<p>So you were a ‘senior member’ and now you’re sneaking in as a new member?!</p>
<p>OK, PinotNoir, you know I am a white wine drinker, so what is the brand? </p>
<p>So for those of you who do not know, DS was homecoming king last year at his hs. It shouldn’t have been a big deal, but it was, especially since he didn’t grow up in the town and wasn’t an athlete. Well, a year later he is at an all-male college, pledging a fraternity. This week he will be in full drag competing for Homecoming Queen. I also couldn’t be prouder that he was chosen for this honor. Wish him luck.</p>
<p>Yes! Can I get a full ride to an Ivy on an athletic scholarship? I’ll only have to pay my EFC at NYU right? Any colleges out there that give merit aid? Does Bed Bath and Beyond let you pick up stuff in local stores? What does “DS” mean?</p>
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<p>Oh, now you are just starting trouble! :)</p>
<p>It’s AMBO Grigio 2011. Here’s the write up I found on the internet just now (I thought I detected a honey taste, but they don’t mention that so it shows what I know!):</p>
<p>PINOT GRIGIO FRIULI GRAVE D.O.C.</p>
<p>Grape Varietal: 100% Pinot Grigio.
Vineyards: Located in the near of Ara Grande (Udine). Orientation is Souht-East; plant density 3500/Ha; yield 6,5 tons/Ha; mixed soil, formed by marl, stones and sandstone.
Annual Production: 5,000 HL - 625,000 bottles
Harvest Period: late September
Residual Sugar: 4 grams per liter.
Alcohol Content: 13% by vol
Color: bright straw yellow
Flavor: delicate and persistent; nice and fruity bouquet with pear, apple, citrus and flowers scent.
Taste: pleasant and light; dry and smooth at the same time with a long aftertaste.
Food Suggestions: Ideal with light bean soups, seafruit pasta and appetizers, tortellini al magro, fresh cheeses, poultry, simply topped pizzas.
Serving Temperature: 53° Fahrenheit</p>
<p>Good luck to your son Mizzbee :)</p>
<p>OHMom - you forgot to ask when to take the SAT’s and whether your S should ask his underwater basket weaving teacher to write his letter of rec!</p>
<p>We’ve all come a long way!</p>
<p>Thanks! I will be on the lookout for it!</p>
<p>Ohio Mom… Such a troublemaker. :-)</p>
<p>CC newbie questions that we all now know the answers to could probably be its own thread, and a long one at that :)</p>
<p>A tidbit from my D, regarding classes at big state schools:</p>
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<p>“It’s been a long time coming but all the junior Wackaloons are now officially launched!
Woohoo!!”</p>
<p>Wackaloons have flown the coup! Congrats everyone!</p>
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<p>True - and no one would read it except us “old” folks.</p>
<p>I’m used to so many newbie questions as they come in year after year at school. The net/forum has its own, of course, but many of the questions stay the same.</p>
<p>BUT, we were all there asking those questions at one point in time.</p>
<p>PLUS, it’s good to ask rather than be the senior in the spring who decides they want to try for a 4 year school and wonder when to sign up for the SAT.</p>
<p>notakid: During a Facebook interchange, my son asked my daughter how college was. She replied “I’m not at the top of the curve here and it’s rough”. I imagine many of our kids are feeling that way about now.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ve run into a snafu and could use a clear thinking brain. </p>
<p>S got his tetanus shot when he was 11, so all should be fine. He went to a dr who left for another part of the country. We now don’t have a record of that shot for school, which he needs asap. </p>
<p>What do I do? Should he just go to the health center at the school - would they give him one there?</p>
<p>He should go ask. I know my D’s health service does vaccinations. It won’t hurt him to get another now and know that he’s good for another 10 years.</p>
<p>eyemamom, the doctor who left - was the doctor part of a group practice that still has an office there, or was it a sole practitioner? Since you need it asap, there may not be time, but the office records will be somewhere. You could probably google it and find the contact information for the new location and have them fax it to the school, if that’s where the record is.</p>
<p>I probably shouldn’t disclose this, but since we moved several times, my current doctor had ME type up all of the kid’s shots/dates, and then submitted it, since they didn’t administer the immunizations.</p>
<p>I think he would be able to get a tetanus shot at his school health center if needed.</p>
<p>In Michigan, you can request a copy of the vaccination record from the state’s dept of community health. Not sure of the time frame to receive it in home, but dr’s office got it quickly for us. I’m thinking same day or next day.</p>
<p>Though, shot at this point would be okay, too. Maybe through school health service or local pharmacy that gives vaccines (Walgreen’s)?</p>
<p>I recommend that he get another tetanus shot. The new ones also have pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine in them and this is seeing a resurgence on college campuses! The Tdap is a good idea, my son got his a few months ago. </p>
<p>My D2 is a 3rd semester senior and is currently applying to pharmacy schools (pharmD program). She would start in September in the 3 rd year of a 6 year program. she called yesterday to report that she did well on her PCAT exam! Nice to have happy news.</p>
<p>We got to see D last weekend for parents weekend. Well we saw her a little she was busy with her friends too. She brought one of her pledge sisters to dinner with us and she is a really sweet girl. I too was struck by the we won’t really know her friends anymore feeling.
D finished first round of tests last week and was a little stressed out all week. She has gotten one back so far and got an A but still waiting on the other 2 tests she took.
Hardest thing has been dealing with what she thought was a viral infection but has now been diagnosed as allergies.
She is happy and likes school though so that is all that matters.</p>