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<p>I don’t spend 3 minutes a day worrying about North Korea, but that is the type of thing that would keep me awake at night!</p>
<p>ShawSon is off getting his first $25K in seed capital from an investor this evening which is part of $75K this week. Pretty wild, no?</p>
<p>I moved cross country after graduation. I liked the West Coast, but I will say that I was so burned out from undergrad that I should have taken a year off before starting school again. I’m guessing your D managed her time/sleep a lot better than I did – when I look back on my senior year, it is unclear when I had time to sleep (and it is unclear that I did). Interesting to see that ShawSon is doing the same thing.</p>
<p>yes, that sure is pretty wild shaw!</p>
<p>Wild indeed!</p>
<p>On a much smaller scale, some EDM: D2 and her friends are going to North Carolina after graduation; staying in a beach house of one of her friend’s parents for a week or so. Sounds wonderful to me.</p>
<p>Anyway, I told her we’d give her a certain amount of $$ for her flight home, and she could figure it out (where she wanted to fly from, and when). And, if she spent less than said amount on the flight, she could have the rest to cover expenses on her vacation. Darned if she didn’t get right on it to find the best fare, etc. We did give her more than we knew she would need, but obviously that amount she’d have left over determine just how much would come out of her own pocket. Now I’m wondering – why didn’t I do this sooner?!</p>
<p>Z - I might have to do that with younger D. Will have to figure out what a typical fare is though so I don’t constantly rip myself off. 
H got a travel voucher for his flight home the other day because I put in a high number when I was checking him in and they were looking for people willing to be bumped. Haven’t seen it and don’t know how those things work now adays but I hope they are transferrable! </p>
<p>S is ticked at me… and as I’ve been saying for four years, for how incredibly smart he is, he can be his own worst enemy. Has this interview on Thursday and so I ask who is it, what do they do, how are they funded, for what purpose exactly and he has no real clue… just some foggy association where he is unsure of the specifics. Says something about knowing the science blah blah… copped some attitude about my not knowing things and so I quickly ended the conversation. Sent him an email to suggest he might not know EVERYTHING and I might know at least SOMETHING. Told him that just because a finance kid knows how to analyze numbers doesn’t mean he doesn’t need to know who he might be doing it for. And it would be wise to know a lot more so when asked if he had any questions, he had some intelligent ones to ask… even if to clear up confusion. But if it would be easily found out via a little research, he’d be wise to do it so as to look thorough. And if they asked you what you might bring to the table, you’d have at least a clue as to what they actually eat! Sooo frustrated.</p>
<p>D is likely not going to continue playing next year. It’s been a good experience and she is hugely glad she did it, but they have not talked to her about scholarship and she is unconvinced the sacrifice of everything else is as rewarding as it should be. I am of the thinking that if there is absolutely no scholarship, it’s just too much sacrifice. But I want her to be sure of that before making a decision. Not sure how I can encourage her in the confidence to even ask.</p>
<p>Didn’t hear from the oldest tonight, but yesterday she was the one keeping me up… now the other two are! One step forward two steps back kind of day.</p>
<p>Frustrating conversation with my mother just now. All sibs received a box of real junk from Sis and some have been upset. M insisted I tell her what was what and then yelled at me that I had upset her and put her back weeks. MY bad but I do get now that she is not tracking and did not know what was said from minute to minute.
In her usual style she asked me to give her back her class ring AFTER I have it fixed (it was cut? to get off someone’s hand–no idea). I just nodded and know that tomorrow she will not remember. Not sure what she wants other to continue demanding and controlling.</p>
<p>Woke up to a few inches of snow on the ground. More predicted tonight and tomorrow. Will spring ever get here? Ugh…</p>
<p>Moda…In our experience and for those we know playing D1 athletics the coach usually has a season end evaluation talk with each individual player and at that time discusses future goals and scholarship opportunities. Has she said anything has been scheduled? Also a good idea to see who has already been signed for next year and what position they play. Good Luck to her!</p>
<p>I also get the “you don’t know how things work now” every once in a while! I usually end the conversation like you did. In the end D2 has just enough insecurity that she usually will revisit the conversation we had and make adjustments. I bet your S listens to your wisdom. :)</p>
<p>Congrats to shawson on his funding! Yay!</p>
<p>O101, sounds like the best policy is to say yes, do nothing, and figure it will fade into the background with other demands. </p>
<p>Moda, sigh. This took a few years for me but is now 2nd nature. </p>
<p>It seems to be first nature to ShawSon. He asked someone for background info on a prospective customer that he reviewed 1 hr before his call with said customer.</p>
<p>Good afternoon, all. Too much going on, on too many fronts. At one point I had all three kids texting me while I was working against a work deadline. </p>
<p>It’s way too cold here, but I won’t complain because no snow or even sleet.</p>
<p>College basketball is over - won’t need to watch any sports again until the winter olympics (unless the Rangers end up going far in the playoffs.) Older D and I are going to watch the WNBA draft on Monday night, which is being televised for the first time.</p>
<p>TA…MS adviser really liked D2’s resume but had her remove all high school items and didn’t want a personal statement or objective at the beginning. Gave her big kudos for her work experience. Overall D2 thought it went very well. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Had HH with a girlfriend tonight. So nice to catch up with what her graduating S is doing.</p>
<p>Good morning. I caught up with some college mom pals last night too NM. I managed to fit quite a few glasses of pino Grigio into my caloric budget by sharing my entre 
Of course, now hat I’m up for my 7 am meeting I wish I’d ate more and drank less! Hi ho.</p>
<p>Kudos, Shaw, on shawson’s seed money. Moda, your s can act mad all he wants,you told him the truth about how things work, now the ball’s in his court. He will probably do better at the interview as a result and thank you one day!</p>
<p>So, i FINALLY have concrete evidence that mcson is indeed graduating…his ENG grade was changed from a lapsed incomplete fail to a pass on his transcript to a pass yesterday
His classes end on the 26th. Nothing like a cliffhanger! Of course, there is still the no small matter of completing his sr thesis before then…but the biggest hurdle has been cleared!</p>
<p>kmc, good news on the grade. S2’s last exam is on May 2 and graduation on May 18. I don’t think there are any issues with grades, but I still don’t know if he has his cap and gown yet. He said he took care of it, but H thinks that means it was ordered not that he actually has it. When talking to H this week-end about basketball, S2 mentioned that his lease ends on May 15. It seems to me that he needs to see about renting a truck to move his stuff home. If he wants H’s help, he needs to have an actual moving date sooner rather than later. He still thinks everything can be left to the last minute. </p>
<p>I sure hope his work visa comes through quickly and he can head out to Australia as soon as we get back from our trip to Ireland in June. I don’t think either of us would be happy if he has to be home for more than a very brief visit. I guess he could ship off immediately under a tourist visa but the costs will all be on him so that’s a risk I personally wouldn’t take. If he is stuck around here this summer, I have found some classes that would keep him busy (like getting a CDL license; OSHA; well control, etc.). He isn’t going to be sitting in the living room playing video games while I am trying to work, that’s for sure. </p>
<p>NM, I think the rule of thumb is to omit any mention of high school achievements on the resume after the sophomore year in college. S2 also took the objective off of his resume this year.</p>
<p>TA–you made me smile with the video game comment. I do not know if S is playing anymore but he was pretty keen before creating his family. Good luck with the tourist visa. Somehow I missed that your family is going to Ireland. Exciting! Are you planning it? I am still slogging along with the Spain details.
I am up early for an appointment with the GI doc. Time to get to the bottom of the years of stomach aches.
H retires in May of '14 and then will work part time. It is feeling very close. He does not have enough to do so I am worried…</p>
<p>D1’s H set up an NCAA basketball pool with his family and ours. I am the big winner! Yay! I will put the money towards my Europe fund. It was fun to beat all of the guys. ;)</p>
<p>oregon…good luck with the medical tests. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!</p>
<p>Snowing again today. ugh…</p>
<p>Oregon101, I hope you get some answers on your stomach issues. We booked a tour for Ireland so luckily no planning needed. We leave on May 30 and get back on June 10. At the time, we thought S2 had a job so this was a vacation to take between school and his start date. Now the timing is terrible. He misses the start date for any summer school classes, or the ability to apply for internships or even minimum wage jobs over the summer because those all start in May. I’m not a happy camper about this situation right now.</p>
<p>Congrats on the BB pool, NM!</p>
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<p>Ding ding ding, we have a winner. Older D - a college sophomore - was required to go in for a “resume evalutation” for some class. She asked how long she could keep the HS stuff on, and was told “for two more months.”</p>
<p>D2 didn’t have HS activities listed…just where she attended and those dates. They had her remove that.</p>
<p>I guess once you’re finished with college, the prospective employer theoretically doesn’t care where you went to HS. </p>
<p>I do think students should make sure they tailor their resume where possible. For example, if D, who is up north for college, would want to get a job down here, it would explain a lot to see that she is from here.</p>
<p>I would keep on the HS only if it is Philips-Andover or similar that a discerning employer might recognize. If not, gone. And even in that case, probably only among employers who would know.</p>
<p>Just curious as to your collective thoughts – I have no clue what on earth McSon has on his current resume, and should probably investigate, but his HS was a well regarded G/T program known statewide, where he also had won several awards, including a fairly prestigious music honor (performance) and composition competition. Should I be checking in with him and advising to axe those reference (as I suspect he’ll have kept them in…)</p>