<p>My d is not doing the spring musical for the first time since fourth grade. I’m so sad but I know she is moving on to much bigger things. I feel like I deserved that final moment with her high school stage career. All of the seniors except one have dropped out. It’s very bad. I’m soooo getting that turd fired. My DD13b is auditioning for the Wedding Singer elsewhere. She doesn’t give a crap if she is just in the chorus. It’s like heroin and she must have her fix.</p>
<p>Moon pie and all drama parents, let’s make voodoo dolls and I have a genuine chicken foot from Marie Lavouves (French quarter) to wave over the dolls and make incantations.</p>
<p>my3 - should we PM you for directions for getting as many dark green boxes as it takes to then get lighter green boxes???</p>
<p>I continue to give puffs to those with one box…until I can give no more!</p>
<p>I don’t like hearing about all the drama drama…our D’17 wants to be an actress, and I worry about everything I’m hearing about I hope the drama/MT kids of the parents on this thread have a great rest of the year, whichever productions they participate in!</p>
<p>My nine week, online class started today. Not happy that the class “runs” from Saturday to Friday instead of Monday to Sunday…all my other class assignments were due Sundays by 11:59 pm and this time the assignments for this class are due Fridays at 6:00 pm. Are you kidding?? Just means I will have to finish most of the work on Sunday, five days before it’s due. Gonna have to really work ahead. Nice, huh? Really good for the full time working mom with all that spare time Sorry for the rant. Gotta go study!</p>
<p>Me too, me too, me too!!! I wanted the final moment! I’m so sad, but she’s applying right now to audition for a REAL musical. With a REAL company. I have another coming up to the high school. I want this turd GONE before D3 gets there. Will need to borrow chicken foot</p>
<p>my3gr8boyz: “Mars is the red one and Jupiter’s most wide, Saturn’s got those icy rings and Uranus spins on it’s side. Neptune’s really windy and Pluto’s really small. You wanted to name the planets and now we named them all :)” I admit we still break out in full voice to this and always lose it at the Uranus part. We’re not very mature. Roll Tide.</p>
<p>kellijake: sorry you’ve having a rough time. No words of wisdom but sending you lots of good vibes. </p>
<p>Walker: Go girl! Stickittothemaniosis!</p>
<p>I am feeling for all you drama parents dealing with nonsense. As if senior year isn’t stressful enough without incompetent “adults” making it worse. </p>
<p>Thanks for the passport reminders. I have a note to renew the girls passports next week. Guess I have to get them new pictures first.</p>
<p>I feel somewhat guilty for having a calm house. I don’t expect D2 to get any more news till the middle of March. And school should be chill. And I’ll be 30 degrees warmer this time tomorrow since I’m going to FL to help D1 get set up for her spring internship. So I’ll only be on my phone & unable to puff & tap.</p>
<p>drmom123 thanks for clearing that up about the scales they do look like a puff or cloud .I was beginning to think you were all passing the hooka around and I was missing out!!! Sorry to hear about all the Drama Drama…so frustrating!! Our household is pretty quiet for the moment In 3 weeks we start traveling for some Official Recruiting Visits and then DD has been selected to interview for a Full tuition Honors Award in Feb. Very exciting yet very nervous as DD is not a great public speaker when it comes to being to interviewee and not the interviewer .I will be hiding in the basement for sure!</p>
<p>So Sorry about the Drama with the Drama…
I Love the Voodoo Doll Idea…
I could have used one last year with the AP Calc teacher…
But glad to hear those suffering with idiot drama teachers are moving on to other theatre projects…and that may actually be a blessing as the professionalism at those venues will be worth the aggrevation you all are suffering now…
Not to mention it looks good on the resume…</p>
<p>Depression for me always hits in the Winter…so those suffering…you are not alone…try a little sun or an Ot light…sometimes a little VitD works wonders…</p>
<p>Whats with the puffing?..i don’t think I see anything on my phone…
Does puffing relieve the stress ??? Sounds fun anyway :)</p>
<p>The drama drama does not sound fun! My dd is having a bit of the same with her sports team but not as bad. I think it is a bit of a different mind set when you are a senior - expectations are different and motivations are different - wondering if this happens with the senior class every year (I am really referring to my dd’s team not the drama). </p>
<p>Here’s a question - would you allow your senior to take a road trip with two other friends over a long weekend (8 hours) to visit a friend on a college campus - that your senior wants to attend? I really don’t have a huge issue with her being on campus because the friend that is a freshman is a great kid - it’s the 8 hour road trip. I’m hoping one of the other parents says no so I don’t have to! But I also think - maybe it is time to say yes??? Man…who said allowing our kids to grow up was a good idea!</p>
<p>Yep, sports teams have similar issues! We have seniors quit the team due to playing time disappointments, etc. And yes, if I felt the person driving was a responsible, safe driver, I would let my senior go. Of course, she is my third so I am more relaxed!</p>
<p>I hit up all the one green box people I could, turned several of them to 2 boxes. I feel powerful! For more green, check out the Cafe thread ‘has CC become the new Facebook?’</p>
<p>Teens driving scare me…but if the driver has been driving a long time and doesn’t “party” and the weather isn’t snow and ice…
and check in every few hours till they arrive…I guess I’d be OK with it…
A visit to a school through the eyes of other students is very helpful…mine did an overnight and even though her host wasn’t the best…it sealed the deal for her…being on campus and going to a class and being an insider does help them make their decision easier…</p>
<p>You guys make me smile! Voodoo dolls, <3 it!</p>
<p>So now we are getting letters from the schools S was accepted to. They want us to meet them at a dessert meeting, or come to the school for an overnight, etc… Do you guys do these things? </p>
<p>As I mentioned several pages back DH was laid off, so right now the top school will be the one that works best for us financially. Don’t feel like wasting my time, but if these “more touches” work towards getting more money then we will do them.</p>
<p>For instance, Siena has invited us to a dessert meet & greet Thursday (very close to home) & to visit the Campus overnight in late Jan. or for an all day event that Wednesday. The letter says “by attending you will position yourself to receive the best financial aid package possible”. So he definitely has to attend the overnight or all day event, but do we need to do the dessert thing too?</p>
<p>Kat: I would say to do as many “interest” activities as possible to increase merit aid chances - especially if it is close to home and not too inconvenient. Some colleges really want to know that you are seriously considering them before they “show the love.” </p>
<p>Drama drama: Don’t know why, but it seems to be a “thing” in high school drama departments. Lots of big personalities, egos, etc (and usually that’s just the directors). The director of our theatre magnet is one of those people. Plays favorites, very full of himself. Fortunately, there are 3 other theatre teachers. My S2 adores the one he has for senior acting. He only has to deal with the director for the musical and he’s learned just to ignore him. </p>
<p>S2 is off to Miami for 8 days today. I know that he won’t have time to enjoy the beach or the sun, but I’m still jealous.</p>
<p>We are getting a lot of invites for various weekends. I think the kids could be gone every weekend in Jan/Feb if they wanted to :D. DS is going to 2 scholarship weekends and DD is going to one (but has committed to that school already). DS also has to do a couple essays instead of going to the “weekends” for other schools-which is nice!</p>
<p>One school he applied to had a “come learn about our honor’s college” day in the fall. DS couldn’t go–they had school that day and marching band. He called and they told him that is was just informational, ok, didn’t go. He didn’t get an invite to apply to the honor’s college either–his GPA and test scores were WELL above the qualifying too. Nothing is optional. Attend what you can.</p>
<p>I’m sorry for all the drama drama! We can get chicken feet in the grocery here - they’re good for chicken stock - I think I still have some in my freezer. I can think of several people I’d love to make a voodoo doll for, perhaps I could release some of my anger with with the appropriate ceremony?</p>
<p>I’m feeling a little down because DS is returning to college in 2 days, he won’t be back during spring break because the team will train in NC, I think. Then in the summer he’s thinking of trying to get a research job and staying on campus. Good for him, sad for me! He’s growing up.</p>
<p>ahsmuoh, I’m with you on the teen driving thing. What to do? DS was going to drive up Island with a friend over the break. We vetoed the drive because the pass was covered in snow and ice and suggested that they just hang out downtown. I think they just wanted to catch up anyway. If the weather had been better we would have let them go but probably bitten our nails the whole time.</p>
<p>ahsmuoh–road trip–yes, I would, mainly because if they are going to go to that school, they need to get used to going back and forth. Weather, however, would be a huge factor. If you are in say, Florida with no snow, ice, etc. not an issue. In the north country, weather would be the final factor. DD will be going to a school about 8 hours away, DS will be going between 6-10 hours based on his choices right now. They have a common school scholarship weekend coming up. We decided to take them to that weekend just in case weather is bad. If it was in the spring, we would have sent them alone. I wouldn’t like it, but you gotta do what you gotta do.</p>
<p>Good morning! The temperature here is 5 degrees (feels like -4 tho). Sure makes me not want to go outside! My last 2 days of vacation before I go back to teaching…sure went fast! DS’s basketball team won last night…they are the defending state champs so it’s always good to win your first regional game :)</p>
<p>Goodmorning all! I am trying to give some morning puffs…but I’m told I have to find others to puff first! I’ll be back later!
Hope today, which is very sunny here, is a much better day for all those feeling blue!</p>
I hope the drama/MT kids of the parents on this thread have a great rest of the year, whichever productions they participate in!</p>
Sorry for the rant. Gotta go study!</p>