<p>is someone actually practicing in there? (not that I ride my horse or my husband plays his guitar in S’s) LOL</p>
<p>That’s an interesting visual, #TM!</p>
<p>Baby lawyers? As in new law school grads? Reminds me of my college days – we called all the entry level courses Baby ___ – as in Baby Art, Baby Music, etc. </p>
<p>Nothing to move out of S’s room here – but our dog will be ecstatic to have S back, since his (dog’s) bed in in S’s room. Ever since S went to school, H has wanted to move the dog’s bed into our room at night, but I nixed that idea. All those years of light sleeping to be awake in an instant at the sound of any noise from D & S’s rooms, and H now wants to bring the dog into our room? No thanks!</p>
<p>SPEW!!! #theorymom!!! Ahhh, sabaray…indeed what a visual! I have tears in my eyes from laughing at the postings this morning!</p>
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<p>Not at all. Younger D retired from gymnastics two years ago and we haven’t disposed of the stuff.</p>
<p>Catching up on the last couple of days posts has been great! We all still have some anxiety about our 2013’s, but we show so much more maturity…HA.</p>
<p>S (nothing too dear about how I’m feeling about him today) next Friday, and other than a two minute call last week, he’s been incommunicado. </p>
<p>Where is he storing his stuff this summer? “I don’t know yet, but it will be fine.”<br>
Does he need an airport shuttle? “Chill, mom.”<br>
I heard you had a GF, I’m happy for you. “Bye, mom.”
Me, texting, “Go check your mail for a finals care package from mom!” Silence.</p>
<p>As PRJ said, I’m a Charlie Brown adult,
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<p>As far as driving, S got his learner’s permit, took a few driving lessons, and would never schedule the rest so his permit eventually expired. My brother took him for a quick drive and S hit a pole. Hasn’t wanted to drive since and says he’s just not aware of what’s going on around him. Living in L.A., there aren’t any open roads or big parking lots to practice in, but I can’t imagine him being 25 and not knowing how to drive!</p>
<p>My D’s are drivers. D1 has been driving over 3 hours back and forth to school for the past 4 years. She is an excellent driver. D2’s drive is significantly longer and she is not as good a driver! She still makes me nervous!</p>
<p>How’s the haircut?</p>
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We are expecting it will take S about 5 1/2 years to graduate, on the “reduced course load”. He will be taking 2 courses in E term this year, and may take courses in E term in the future too, although there aren’t that many courses offered. And we have just learned that if a course has less than 5 students enrolled, the course will be canceled. Guess what? Both courses S is enrolled in for E term have 4 enrolled! :eek: There are some other courses he could switch to, but it will impact his schedule for next year, which had been a challenge to arrange anyway (difficult to get the various pre-reqs in place when taking reduced load). :mad:</p>
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The first CS course used “Scheme”, which is similar to LISP in that it is a recursive language. The second CS course uses Java, which is pretty similar to C++. Already knowing C++ should have given him a pretty big “leg up” in the 2nd course. My son was in that (the 2nd one) course too. He told me that it was taught in an unusual way. As someone who already knew Java, he found the approach frustrating, perhaps your S did too.
I understand. We picked S up yesterday. He has been doing a lot of sleeping since then. I choose to interpret his tiredness as a positive sign for now 
(“he must have been working really hard”), but truthfully I am very on edge waiting for the grades to be posted.</p>
<p>missypie…Don’t say this very often but…I LOVE the haircut! :)</p>
<p>Have you take a picture? If not, take a few from different angles on you phone and leave it there for the next time. I find that I get inconsistent cuts, even from the same person.</p>
<p>I go to the same person all the time and you are right…depends on her mood or if she is in a hurry! She gives great head and neck massages while shampooing and conditioning! It is sooooo relaxing!</p>
<p>I get a good haircut the first two or maybe three times I go to someone and then it seems they go into hack mode. I am not picky in that I don’t micromanage the process, and I get it cut every 6 weeks so it’s not like it doesnt resemble what they did before. It’s a little depressing to be honest.</p>
<p>I could have typed that same list of Son V Mom conversations Cpeltz! So I gave up asking and too… I could only hope he had a girlfriend. But only someone who holds the bar very very high. It may not be true for everyone, but it seems my son is very good at treating women as they accept being treated. He will step up but not without a little prodding (and yes, demanding) from the girl.</p>
<p>DL thanks for the CS update. As you say, could be the way this class was taught that had him not catching on to it like he should have
I knew there was a LISP like language taught at one point, but he got a decent grade in the first course - though it was the same prof and he said he did not like the way the prof taught it even then. Jeez I just wish he would pass the dang class and be able to move forward with someone and something else. But I don’t think he did (pass it)</p>
<p>Cpeltz, your conversation with S sounds so similar to mine with #TS it’s scary. Sounds like a lot of us with sons this age are experiencing the same truncated exchanges. Haircuts, I better get one lined up for S.</p>
<p>theorymom – if the class is oriented towards object-oriented design then it might not be as much of a Java class as you (or theoryson) might be thinking. My guess (only a guess!) is that his challenge isn’t the syntax and semantics of Java, as much as it might be understanding the OO model and how to apply it to problems.</p>
<p>LOL arabrab - I understood about as much of that as if you were speaking Greek. But that’s OK. At some point I will endeavor to get S to explain what he had difficulty with. He has always been good at programming in the past - so I don’t know what gives in this class. I have a sense that you are saying it is the object oriented part that’s got him flumoxxed. Suffice it to say it cured him of thinking he might go into the field. I can’t say I am unhappy with that general idea (just with the failed course - and actually he could have a D in it but it would not count) since I have always seen a real passion for math in him. As you all can identify with - I just want him to find his way (sooner as opposed to later and without losing his entire scholarship in the process).</p>
<p>Hair cuts and color are my big indulgence. I found somebody who cuts my hair great every time, and it actually falls right day after day…pricey, but the pain of a bad cut scares the bejesus out of me at this point. My hair is the one thing in the aging process I can actually control short of surgery.</p>
<p>I hope S treats his GF well. This is the first GF and I obviously haven’t met her since I only know her name from his FB post. Since my H is S’s FB friend, he can see GF’s pics and profile, and she seems like a female version of my son - sarcastic, witty, wry, jaded, funny, smart. He was telling me a story about a female student from Brazil that two of his friends were competing to date. I said I always thought of Brazilian women as supermodels, and he said she was Ms. Teen Something Brazil, but that she was so stupid he couldn’t see why anybody could stand to talk to her - I appreciate the fact he’s not looks driven!</p>
<p>Sounds like EDM, Cpeltz!</p>
<p>wow i know how to spend money, over 6k for each ras treatment 33 in all. yikes.
D1 got some lessons in business etiquette as far as resumes go. certain paper, certain printing, timing of posting. all interesting.
We are teaching D2 to drive , she gets quite defensive as she is very hard on herself. fine line. she will need to practice more I think. we both take her out. but at this stage of the game, my H has more nerves than I do.</p>
<p>Oh DTE! That is outrageous! My deepest apologies for this crazy world we live in. I have no idea how well my insurance would do against something like that. It is little wonder that health care can bankrupt an entire family at that rate? </p>
<p>Son has had a couple girlfriends. And I am glad the one that was his first kept the bar very high. She was a year ahead and they broke up when she left for school, but it was sweet and accepting and I honestly don’t believe hearts were broken in the process. However, I will say that his senior year was littered with a handful - so obviously his heart wasn’t truly in it, but they let him treat them not as great as I would have liked to see. He wasn’t mean or rude or anything. But he was … umm…maybe distracted is a good word, but on nothing else. Disconnected might be better. But yet, they kept showing up. </p>
<p>If you have a person that can cut your hair really well, I will fly to wherever you are and get my hair cut and colored by them! And if you think I am kidding, try me. The one person who was like that for me moved to another salon and then disappeared off the face of the earth about 6 months after that. So… seriously, give up the name and no one gets hurt! ;)</p>