on :D</p>
<p>I never had a cosmo, but now I will have to try one. Y cheers.</p>
<p>PRJ - I had something similar a few weeks ago. The fever only lasted one day, and sore throat for a few days, then just sinus congestion and some cough. It took me a few weeks to shake it off, but I was able to go to work after staying home for a day.</p>
<p>I am having one now. It’s good. TGIF.</p>
<p>We went out to supper last night and although I usually order a glass of red wine with my meal, I ordered a… cosmopolitan. It seemed a little too sweet but was good. I think they put a bit too much cranberry in it since the color seemed too red. I am on way to becoming a cosmosior.</p>
<p>oldfort,PRJ - that virus is exactly what I’m dealing with. It’s been 2 weeks now and I still have a slight cough and congestion.</p>
<p>lilmom,prj, oldfort…i’ve had it off and on for a month now ! no fever. started with sore throat then went into sinusitis. along the way also had conjunctivitis. now still have the cough. it’s also hayfever season.</p>
<p>lovely stuff !</p>
<p>neti pot is my new best friend…</p>
<p>DD is enjoying the day at a local theme park. She had such a busy week that it was nice to hear her laughing and joking with her best friend. Tomorrow, she goes back to an early morning sport lesson and tons of homework. I’m sad that she has so little time for fun at this age. In 2-3 weeks her sports’ season is over and then she gets a little break. In the meantime, we’re trying to stay sane and HEALTHY!</p>
<p>i think i might be on to something…realized today that the mold counts are up for alternaria mold…</p>
<p>oldfort,prj,lilmom…does alternaria mold bother you guys too ?</p>
<p>condor, I’ve never heard of it. I’ll have to look it up. I have been experiencing asthma attacks (not big ones) but I thought it might just be from my cough.</p>
<p>she has mono.</p>
<p>thanks for all the advice and suggestions. alternaria mold? who knew?</p>
<p>the doctor’s office just called with the mono diagnosis. on top of the ear and sinus infections the doc diagnosed yesterday :(</p>
<p>D went to school today for the first time in over a week. we’ll see how she feels when she gets home. I am reading all the CC threads about mono - once again, CC is a great source of information :)</p>
<p>D1 had mono freshman year. She bounced back pretty quickly. She came home for 4 days. She did take it easy for a few months after she went back to school (no exercise, no partying, and a lot of sleep).</p>
<p>oldfort, good to know your D recovered quickly. I am hoping for the same - D is usually very healthy. I am thankful she is in HS, not college. I imagine it would be much harder as a parent to oversee her recovery from a distance.</p>
<p>Today my sophomore son came home from school with a consent form for the H1N1 vaccine. The county is innoculating all students (who have parental consent) between Nov. 6-13th.</p>
<p>Our first quarter is coming to an end next week. Beginning of the year I started a thread about what other ECs D2 should do besides ballet. It takes up so much of her time, it’s hard for her to have another time consuming EC. I am happy to report that she has settled into 3 very nice ECs - newspaper, debate, and the SMART team. I wasn’t surprised by the debate team, but was surprised by SMART. I don’t know if every school has it. It’s a science club with only a handful students selected by the school to work with a college professor. In their case, they are doing some research with a Columbia professor. I never thought D2 was much of a math/science person, but she seems to be enjoying it. She did say she feels she is the stupidest one there. I just read her first article in the paper last week (she compared ballet to sport). Her first debate is this Sat. </p>
<p>She is doing very well in math this year (A+ in her trig class). She thought geometry last year was very hard. She is not doing as well in Spanish this year, I think the teacher is just tougher. I am keeping my fingers crossed that she’ll keep it up.</p>
<p>Next week will be her sweet 16 party, then Thanksgiving, and the holidays are just around the corner.</p>
<p>oldfort, your D sounds like mine - wants to do everything! And she’s not too happy with Span, either. My D loves to be busy but when she’s tired, she crashes (and stay out of her way!) </p>
<p>I remember those ballet days, at this time during the year, I’d be in the basement working on props while D was in rehearsal. It was fun helping backstage watching the girls waiting in the wings, helping w/quick changes…until they asked me to help the professional male dancer, eeeew, the sweat…D last danced in the Arabian and snow numbers.</p>
<p>She gave it up because she discovered her sport which was also time consuming.</p>
<p>First term exams are over! DD did well (she said she should’ve studied a lot more, though.)</p>
<p>Mine has had some sort of killer virus over the past 2 weeks – she missed all of school last week with a fever and now she’s “just” congested and tired. It’s hard to make up all that work when you still don’t feel good! </p>
<p>She voluntarily missed fencing twice this week and is skipping an Academic Team (quiz bowl) competition tomorrow so that she can rest and do homework. </p>
<p>Math Prize for Girls is next weekend, and I’d really like her to rest up and feel better for that since we’re making the trip to NYC.</p>
<p>A lot of kids at D2’s school are sick. Teachers are not giving back test because so many kids haven’t taken the test. </p>
<p>Don’t push her too hard, it’s more important she gets better.</p>
<p>lilmom - we are at a bit of low right now because they just finished the first quarter.</p>