<p>I have been buried under MOUNDS of son’s apps, his excessive EC responsibilities and his desire to seriously injure himself at his sport (wrestling) before he can matriculate to college.</p>
<p>DD, aka baby girl (the college freshman) was home for 3 days at Thanksgiving which warranted a 24 lb bird and a 15 lb ham. And she brought friends from all over the country. Other sibs didn’t want to be left out so they too brought friends. Ended up sleeping everywhere.</p>
<p>They will all be back on 12/16. So I can cook it all over again!! She will only be home for a little over a week, she has winter training in FL during the break.</p>
<p>I was so happy they were all home.</p>
<p>Not looking forward to DS being gone next year, not at all. He qualified as a semi-finalist for the Morehead so hoping he will stay. Not likely with that kitten. He has LOA’s (likely letters) from the service academies, which really has me up at night.</p>
<p>He will be the 4th gone in 4 years…</p>
<p>So that is where I have been, in my hidey hole, hiding.</p>
<p>Yep, one son will be still be at home, currently a high school 10th grader.</p>
<p>And, noooooooooo DS (the senior) is in the middle of all this app stuff. He applied EA some places, still waiting to hear back. And RD to others, no ED though. He did visit Williams and West Point. Put off his visit to Cornell, Amherst and Northwestern. He had seen enough (his words). He is not the most patient of kittens. He is one of the more naughty ones!!!</p>
<p>I have been enjoying all the acceptances on the other forums. It is so nice to see dreams being realized. Most comforting.</p>
<p>Wyogal,
the fastest way to not being “overlooked” is to cook for teenagers! I am happy to pull off a meal for kids…entertaining adults is full of angst, but a bunch of hungry teens is a piece of cake…they will eat any and everything…</p>
<p>May I apply for admission? I’m both overlooked and unclassified.I wouldnt touch one of the politically charged threads with a ten foot pole.I think I’ll keep those opinions to myself lest i get burned…thin skinned here.</p>
<p>Cathymee, I’m with you! I remember back when you didn’t speak of religion or politics, and people were MUCH more cordial then and I think much happier! I just can’t deal with it anymore! I need to escape TV and politics, so coming here is so refreshing!!!</p>
<p>Yeah, those dang labels can get tricky, especially when they’re imposed by others! </p>
<p>Let’s see, according to the people where I live, I’m an ultra left-wing radical 'cause I am pro choice (WITH SIX KIDS!) and <em>gasp</em> want evolution taught in the public schools!</p>
<p>But, I’ve come to find out on the naked party thread that I MUST be a Republican 'cause I don’t think those gatherings are a great idea…</p>
<p>I AM SO CONFUSED!!!</p>
<p>Yep, maybe I should just stick here with the unclassifieds…it feels so much safer! :)</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s funny how the threads that are not even political topics turned into politics and how thoughts were “labeled” even along party lines. Not my cup of tea. </p>
<p>And berurah, ya gotta get out of Kansas and over the rainbow!! Some of those stories in your neck of the woods, whoa. :D</p>
<p>Um…you guys brought politics and labels to this thread, a big no no. We are the UNCLASSIFIEDS and this thread has no labels. Just a friendly reminder before this thread, too, turns into a political one like some other threads in the cafe that were on NON political topics but turned political very fast, with labels and names, etc. </p>
<p>So, back to our regularly scheduled non classified programming!</p>
<p>~~~Susan (your fellow overlooked and unclassified member who doesn’t want to have to look for yet another thread that is “neutral” and not political in topic)</p>
<p>I would like to join the Unclassifieds, but I see a conceptual issue, namely how does one seek an Early Decision from those who have decided not to decide? Seems to be somewhat of an oxymoron.</p>
<p>Sign me up not as a Beagletarian but as a Bageltarian.</p>