Welcome back, @drmom123 ! Hope everyone is alot better.
@mysonsdad I sure hope their parents get involved - no matter their age! That is crazy.
@Sophmore1, itās funny you bring up the parents, one set of girls was talking about getting married and one of the girls stated that her mom wouldnāt let her because she doesnāt believe in divorce. It just sounded funny because here they were talking about getting married as if they were full grown adults, then a second later one of the girls is saying her mom wouldnāt let her, as if she was still a kid.
@Mysonsdad not a lot of maturity or thought into this process, lol.
Good luck to everyone whose children are taking the ACT today. DS16 just left the house. This is the first time heās driven himself so that adds a whole other set of nerves to the mix . I felt like we were doing a preflight checklist for a space shuttle liftoff: Pencils , calculator, pass, ID, money for breakfast ,gas. Holding my breath.
@carolinamom2boys - good luck to your DS! Mine is about to head out the door . . . phew Iām so tired of testing. Canāt imagine how heās feeling. At least heās not doing the writing portion. 
@SouthFloridaMom9 DS16 is too. SAT next month. My son isnāt doing writing either.
Oh. My. God. Getting one girlchild out the door this morning for testing was like herding 1000 cats. With ADHD. In IKEA.
But she is out the door, and on time no less, which was a bit dicey there for awhile because of Hair Issues. And she couldnāt find the right socks. Andā¦oh, the cat wants petted! Andā¦
I really sometimes wonder if sheās college-ready. Am I alone in this? (Please tell me no. Lie if you must.)
@petrichor11 Mission accomplished. I have often said God knew what he was doing when he gave me boys. Nobody would get out the door on time if I had a girl. Your saga this morning made me laugh. At the ACT in Feb , my goddaughter got up early to dress to the nines because she was going to be a ābeacon of fashion in a sea of sweatpantsā scoping out potential prom dates. They donāt call her the queen for nothing. Gotta love her. Good luck to your daughter.
Good luck to all the test takers!
Getting a teenager out the door is up there with the most difficult things in parenting. My DS does best when HE feels a need to be on time rather than when I have a need for him to be on time. It is VERY hard but I have found, the less I say, the better he does. I admit testing day was not a time when I was able to say little. :!!
@petrichor11 - you are not alone. 
Weāre about to leave to take Day to her ACT. We had to turn back because she forgot her calculator. Sigh. We are driving because there were no spots left in any of the only 3 in town locations. We have to go about 30 miles away. ACT isnāt very popular here.lol about the hair and socks. That was D yesterday. Good luck everyone!
@sseamom We had the calculator experience ACT last winter. Thank goodness the test site was 10 minutes from home. Good luck to your daughter .
Good luck to those testing today thankfully no testing here today. I donāt think we could have handled it. H is B day is today but since he has to drive S18 to a fencing tournament today we celebrated last night (and stayed up too late) I had to get up early to get S20 dropped of for a BS camp out. Get to the drop off and he announces that he forgot his class A uniform (required) I called H who was just pulling out of the driveway with S18 and had him meet me with the class A half way between home and the drop off so we were only about 10 minutes late.
When I picked up the shirt H tells me he didnāt want to wake D but when I get home make sure to tell her not to drive her car because she has a flat tire. H doesnāt have time to put on a spare because heās already running late for the fencing tournament. D16 has a meeting about 45 minutes drive away at 10:00 and I have meeting about 5 minutes away at 10:00. I called AAA to come change the tire, give my car keys to D and because I donāt want her driving so far on a spare.
This is all before 9:00 and I still havenāt had coffee yet. So glad this wasnāt a test day us!
@3scoutsmom I hope your day improves . I so empathize with you regarding scouts. Been there before .
Wow @3scoutsmom, and @sseamom, what a way to start the weekend.
Good luck to everyone testing today.
@petrichor11 Well said about getting one girl child out of the door. In our household this is every morning routine: 3 outfits and two hairstyle change at best. If those donāt work I have to listen to complains all the way while driving to school!
Sometimes itās not the kid who lollygags. Just sayinā.
Last night was Dās first stint as drum majorā¦ We went to the football game, just to see the band, :).
She was so poised and professional! She looked like sheād been leading and conducting a band for a whileā¦
Weāre very proud of her!
In honor of 9/11, they had some local firefighters and police officers stand on the field while they played and displayed a huge American flag while playing "Grand Olā Flag, and America the Beautiful. It was very moving.
D still has a cold, though, and we are STILL working on her first college app - which doesnāt even require an essay, but thatās how busy sheās been. Hopefully, she can get some rest this weekend and recover, and maybe finish the first app and another. And some HW of course!
Hope everyone has a great weekend - itās a gorgeous day here!
Well, @Mysonsdad , marriage was originally a social contract between families to ensure financial well-being. Sounds like these kids at least understand what the economic implications of their being married will be. Hopefully, they will consider, before acting, what the emotional implications will be, as well.
@petrichor11, No, you are not alone!
Although I am seeing small, gradual changes for the better in D getting herself out the door in the morning for school. Sheās historically a ārunning-lateā or at the last-minute kind of kid - but she is getting to band practices and other things earlier and earlier. Part of that is she is in a leader role now, and HAS to be. Whatever the reason, Iām happy to be seeing it.
Iāve had people tell me their kids grew up a lot their senior year. Iām hoping this is the case for D, too, in terms of punctuality and actually turning her daily HW in! So far, so good, keeping my fingers crossedā¦