<p>Woody congrats. I have struggled with the who you know thing. I have a friend whos’ husband is of that thought. His D is not as talented or smart as mine but will go to a more prestigious school because of wrangling etc… (to complicated to go in to) Unfortunately it sometimes depends on who you know. I guess it also depends on the area you are going in to. I have never learned to play the game right. But its hard to see other less deserving people get ahead because they do. Hard question .</p>
<p>The phone issues are the ones that get me everytime. I thought D would like having a data plan for her phone (we are the bare minimum kind of family) since she complained quite a bit of having many emails by the time she got to a computer last term. So I thought perhaps having the ability to access email on her phone would be a plus. I got a definite and resounding no, she didn’t think that was a good idea, she would be “too stressed” always having email with her. I can’t imagine the kinds of issues AnalystS1 is having.</p>
<p>talked to advisor she agrees with me and she knows daughter pretty well. I also said that I was unhappy about not being consulted, (nor was the advisor). I said after this year my d needs to applauded .We shall see. I was pretty diplomatic. bbut got my point across. It was a good chance to have that discussion about other people not determining who you are or what you can do. and not letting it get you down.</p>
<p>dte, good for you! I hope everything works out. It is far better in my opinion to attempt more at first and then cut back if you need to. Far better than being at loose ends without enough challenging, enjoyable work.</p>
<p>Have you already tried the “so sad to have to switch carriers” approach?? My dh is a master at this. He politely tells someone what he wants to do, and then when they say no, he every sadly explains that he will have to cancel his account. A few seconds later, they have surprisingly found another plan as good or better than what he had originally asked for. This man has gotten every sweet deal available in cell phones, and has never paid an annual fee on a credit card in his life.</p>
<p>I would give it a try before I had to change my cell phone number.</p>
<p>My dh has absolutely no tricks for college tuition, unfortunately.</p>
<p>50, that is a good idea; it really should make no difference to them which numbers are kept and which are dropped. When we drop S1, I plan to buy the blackberry Tour (can get two for $50) and add a dataplan for H with the money saved by dropping S1 so they won’t even lose any revenue with this change. </p>
<p>Phone, cable TV, and Internet sure are more expensive than they used to be.</p>
<p>H ALWAYS invokes the switch provider rule! Works like a charm…</p>
<p>Well, D has decided to “Show me the money”. She figures she’ll get to NYC often enough, she should broaden horizons with a related field and, after today, she’s exhausted form the commute! Fun for her though, she called up a bunch of college friends and they met in Grand Central for coffee after all the interviews.</p>
<p>DTE - I’m not sure- will your D get to take the Anatomy/Physiology that she wants?</p>
<p>woody both offers seemed great hard to make a wrong decision.
I dont know yet about the A and P should hear soon. or I can straighten it out in the fall.
On another subject, I was on FB and young moms from my work were stressed about the adjustment of their kids to the new baby. Remember that? if you want to see a cute You tube type in “dont touch me” brings back memories. (wistful sigh)</p>
<p>PS. Beat LA Beat LA…</p>
<p>Go Lakers, go Lakers! I LOVE LA!!</p>
<p>PS. Did I mention that my underachieving son made the Dean’s List??!!! I’m the poster mom for other parents who think their kid will never ‘get it’ or reach their potential.</p>
<p>Congrats, Cpeltz!!!</p>
<p>TheAnalyst, a business pal of mine in Germany who travels frequently for work resolved a few years ago to just keep two phones – sim in one, data on the other. Not ideal but that was the reality of making international access work sufficiently in his case.</p>
<p>We got a nice newsy e-mail today from our dd1 (Class of 2013) who is in a third world country for 8 weeks. She seem to be functioning well immersed in her foreign language. I just never would have dreamed at age 19 to travel by myself to an impoverished country. She is volunteering for an organization which provides HIV/AIDS education. </p>
<p>I am, as usual, 150% proud of her self-reliance, and 50% sad she will have a short time at home this summer, before going back to her school 3,000 miles away. (That’s my own Mom version of new math.)</p>
<p>Congratulations cpeltz and 50.</p>
<p>I dropped ShawSon off at the airport this morning for his 3 1/2 week trip to Europe. I told him to be smart, that if something seemed dumb, don’t do it, and to call if he had any questions or problems. I sent him off with a kid equally big, so the only way they can have real problems is to do something stupid. They will be in Amsterdam for a few days, which does lend itself to dumb activities.</p>
<p>I called ShawD yesterday AM at her best friend’s house in Martha’s Vineyard to remind her that she had a phone interview with the director of the summer science program she has applied to. Good thing as she thought (incorrectly) that the interview was today and not yesterday. Today, she told me that it went well. Interestingly, he asked her what she wanted to do for her career and she said, “I’m only 16. But, I want to do something in science, maybe research but I’m not sure. I like biology.” Then he asked her where she thought she would be in 15-20 years and she said again, “Well, I’m only 16 so it is a little hard to plan that far ahead.”</p>
<p>^^That’s funny Shawbridge. How refreshingly honest as well.
Congrats cpeltz, well done!</p>
<p>cpeltz, congrats on the dean’s list! Happy travels to ShawSon and 50’s D. Woody, I agree your D had no bad options there. S2 is starting to despair of finding a job and is talking about picking up a second summer school course with the chemistry in the next session. He seems happy and stress free at the moment, which is good.</p>
<p>kmc, I think you are right about using two phones as the best option. One of the girls he went to high school with happens to be studying abroad in Australia right now so he is going to see her this week-end at Surfer’s Paradise beach. How’s that for a small world? I’m really glad to see him fitting in some fun.</p>
<p>Woody, congrats to your D. Interesting how the commute factored in to her decision making but good that it did. That could really be draining. Glad that AnalystS1 is fitting in some social activities; hope that the job search works out for S2 but it’s a difficult market. Don’t know how many hours D will end up getting on a regular basis but every little bit helps. </p>
<p>All of these travellers! I’ll need you all to give me advice next year. I’ll also need a prescription for Xanax to keep my anxiety and neuroses to a minimum!</p>
<p>Well D arrived home yesterday so the entire family is together for the summer. Take S tomorrow to check out some apartments in Ithaca since he will start at Cornell in the fall. Hopefully they will find something they like. He’s rooming with a HS friend that is also attending Cornell as a grad student.</p>
<p>Good luck to all the travellers! </p>
<p>Hopefully D will start the job search today!</p>
<p>So, D and her boyfriend just celebrated their six month anniversary. The boyfriend then celebrated the end of school by getting a mohawk! D is seriously turned off. I feel a bit sorry for her, but it is pretty funny!</p>
<p>Congrats on the grades and jobs!</p>
<p>^^^Uh-oh! Sriously? A mohawk? I’d be turned off as well…</p>