<p>Good morning, and may I say a heartfelt TGIF!!</p>
<p>This has been the longest 4 day week ever, and it’s not really over yet.</p>
<p>mdem - it is nice to “see” you here again. Hope that you are adjusting to being back in some classes, as well as to Florida.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to getting some errands done this weekend (and the weather is supposed to be yucky here anyhow) so I can be ready for my trip next week for D’s graduation. Still counting the days till I see my kids again.</p>
<p>good morning. We are expected to have rain for the whole weekend, and the stump removal in the front yard which was supposed to happen on Tuesday still hasn’t happened, and grad party is next weekend and I had big plans for yard work post stump and sans rain…</p>
<p>D1 gets the keys to her apt for the next year today. Big milestone. In the money and real life discussions, I made her do her own taxes this year with my help. She had to do three- fed and two state NRs. We gave her 1/4 of her r&b allocation for the summer to manage with the apt and we’ll see how that goes, esp since no job yet.</p>
<p>D2 lost all her wisdom yesterday, she is doing pretty well. H has nurse duty today.</p>
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<p>Hi, everyone. I agree that this has been one looooong week. Ds gets home Monday. I can’t wait. I’m behind from being out of town. Need to go pay bills.</p>
<p>Have a great day, everyone. 
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<p>Good morning! Thanks for the coffee! </p>
<p>I am in a good mood today. After a 3 month stint in the “main pharmacy” at work, I am back to my job as “clinical pharmacist”. I don’t mind the work in the “main pharmacy”, and actually the day whizzes by because you are always busy, but the other pharmacist in there is BEYOND difficult to work with, so I am so happy to be out and back at my desk.</p>
<p>Whistle while you work </p>
<p>Catchin up in the airport </p>
<p>DB I will definitely keep your sister and family in my thoughts.</p>
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You sound like my DW on those weeks that I work from home. Regardless, congratulations on the solo!</p>
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Funny you should mention that as I was working with a software company this week that wanted its support costs based on the Seattle-Tacoma CPI. I dont think so, US/Urban CPI is much more reasonable.</p>
<p>TWINMAMA I hope that the interview produces good results for role-model D!</p>
<p>Jc40/RobD You guys get to have all the fun. ;)</p>
<p>Footballmom Good news from Kroger employee discount? ;)</p>
<p>Jackief Hopefully D1 will find a job soon, D2 will recover quickly, and H will not mess up nurse duty. ;)</p>
<p>YDS Skip the bill paying. Its way overrated. ;)</p>
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Happy Belated Reluctant 30th Anniversary! I have a friend whose motto is, Marriage is great! Everyone should do it at least twice. ;)</p>
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You left out
If its eaten standing up = no calories.
If its licked from the spoon or bowl = no calories</p>
<p>And, of course
Slim Fast still works when made with Ben and Jerrys.</p>
<p>12rmh18 I hope the METRO can survive a potential convergence of our kids worlds. 
D2 was similarly nonplussed when I told her what the weekly cost of METRO was going to be. Oh well, at least you can rest easy knowing that chocolate when consumed with champagne is calorie free. ;)</p>
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Im guessing that was a wise decision. Probably not because they were so clean that they thought that DWs other pots and pans would have an inferiority complex. ;)</p>
<p>BTW, Portugal is between Spain and home, so S1 should plan another convenient stop. Did you go with the unlimited budget option?</p>
<p>I will be in ATL from about 5:00-6:15 EDT. Hopefully our gates will be relatively close again. PM me or send me a text when you get in.</p>
<p>ProudNJMom D2 has been back in NJ this week helping with Reunions. She was staying with a friend in one of the dorms w/o A/C and they decided that it was miserable, so they went to stay at the friends house (Colonia, NJ?) until they had to be on-campus. Tomorrow she takes the train back to DC to begin work next week.</p>
<p>Tx5 I guess its too late to get in line for adoption by your mother?</p>
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D2 was never into the whole dating thing either
mostly because she has zero tolerance for guys doing something that aggravates her which is what HS guys do for a living. DW said that when she was home last week, D2 talked quite a bit about some guy at college which is very uncharacteristic for her. I am trying to figure out how to get D2 to have no guy interaction until after graduation
preferably post-grad graduation. Any good ideas? ;)</p>
<p>KY - Welcome back. “Life is pretty good.” - That says it all… cherish the time. </p>
<p>Alicew - Hang in there. Same for all you great parents enduring grueling weeks. Remember that this time too will someday be looked back upon as “the good old days”. </p>
<p>G# - Per D2/dating…“Any good ideas?”… good luck with that ;)</p>
<p>Hi, KY from the other Appalachian on here! Your D goes to HPU doesn’t she? A good friend’s S just graduated from there - going to Wake Forest for grad school in the fall.</p>
<p>G# - I wish. Heck, we spend enough there to pay his wages and several others. Actually, he’s following in my footsteps. I worked for Kroger from '80 - '83, when I was in school.</p>
<p>Back to page one</p>
<p>Am I the first one up? There’s coffee for all.</p>
<p>thanks for the coffee alice!!</p>
<p>chocolate and champagne=no calories?? now if only i had known that sooner! :)</p>
<p>Rainy day here. Been crazy busy at work, preparing for a big event today. I will be breathing a big sigh of relief tonight! </p>
<p>Not much exciting happening. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!</p>
<p>happy raining Saturday Laf and alice and others in this large storm. Get it out of your system this weekend so we can have sun next weekend for grad and party! Going to start doing some planning/prep this weekend.</p>
<p>D comes home on Thurs! :D</p>
<p>Good morning everyone, i love coffee in the morning. </p>
<p>G# - thank you for the recap. </p>
<p>D’12 is graduating this week and it’s been a month of busy senior activities with prom, awards nights, well, you’ve all been there! :). I just learned that 12 out of town family members will be coming for the ceremony and may be staying at our house. Well, I have to assume since no one ever offers to stay at the hotel just down the street from me. I’ve got the pizza place on speed dial for that pre ceremony meal.</p>
<p>And we’re taking off on our family vacation a week later and I haven’t even started getting ready for that. </p>
<p>S will be coming home on Thursday for the summer. He hasn’t found a summer job yet and the community college summer classes are full - including their wait lists! Any suggestions
on how to light a fire under his booty? Who knows, he may have a plan that I don’t know about…</p>
<p>Welcome back, KYParent! We will be in your neck of the woods early August to drop off D. </p>
<p>Ok, back to housework. So much to do! Have a great weekend!</p>
<p>lilmom, I say let ds do some of that work currently on your plate!</p>
<p>Drove ds2 to SAT testing this morning. Aren’t y’all glad those days are over? As of about 11, they’ll be over for me, too! These are just his final two Subject Tests.</p>
<p>Talked to ds1 multiple times yesterday. He called for this and that … and that and that. I think he’s just excited about getting home. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it!</p>
<p>Happy Saturday to all.</p>
<p>YDS - it’s the end of an era for you.</p>
<p>lilmom - We are right there with you on the senior activities. Last night was grad night at Disneyland for D2. The got back to town at 5 am so she is sleeping at a friend’s house this morning.</p>
<p>D1 has been offered a camp job here in town. She also got the camp job in the mountains she had last summer, but wants to stay in town. The problem with this new job is where it is located with us sharing a car. She should hear early next week on the job she really wants which is very close to home. Please send some positive vibes out west to us that she gets this job!</p>
<p>Sending positive vibes your way, showmom. In the meantime, can S have the job your D rejects? I can send him SD to that with my SIL for the summer. Lol</p>
<p>woohoo to all the kids headed home! and pvc streaming for needed jobs or internships to all!</p>
<p>S2 starts summer classes on monday… expect to hear complaints about physics for the next few months.</p>
<p>Good morning!</p>
<p>S3 is taking the SATs this morning and has prom tonight. He is taking the ACT next Saturday. Hopefully this will be it, but he may have to take them again in the fall. We will see. </p>
<p>D1 is at an orientation for her Masters in Teaching program and then leaves for the airport this afternoon for her trip to London with my mom. They are very excited. My mom is quite fit for 75, and has traveled a lot. </p>
<p>Showmom: Good luck to D1!</p>
<p>Lilmom - where is D going to college? </p>
<p>Showmom - We’ve really lucked out so far - both Ss can walk to work for now, although with S2 the lifeguard, there’s always the possibility of his getting moved to another city pool. But I usually know ahead of time if I have to have my vehicle at work, so something can usually be worked if need be.</p>
<p>Footballmom104 - Morehead State. She’ll be playing a sport there.</p>