<p>Well he does work for a law firm but does the corporate side of the house. Once I read this I realized that it implied he was inhouse counsel which he isn’t.</p>
<p>We are doing a b’day celebration for him tomorrow. We already celebrated his passing the bar – this was more ceremonial I think.</p>
<p>oregon - glad you will be there for S and I hope H joins you.</p>
<p>Congrats to Rochmom S! Whoo hoo!!</p>
<p>MP - Glad to hear H was able to compose something nice although I totally got what you had suggested! 
I hope your deal goes well!</p>
<p>Moda - Is 36 a perfect MCAT score??</p>
<p>TA - you have an uncanny ability to cut to the chase! see things so much more clearly when you do your analysis - Very apt screen name.</p>
<p>PS Did Shaw say where we should meet up??</p>
<p>I wish TA lived closer so she could have talked sense to my D1 before she left her life OOS! ;)</p>
<p>^At the Tiki bar. I’m headed there now ;)</p>
<p>Friday afternoon update: So S accepted the Scribe job, and ascertained that even at the initial limited pay BUT the ability to give H two days a week (at closer to $16 an hour since S has worked his way up to this pay level from HS), he can afford to live on his own. Also, NY didn’t call today and they knew he had to give an answer to this other job. SO… it’s not like he’s written it off but now we have NEW drama (that risks severing my tongue from my biting it)!</p>
<p>Last fall when the school sent a bunch of stuff re grad/law school to parents, I pointed out all these hoops, he told me that only applied to kids applying that year (but of course, he could of done it all that early). so now let’s fast forward to what he SHOULD have been doing THIS past fall and it turns out, he’s missed some deadlines to have his UG put together the dossier thru their health services stuff. Anyway… he is slightly freaked out and was not at helped by texting his advisor asking if he’s screwed because he missed a nov deadline for declaring intentions or something. He hasnt miss another (and more important IMO) deadline of Feb 3. But Advisor’s response was he didn’t know because it all went thru this other office. He tried calling that office directly, but just like when he was there as a student, they are notoriously difficult to reach and there had been no response to his email by 5 their time. And of course, it’s JTerm where everything is just a bit off.</p>
<p>And all I can do is hope and pray it can be worked out because I clearly recall his telling me when I brought it up so long ago that “I think I know more about this than you….” or “You don’t know what you’re talking about” when it came to anything about his schedule, grad core requirements and getting the backing of the school for med school admissions. And it is true that I really thought he was missing a class in the core, and needed a specific something for his major… and I was indeed completely wrong. But honestly, I think so many of his friends having their post grad plans sewed up almost completely before they even came back in the fall left it out of sight and out of mind of S. He knew he had the research gig for the summer and felt “done.” </p>
<p>In fairness, he has only blamed himself for all of it… but he is absolutely without a doubt harder on himself than anyone anyplace could ever hope to be. Still doesn’t make it easy to a litany of unknowns.</p>
<p>And with H out of town, it’s exhausting that I am the only ears around…. I just encourage him to only worry about things he can do something about now, and this aint one of them. Have the documents that are due in early Feb done come Monday since she clearly was out of the office today. But if he HAS to wait another year before he can even apply, he’s saying perhaps he should pursue NY. ARGGHHHHH And again, H is out of town. :(</p>
<p>So sorry Moda. For all kids use all sorts of technology, they are not necessarily at all good at synthesizing a consolidated calendar. I’ve seen a bunch of kids miss scholarship deadlines because they don’t notice that the scholarship deadline is earlier than the schools’s application deadline. They locked onto one deadline date, and assumed that everything else is consistent with that. </p>
<p>Good luck Oregon. When is the surgery?</p>
<p>MP – Glad your husband came through with some good writing.</p>
<p>It is the weekend. Whee! Finally. Off to see an art exhibit that’s closing Sunday, and lots of put-the-house-back-together tasks, but still – whee!</p>
<p>I just hope I don’t run into my neighbor after I have a glass of wine or two. She’s gotten into fights (literally a fistfight with one neighbor!) with everyone in the neighborhood, and is a witch with capital B. Years ago she gave another neighbor great grief because his kid, who was a long-distance truck driver, parked the cab of his semi in his parents driveway for a couple of nights when he stopped over for a visit. There are RULES about not allowing commercial vehicles to park overnight in our tiny HOA, and she made sure everyone knew that they were being broken and that these folks ought to be punished.</p>
<p>Well, for the past three nights she’s had a truck parked in her driveway courtesy of the roofing company that is redoing her roof. But she’s a special snowflake, and apparently the rules against commercial vehicles not being allowed to park overnight don’t apply to her. Just grrrr…</p>
<p>arabrab, just sent you 3 bottles of wonderful NW local wine in overnight mail! Go for her!</p>
<p>S’s surgery is this WED. He will be in the hospital for 2-3 days. H and S texted and S told he wanted him there but not if it was a problem. So H is now in. However, H completely fails to understand that he needed to be in for me also. Not even a thing on his mind. He just sees me as able to do anything. I am just not feeling it but keeping my not so loving mouth shut. Now it is whether he attends his choir and we leave at 6 a.m. on Wed. or he skips his choir and we leave and drive 1/2 on Tues night (we have done before and makes a much better trip). The actual trip should take 4 hours but in reality this road is so tragic driven that it can take 10. It is weird how difficult the trip between Portland and Seattle can be even when the weather is OK.</p>
<p>I will talk with DIL tomorrow and nail details down.I wonder if we will see G’son as he will be 45 minutes north and I do NOT want him at the hospital as per the National warning to avoid taking children to the hospitals due to the flu.
Thanks all for your support, once again.</p>
<p>Mod–you must be so frustrated. If your S is hardest on himself where can you vent? Here!</p>
<p>arabrab, have the neighbor photograph the big ugly contractor truck in the witch’s drive and if she gives the other neighbor grief, produce the photo.</p>
<p>Oregon, best luck with the trip and the surgery. I sure hope your son improves.</p>
<p>I took the photo myself, treetopleaf! Great minds think alike. The other neighbors moved away, but I’m keeping the pic just in case. We have the nicest neighbors except for her. Fortunately she threw a hissy fit at the HOA annual meeting and got royally shut down. We have more than 10 times our annual dues assessments sitting in the HOA’s checking account, and she is still desperately worried that we’re not collecting enough in dues. And that people she doesn’t know have the temerity to drive down our street (which is dedicated as a public right of way, fwiw). </p>
<p>Oregon, I hope all goes really well with this surgery.</p>
<p>A tearful D called, they have officially broken up. I am being very careful to only say concrete behavioral things about him. If they ever do get back together I don’t want to have said mean things. I just feel he is not ready. He is hanging all on her future residency and that having kids would be too difficult. I did ask if he thought his probable blindness might just be slightly bigger difficulty than her 4 years of residency. geesh</p>
<p>Mod–D said being a scribe (in ER?) is a good plan. </p>
<p>I refuse to believe that bad thing are going to continue to happen. Rather I am thinking that this is just finishing up things that began in Dec.</p>
<p>Remember D’s car? We went ahead and filed this morning and she called this afternoon with the break up news. So now the family will think we are being vindictive.</p>
<p>oregon101, Sorry to hear about your D’s breakup. I think you are doing the right thing by not saying anything too negative to her about him, in case they do get back together. My S1 has had the same girlfriend for almost 3 years but they broke up briefly about a year and a half into the relationship. That didn’t last long and I was glad I had not said anything negative about her when he told me they had broken up. Good luck to your son with his surgery. When you say you “filed” today about your D’s car, do you mean with the insurance company or with the courts?</p>
<p>Moda, Congratulations to your son on accepting his scribe position!</p>
<p>Thanks for the support sevmom. It is difficult to see her so unhappy.</p>
<p>We file a claim against the guy who hit hers. We have no idea if it will be fruitful or not. It is all confusing with our local DMV saying it will be a brandished title and so on but then Geico had no idea (talked to 2 people) that they were even suppose to tell our DMV. So who knows. I am close to looking for a new car in which case I will give D mine.
We just decided the only way to get this jerks attention was to file. I am going to push D to rethink her reluctance of going to small claims, though now that we filed it may be too late. Geico did say to save his emails in case he denies his actions. I think H had fun telling them about his promises/emails</p>
<p>Have been reading along/following everyone, but haven’t really had any “news” to report … Congrats to those landing jobs and healing thoughts to those in need.</p>
<p>I’ve spent many. many hours this last week in the basement/crawl space of the new house here in RI unpacking, sorting, and repacking stuff for long-term storage. Most of it I had previously packed in cardboard cartons, but we decided it really should be in plastic. All I can say is we should have invested in Rubbermaid! Although I did most of it while H was traveling this week, he came down and helped the last 2 days. The cement floor has not been kind to our knees, and it all would have been a little easier if we were contortionists. But, it’s done, and I have an inventory of what’s in each bin. I’m not a hoarder by any means, but I just couldn’t throw out things like hardcover picture books, D’s wood doll house, etc. Plus, all the Legos. K’nex, and Bionicles – still lots of “playing” left in them!</p>
<p>In the category of “not a great thing to do 3 days before leaving for FL,” I just wasn’t paying attention and missed the last step coming downstairs this morning. (It was 5:30 and I hadn’t turned on the lights.) My left foot and right knee are very sore; the foot more so. How do I know if I’ve broken anything?</p>
<p>Ouch, CBBBlinker! I am not a good source for medical information/advice; sorry you got hurt. I twisted my ankle in college and it ballooned to several times its normal size but it turned out it wasn’t broken.</p>
<p>I guess your stumble in the dark will make mine this morning seem less inconvenient. In the darkness I stepped in dog poop which was a stinky mess. I was out walking the dog when it happened. So I wouldn’t make more of a mess I removed my shoes and finished the dog’s walk in my socks. But I guess I’d much rather deal with that than anything twisted or broken.</p>
<p>Am back from taking S to the airport for his return to college. The college where I work begins the semester on Tuesday and we are off tomorrow for MLK Day; his school begins tomorrow. They also attend class on Labor Day. I don’t feel sorry for him, but I do feel sorry for the school employees!</p>
<p>D has learned of an opening in an area of interest in Chicago at the parent company of the place she’s working now. It’s an entry-level position and she’s qualified for it! In addition, all the executive staff she’s met have told her they would be a reference for her, including the CEO who is on the board for the parent company. She is having lunch with a person who is in an equivalent position here, who has agreed to review her resume and cover letter for her before she applies. </p>
<p>I’m really hoping this works out! </p>
<p>oregon101, sorry about your S, and for the drama with the car and your D.</p>
<p>That’s great news, c_q! I was wondering this morning how were things with your D…it sounds very promising.</p>
<p>That IS great news CQ… will cross my fingers and toes for good news… and yes, it sounds promising.</p>
<p>Good morning, all. CQ, sound promising! Congrats, Moda, on son’s scribe job! CBB, hope you’re not hurt and enjoy some warm weather after all that basement work. Oregon, sending healing mojo for your son.</p>
<p>My flooring project is almost done so next up on the list is the finishing trim. We’ve called the electrician back out to meter the lines in the second box he installed because much to my ire, the hottub, on its own new circuit, is having power sags. I can tell because whenever the power is interrupted, it goes into “Econ” mode and drops heat, so I go to get in and instead of 104, its 87. </p>
<p>Yet there’s no other sign of power interruption. I guess its fortunate I have this “canary in the coal mine” opportunity, though, because once we rig up out servers and workstations, unidentified power sags would ruin our equipment. I’m just ticked because lately i feel like I’m throwing a lot of money at things (the car, the well, etc.) for what amounts to shoddy work that ends up having to be redone. Hey guys, how about doing it right the first time? Good grief!</p>
<p>Mcson checked in with proof-of-life last night. His 50-hour work weeks haven’t left him with much time for creative endeavors but he has written a small score for friends working on a web series and is producing a music video for a local artist, and lately has earned some freelance money shooting portraiture, of all things. It started out when he did some pics for one of the actresses in a play he’d run sound for a few months ago, so now people are calling him.</p>
<p>We’re going up to see them on Valentine’s day…not because we’re weird and intrusive, but because that’s the day of his GF’s senior thesis play that she’s directing. It’s also their 2-year anniversary. Here’s hoping it goes smoothly for her! While its not her directorial debut, it would be nice for her if she scored an A on Valentines Day/anniversary :)</p>
<p>Mcson has just applied for a job at the university that would be a great fit and good pay. I’m sure competition will be stiff, but send a little mojo his way. I’d love to see him have either more money or more time (or in this case, both :)</p>
<p>It sounds as if there have been joint discussions about staying in Ann Arbor a while after gf’s graduation to save up some cash before heading to SF. Which is why he felt free to apply for this job. If they were leaving for sure in May, it would be pointless. So I’m super hopeful that he gets a shot at this one!</p>
<p>Wow, good luck with the job prospects!</p>
<p>Ran the snow blower yesterday, and they say it will snow later today.</p>
<p>Promising news re CQ D and McSon. The bus is now in Hanoi to be followed by an overnight cruise in Ha Long Bay. Then on to Koh Samui and Angkor Wat.</p>
<p>^^^ shaw - which MBTA line do I take to meet the bus in Hanoi???</p>
<p>Well, if asked yesterday afternoon/evening, I would have said for sure I broke a bone or 2 in my foot, and there was no way we would be getting on a plane to FL on Wednesday. Plus my knee was so stiff I could barely move. This morning, though, things are MUCH improved, so come he__ of high water, I’m getting on that plane! I’m not exactly running around, though, and H has actually agreed to taking a cab to the airport, which is huge! (We usually take the T, which works really well, but it involves more walking than I’ll want to do.)</p>
<p>Good luck to cqD and McS!</p>