Managed to nearly give myself frostbite at S25s track meet last night. See photo of my hand - that was after the 25 minute drive home when I had my hand shoved in my opposite armpit for most of the drive (hard to drive like that!). Originally, my whole finger was that sick color.
No idea what happened - I had gloves, wasn’t wearing them the whole time, but a lot. I had a hand warmer (the electric kind) that I was switching back and forth between hands, and I kept my hands in my pockets a lot - pockets of my heavy winter coat.
Some soaking in warm water turned it back to normal color pretty quickly.
Re: the meet itself, we’ll just say near freezing temps aren’t great for sprinters (S25 runs the 100 and 200 and does long jump) so no PRs, but given past history of injury, I’m just glad he competed without pain.
S25 eliminated one more school last night, so we are down to only two for next week’s road trip, and both are in CT! (Trinity and Connecticut College) I know that Conn is a much better fit for him, but I have been staying mostly silent. Last night, he seemed to be leaning heavily into Conn - looking at the admitted student Instagram page, watching “Conn Cribs” videos, and commenting on how nice and spacious the dorm rooms look. If, after the two visits, he decides neither feels right, we will add back in his #3 for a visit the weekend before Acceptance Day and possibly a quick visit to #4. Hoping he loves Conn as much as I do for him, and we will be DONE.
Those counters are part of why we bought the house! My husband’s favorite color is purple. He took one look and was all - WAIT! This house has strands of purple in the granite? Sold! I responded with - can we look at the rest of the place please?
FWIW, I’m with you–Conn seems like an excellent fit for your son. Trinity is a terrific school, but I suspect that the vibe won’t feel as comfortable for him.
The two kids I know at Conn are both so happy. I know that’s a ridiculously small sample size, but the school seems to do a great job with helping the students get acclimated and feeling like they’ve fit in and found their place.
the outbreaks occur because of the people who have never been vaccinated. Look at the measles outbreak, it has mainly started and spread among those groups.
Pertussis is at least as long as the others (10 years) so if he was vaccinated at 11-12 he’s good until 21/22.
I still had titres for Chicken Pox (I was vaccinated), 15 years after my second.
This looks like Reynauds Syndrome. Both my husband and son have it. My youngest gets it much more in his feet than hands and my husband’s hands are like ice all the time.
Maybe? This has never happened before (and I go out in the cold a lot). I mean, yes, I’m always cold unless I’m outside in the summer and my hands are always cold. But the weird white finger was new. Maybe this is yet another joyful addition to the basket of Weird Things That Happen When You Get Older?
I think it gets worse when you get older. With my youngest it manifested in his feet during covid because he wasn’t moving as much and sitting all day, he actually got blisters from it! But my husband’s hands started turning white when they get really cold just like a few years ago.
I agree, lack of vaccination os the main driver of outbreaks. I am very pro-vaccination. However, I respectfully disagree that pertussis protection is robust for 10 years. The waning of immunity is well described. Different vaccines have different profiles of how effective they are and how long they last. I hesitated to respond to any medical discussion because I enjoy this forum and feel it is a nice break from my real life where I have to discuss medical misinformation in my personal and professional life more than I would like. It is hard for me not to address incorrect information, but I will leave it at that and refrain from replying to medical posts in the future.
I am the furthest thing from a medical professional…but when my grandson was born the doctors said if we did not have a tdap shot within the last 5 years we should get one before being with a newborn. At least with my internist, a tdap shot every 10 years seems to be the standard.
one thing I liked (we toured, 25 didn’t apply) was all (most?) freshman live in dorms that are connected to the dining hall via tunnels, etc. no need to go outside to eat from dorm:)
And though I don’t know your kid beyond these posts, I think Conn is a better fit too. But kids can be surprising!
D25 has a school issued computer so our plan was to get a new one during the summer. I am now thinking of pulling the trigger now. Anyone else on the same boat?
I love your typo because I am definitely not on the sane boat these days. But yes, I am also considering the computer purchase earlier rather than later.
We’ll probably buy one as soon as, or shortly after, the kid picks a college. Given his program, he needs to make sure he gets a computer that will work with the software that the school uses so I want to pick one after I can look at the specs for the right college.
And on that note, most schools have a “buy through us, get free repair/replacement service” option (or similar). We didn’t do that for my older boy, because of what he wanted at the time (a desktop with massive power, plus an iPad for notes in class). But younger boy wants a laptop and I’m thinking about doing the Buy Through School thing. But I feel like this must not really be a good deal. I have no reason to think that, I just do. So I need to noodle on that some.
My husband’s favorite color is purple. He took one look and was all - WAIT! This house has strands of purple in the granite? Sold! I responded with - can we look at the rest of the place please?