Parents of the HS Class of 2009 (Part 1)

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<p>Will it be wine or cocktails this evening, MP? It is an accomplishment, that’s for sure.</p>

<p>NM – I hope you sleep better tonight. I’m trying to get better at getting up if I can’t sleep, and reading or listening to an audiobook rather than using the computer. Apparently the computer light is especially not good in terms of telling the brain to get ready to sleep. </p>

<p>FG – Wow – your D’s a really efficient shopper. One and done on a wedding gown trip? I’m impressed. I’m glad the engagement pictures turned out so well.</p>

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<p>On my way tomorrow AM back to DC to help. Have such a great time with this client in London. We are bending the curve in this industry. Very satisfying. </p>

<p>ShawWife went to a convocation ceremony where ShawD was admitted to her school’s equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa. ShawD discouraged us from attending (I missed it because I was in London) but was happy to see shawwife and her godmother there. </p>

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<p>NM, good for your D1. Also, I sent you a PM about the pictures.</p>

<p>Congrats to shaw D and glad she was able to have mom and godmom there.</p>

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<p>It’s still cricket-ville for med school interviews. I would be lying if I didn’t say I am VERY nervous for the kid especially because I would have guessed he would have gotten an interview at least two schools where his stats alone were well above the averages for acceptances. Send him some good mojo as I see he’s really bumming</p>

<p>Our D tried on a number of dresses, but it was still one shop and done for her as well. </p>

<p>MP - Hope you are enjoying the empty nest.</p>

<p>Shaw - congrats to your D, but honestly I except nothing less. Truly achievers in your genes.</p>

<p>The weather is absolutely phenomenal here…. too bad there are few people to play with during the week when I have the time. Mostly I am trying to get to all the things that don’t get done during the season, including construction projects. I ordered a couch some time ago and it still hasn’t arrived. A friend of mine is having a garage sale this weekend and while I do want to get rid of a few things, I will have to get into the basement first. </p>

<p>My sister accidentally sent some cooling vests for her two dogs here instead of AZ where she lives and are needed. My day now includes picking that up and taking it to the next town over to ship overnight fed ex. For her dogs. I don’t even jump that high for the kids!</p>

<p>D2 has been oddly silent in New Zealand, but then again, she could be chatting with her dad but he left on Monday. Still no decision on what we’re doing for housing and I will be honest to say while I get it on some levels, on others I am beyond over it. Seriously. And while he says he will be looking while he is home, I really really don’t want him picking a house for “us” or for me! </p>

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<p>Moda, if you aren’t bugging your H three times a day about your housing situtation, you are more patitent than I would be.</p>

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<p>Well well well…younger D just sent me a picture of herself with her septum pierced. It looks ridiculous. But as long as it heals well, that is one piercing that is easy to hide when she realizes how ridiculous it looks.</p>

<p>edited to add: I just saw a thread on the Cafe entitled “What Do You Consider 'Social Drinking”?" Hmm…whatever that is, I need a few stiff social drinks right now.</p>

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<p>Just met with DTE’s daughter and gave her some probably unneeded career advice. Great kid. Good head on her shoulders.</p>

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<p>Cool, Shawbridge!</p>

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<p>Oh MP! Piercings can go away…</p>

<p>Shaw - Congrats to your D! Sigma Theta Tau, I presume??</p>

<p>I’ve been asked to move from online teaching to in the classroom… not sure I want to make that particular leap.</p>

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<p>Tell us more, Woody. Different hours? Same course(s)? Same level? Convenient location?</p>

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<p>Just got back from a beautiful hike. Nice crisp weather on the mountain. </p>

<p>S, DIL and G’Son were here for a visit. Kid is a bright cute 2.5 year old. He’s very much like S in his train and car interests. He is also very much into asserrting himself and, as he is so much like S, it is pay back. It would be funny if I did not get so tired of the fuss.</p>

<p>Mod–are we going to hold hands or drink our way through the next months? MP, please join us. </p>

<p>DIL had been “waiting” for her last and most important reference for the past 2-3 weeks. As I am not her parent I felt I could not do anything helpful. Her own parents would not have a clue. Finally, while here got the email that it was in. All her secondary’s are in. We spent two afternoon shopping to pull her clothes together. Supposedly her mother was going to shop with her but never seemed to happen. She talked and talked about med school, the process, her dreams. It was very touching. However, I am VERY anxious for her.
S got a new pair of dress shoes as he has face to face interviews this week and one more telephone one.</p>

<p>D has decided that Ob-Gyn is not for her. Too risky and watching a baby almost not make it finalized her decision.
She is very interested in Derm because, “I like the language of rashes”. Yes, she was an English major. (really, who would think to notice the language of a medicine as appealing?).</p>

<p>H is still enjoying his semi-retirement while I am continuing to adjust–not always graciously. He has this expectation that because he is off that I am free to join him, Or want to.
We will travel for some fun to Chicago soon and then visit my Aunt and see how things are really going for her.</p>

<p>Shaw–nice that you met with DT’s D.
DT–how is school?
Woody–congrats? or sympathy?
RM–great for your D.</p>

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<p>Sending the good vibes for Moda S as well as oregon DIL.</p>

<p>Woody , have you done classroom teaching before? Just curious as to whether you don’t like it or like the on-line teaching more.</p>

<p>oregon, if you all need a fourth for the drinking and holding hands, I’m available. </p>

<p>MP the pierced septum is one of those things that grossed me out several years ago, but doesn’t phase me now. (tho I might feel differently if it were my kid), not sure if I’m getting more modern, more tolerant or just older.</p>

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<p>@woody‌, this is something called The Academy. Seems school-specific. </p>

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<p>Shaw is not telling you how much he went out of his way to meet with my daughter. She texted me that she enjoyed the meeting and got a lot of great advice. I think I will hear more this weekend. I really appreciate how kind and thoughtful he is.
I start class tomorrow. I have been studying and taking an online quiz. I get to do a group project next week, guess on what? Breast Cancer and I am not making this up.
Congrats to Shaw D.<br>
D2 loves her job, she is such a kind person and loves the patients.
sending med school mojo, I know kids that it took a couple of years. </p>

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<p>Shaw/dte, that’s awesome.
Sending med school mojo, drink fixing and hand holding to all who need any of the above. Sending the bus to help y’all define social drinking ;)</p>

<p>Moda, “summer” finally made an appearance in these parts too…I at least got to enjoy a warm night’s swim sat night…though not until after a trip to the tenants to fix the garage door.</p>

<p>The property manager’s garage door guy couldn’t be bothered to make a night call, and the woman’s car was stuck in the garage with a meeting she had to go to this a.m. So mch, mcson and I went over and fixed it.</p>

<p>She’s so sweet and such a good tenant I truly didn’t mind a bit, though I feel the property manager really should have handled it Since that’s what we entrust them to do. She has another six mos. on her 18-mo lease but has asked if the house will be available to renew for another year in April (for her, yes ;)</p>

<p>In other news, I’ve been mucking about with a fiction novel for the last 20 years, most recently converting the entire narrative to limited third person, which is horrifically tedious. My writer’s group has been hassling me to finish it for McSon’s bday because he too has harassed me for years about it. Well, this week we didn’t have quite the same grueling hours as all summer because the third of the big deadline projects is finished.</p>

<p>So in a move that even surprised myself, I finished the conversion :wink: It needs a deep clean for sure and I still have a few weeks to do so before the birthday deadline, but its actually kind of weird to have just up and finished it.</p>

<p>It’s kinda late in life to be shopping a first fiction novel and I’m pretty clear I’m not likely to ever quit my day job, which, frankly is more lucrative than what average long-form fiction typically pays, but I’ve decided it might try to shop it anyway as something of a retirement lottery/hobby :wink: Way back when I wrote the first ten chapters, someone in my writers group of the day had given it to a Canadian literary critic who liked it, but at the time that psyched me out. (When you’re a news journalist by day, the idea of publishing fiction is a little daunting as it goes against the ingrained “controlled voice” and objectivity.)</p>

<p>The guys in my writers group have been harassing me so much to finish it because they want me to start something new. (Quite likely because its chc lit and they’re old genre guys who are mystified by the workings of women ;). Since I had made a deathbed promise to my dad to finish it (yes, that was seven years ago ;)) I felt I kinda ought to before starting something new. </p>

<p>So here I am, almost ready to start something new. Not quite sure what to do with myself :wink: Hi ho!</p>

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<p>KMC - Congrats! Always nice to finish something but then the hole or what to do next…</p>

<p>DTE/Shaw - Great that Shaw could help out and that the timing worked out.</p>

<p>MP - What does your daughter want to do? Perhaps the piercings would fit in with her goals? Somewhat artsy perhaps?</p>

<p>Good luck on all those awaiting word for med school!</p>

<p>Tomorrow is moving day so will be busy moving furniture for D.</p>

<p>DIL is doing well and starting to really show. They will be looking for a house in the new year. Probably not long after the baby is born.</p>

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<p>@woody, ShawWife brought home the program and they inducted 20 students into The Academy. </p>

<p>@kmcmom, time to lock yourself in a room for a long weekend and finish the thing. Plan a celebration after so you have to finish. </p>

<p>Made a special effort to get home – flew from London yesterday AM, met with DTE D1, did my congressional gig in the early evening and caught the 10 PM flight home – and ShawWife left for a weekend kayak trip at 7 AM. It would have been a lot easier staying in a hotel in DC. </p>

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<p>kmc, I’m so impressed. I used to fancy myself a decent writer. But doing lawyer drafting type writing changed that…H says I speak in outline form.</p>

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<p>She is definitely the creative type. Her major is apparel studies - the major combines merchandising with production. When I was watching Project Runway last night, I was thinking how she would fit in without anyone batting an eye.</p>

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<p>Although an engineer by trade and now a manager I’m more artsy than anything else. Artsy with logic? Is that possible? I would much prefer to spend my days with a sewing machine, knitting needles, etc. I’m looking forward to taking up spinning in the future. Love to spend time in the garden and love to cook – but both these things are how does it look both in the garden and on the plate as well as does everything “go” together. :slight_smile: Drive H NUTS!! Although I only have my ears pierced and no tattoos I do understand people who want them. I’m just too much of a wuss to want to add pain to my life. :)</p>

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<p>RM, there is lots of artsy work in the computer world these days. Design, animation, … . Maybe there is a way to merge them.</p>