Piriformis stretches: bridge, bird dog, leg raise (while lying flat on back), clamshell, resisted hip adductor Remind me, are you pregnant? If so: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/sciatica-pain-stretches#treatments

As a young adult I moved to a district that had been shrinking and was shuttering schools. Those buildings sat vacant for years, many still are. I worked with a non profit that wanted to buy one. It didn't matter which building they looked at the district wouldn't sell. They wouldn't even rent them out. They just sat vacant, being broken into and vandalized costing the district who knows how much money.

This.

I did two videos today but not much else. I'm feeling blah from doing very little here at my mother's house. I have weights and do videos but most of my time is kind of hanging out waiting to do something with her. I'm feeling bad about my eating too, all healthy and delicious just too much. I'm into a weird slump here and have two more weeks to get through. The second week is at my sister's which will also be hard. I need to stop whining and get it together.

I hope you do go and send pics!

Such good information. I really am not super well versed. My nephew had a severe dairy allergy and my daughter in law is GF but this kinda of thing I'm not familiar with. I do have seasonal and animal allergies. I was thinking I was "reacting" to something about the lettuce but I wasn't really thinking allergy in the anaphylactic way. But I have gotten more severe reactions building up so it makes sense. Ugh what a pain. I LOVE salads.

This is kind of fascinating to me.. I've never heard of an adult sleeping with a stuffed animal! At the same time, I imagine it could be kind of nice. I did sleep with a giant stuffed animal dog into high school!

I'm so sorry, I had one once and it was horrible. I recently learned of this supplement that's supposed to be fairly good at breaking down kidney stones: Chanca Piedra. I don't know much about it at all, but maybe it's worth looking into?

Windows to the World (from IEW) was recommended to me from these boards. My son used it in 9th grade, and I was very happy with it. It uses short stories and teaches annotation, as well as how to analyze various elements of literature. What I most appreciated about it was the very straightforward way it instructs the student in how to write literature analysis essays. It is easy to cover the course in a semester.

Just briefly— I would lean strongly towards options closer to campus. He is more likely to find friends if he stays IN the university bubble. I grew up in the Chicago area and lived in the city itself in a terrible neighborhood for many years. I have close relatives who relocated from Chicago to Houston and who have been happy and comfortable in an apartment there for more than a decade. Don’t let the horror stories overwhelm—city culture is vibrant and human. The key is to join stuff (school or church or athletics or hobby) to get to know people.

How wretched! Praying.

They have really good food if you like seafood. I have kids in my class that find the word "juicy" more disturbing than "moist" so that seems an unfortunate name.

Praying for it to be passed soon and a wonderful safe pain-free/kidney stone-free trip.

They are the very best! Mine is under the covers snuggled up to my hip/leg as I type this.

Will there be any other interns that he could see about sharing an apartment with? I would reach out to the department and see if they know of anyone looking for a roommate or if they have a communication network on which a roommate request can be posted. Many universities will have some electronic bulletin board where those affiliated with the university (perhaps a grad student) can post things like this. Also, they may have some ideas of areas where previous interns have lived. If there isn't someone he kind find through a university or some other network with which he has an affiliation (sports interest, church, etc.) I would favor living alone than finding a random person to live with. Is the internship for any set length of time? That might impact the type of living situaiton to look for. Bad things can happen in Houston, just like any place else. But, many people go about their business day-to-day with no issues. My cousin has a condo near the University of Houston and has never had a problem. I have gone to a number of conferences and stayed in a number of hotels within 15 minutes of the campus and never had an issue. I don't want to live in that large of a city, but if I were going to Houston would be a city I would prefer. I would check and see what the traffic is actually like from the various apartments/condos. Is it 15 minutes of side streets? Or is it mostly highway driving? Does the commute vary greatly by time of day?

Oh I am so sorry. I hope you feel better soon. Do you have any thoughts on what causes yours? Is there anything that works for you normally? Migraines are horrible I am so sorry.

Well he is even cuter than I imagined! What an adorable little monster. I hope your nap was wonderful with him.

This is another thing that is rarely talked about. I'm not anti-pet, but we can't pretend that our billion+ companion animals (and their feral relatives) aren't putting yet more strain on the planet's resources.

Hopefully they can get her cultured and get an antibiotic sorted up. Heads up that typically after you have cellulitis 3x in a year they will usually suggest a low dose daily antibiotic. If she's not there yet, treating under her fingernails and her nasal passages with antibiotic cream + washing with Hibiclens surgical wash can help her try to clear her colonies. We had elderly family who had chronic cellulitis; it's so frustrating and so difficult to control. Hugs for her!

Yes. In Australia, we will continue to fill needed positions through immigration, which I don't think is a bad thing if it's done properly. Our current culture is a pretty rich mix of different backgrounds, and I think it leads to secularisation, because when you have such a mix, you can't privilege one religion over another - which again, I think is a good thing. On the other hand, I agree that we should be strengthening resources in people's own countries so they don't need to immigrate, because you lose so much - family, culture, language - when you leave. I wonder though whether people having fewer children leads to an increase or decrease in valuing children. You'd think that if they were rare, they'd be valued, right? But I don't know - I feel like often in the media parents are portrayed as selfish for even having kids, and selfish for wanting them out in public at all. On the other hand, pets seem to be filling that gap, and people are starting to bring pets into places they traditionally wouldn't (eg stores). There's a lot of complaints about vet care being so expensive (which it is!!) and I was imagining one day that the government would set up some kind of medicare for pets, where the whole population pays in so that people can take care of their five dogs. I mean, it isn't the fault of the dogs, right? Because it's the rich minority who do most of the damage, and who can still have kids (look at Elon Musk). Just 60 companies are the source of almost the entire world's plastic problem.

Ironically, despite eating my own food in my own house tonight....I am having an allergic reaction to a meal I've eaten lots of times. So dang frustrating.

@prairiewindmomma, I pray you feel better and can enjoy some of the weekend! My sister has cellulitis again and two oral antibiotics have failed. She is on a third and sees the infectious disease doctor on Monday. She was hospitalized a year ago with this after some unknown insect bite. It keeps coming back from the slightest scratches to her leg. She is scheduled for a vein procedure on Wednesday to try and help alleviate the bad pain she is having from a vein in her upper leg/groin area, and I am praying this won't delay it. Lunch with my friend was great! I went by campus and saw ds. I offered to bring a few things home since he moves home next week, so he sent some bulky items to make more room in his car. Daddy came down and took us to dinner, so it was nice to see him! We watched the newest episodes of Ghosts and We Were the Lucky Ones.

A program that worked well for my kids was I See Sam readers www.iseesam.com or www.beginningreadinginstruction.com

This is a good idea, and you don't have to wait until it is actually rush hour to check it. Ask Google maps to route you from the apartment to his office, then click the 3 dots by the start address. One of the options that's comes up on the list is "set depart or arrive time". You can choose and it will return estimated trip durations.