My sister, her husband and her child all had it earlier this month. They all had been fully vaccinated close to 6 months ago. I guess my BIL would have been a 2, because he had a headache followed by a mild symptom that I can’t remember now. He got tested after that symptom. The other two family members were only tested and had no real symptoms. A friend, who caught it from the family, did have symptoms that caused them to feel bad for a few days.

It looks like at least Kit is available on Netflix. Some are available through Amazon streaming if you have Prime. If you find a variety, I would just ask which one she wants to watch.

I know you said Netflix, but I don’t know anything about Netflix. however, we recently watched Enchanted on Disney Plus and all the girls enjoyed it.

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OP Sounds like your doctor is doing a great job of tracking down the issue. My mother had similar issues when I was finishing college/getting married/ building a house. Not sure of all details anymore, but she had two doctors. One was convinced it was lupus and one was convinced it was not lupus. The second one was correct. She had dermatommyositis. She was extremely weak for a few weeks, could not walk up stairs, couldn’t brush her hair, etc. I don’t remember how long it took to diagnose. I think her case happened quickly. She was hiking in December and unable to walk stairs in January/February. I know she took prednisone for a number of years to treat it. All her weakness was gone by the time my kids were born a few years later. She painted the nursery wall decorations and made the curtains. She is healthy as a horse now. (My oldest kids are all out of college) My MIL had lupus, but was diagnosed before I was in the family. I don’t remember her having any major issues with it; she had the typical rash. She did stay out of the sun or wore a hat while outside. She died of cancer years later.

To follow up on Dmmetler’s post. It does look landscape architecture is in agriculture school at NC att https://www.ncat.edu/academics/majors-minors-and-programs/index.php#programPop

I am glad that you had a good meeting with the engineering department, however, it is still unknown if your son’s application would have been considered by Cornell because it did not meet the requirements for engineering listed on their website. They may view the requirements listed on their website as what is needed for orderly and easy-to-understand homeschool applications or, more likely, it is old information that no longer applies. Cornell Engineering should be made aware that (potentially) wrong information is on their website. All it takes is an email to whoever you met with from engineering. Cornell could be missing out on great homeschool candidates like your son.

This is not misinformation, because the requirements are on the website for the engineering school. It may not have applied to your son, because he didn’t apply for engineering. Or, the information on Cornell’s website could be out of date. Since you will be at Cornell today/tomorrow and already have a great experience working with them, it would be great if you could find out why these requirements for homeschoolers are listed on their website. I’m sure the Hive would love to hear Cornell is removing out-of-date /confusing information about homeschool requirements for engineering applicants. https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/first-year-applicants#home

When I listen to audiobooks, I listen faster or otherwise my mind can wander onto what will happen next or onto random things.

Congratulations. It sounds like this school could be a first choice if she is accepted into the PA program. Good luck to her.

I think there is a typo in here. I’m going to assume your EFC is 30k and you can afford 20k. Selective liberal arts colleges that meet need are mainly financial safeties for students with a low EFC. So, they make work for your son if your EFC is the 3k and not if it is 30K, which is more than you can afford. The good news for you is that you don’t need or want a selective liberal arts school for a bachelors degree in landscape architecture. (I have a relative who was a longtime landscape architect who went to a state school and feels strongly about this. https://www.asla.org/schools.aspx This shows the accredited landscape architecture programs. In a quick look, almost all the schools I saw were state schools. The few that were or could have been private schools were mainly accredited only for master’s degrees. (It was a quick look and you/your son should look closer to look for places he may want to apply.) When looking for that list, I found this ranking of landscape architecture program by Design Inselligence. The top ranked bachelor programs were almost all state schools, the masters programs had a mix. Undergraduate School Name2018-192019-20 Pennsylvania State University31 Louisiana State University12 Cornell University23 University of Georgia44 Ohio State University55 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo66 Purdue University77 Ball State University128 Michigan State University109 Iowa State University810 Texas A&M University911 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona1112 Virginia Tech1413 Clemson University1814 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1315 University of Oregon1716 University of California, Davis1417 University of Wisconsin, Madison1918 University of Washington1619 Arizona State University2120 State University of New York, Syracuse2421 Colorado State University2622 University of Massachusetts, Amherst2323 University of Kentucky2024 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey2525 In a weird coincidence, one of my high schoolers received a flyer from LSU yesterday about out of state scholarships, so that might be an option. I can find the flyer if you are interested. Since you mentioned hooks, I saw a HBCU on the list of schools with landscape architecture. Assuming your son is not Black, he would have a hook there. https://www.ncat.edu/academics/majors-minors-and-programs/index.php The most obvious answer to affording college for your son may be attending school in-state, either for 2 or 4 years. Delaware has a landscape architecture program, so it may be your best financial option. (Another plus is They may be more accustomed to homeschool students with GEDs than other schools.) It looks like annual cost of attendance at Delaware is 31,000. However, it says it offers free tuition for students with household income under 75,000. Have you run their net price calculator? For Delaware residents with family incomes of less than $75,000,* we aim to cover your tuition costs at UD—with grants and scholarships, money that does not need to be paid back. Families with incomes greater than $75,000 or who have assets over $50,000 may also benefit from UD's First State Promise by receiving grant funding as part of their financial aid award. Our First State Promise is for University of Delaware undergraduate students who will attend the Newark campus full time. *Household size as well as family assets in excess of $50,000 may affect eligibility for need-based grants. A family’s primary residence is not considered when evaluating a family’s assets. Students living at home may be eligible for need-based aid less than tuition due to lower cost of attendance. …. For my strange suggestion of the day, i would recommend your son get a job working at Home Depot, because they offer “immediate “ tuition reimbursement for part-time employees. They also have a plant department, which will allow your son work with something he is interested in. My relative owns a nursery in addition to designing. Eligibility to Apply for Tuition Reimbursement Salaried, full-time hourly and part-time hourly associates are eligible to apply for tuition reimbursement after hire date. https://secure.livethehealthyorangelife.com/tuition_reimbursement Good luck to your son.

I’m sorry. That is crazy. If the printer is under warranty, I would return it, because it is not working. (You suspect it is the ink, but who really knows when it comes to electronics.) I buy electronics and other pricey items on a credit card that extends/turns the warranty to a no questions asked warranty. (It replaced a new bike that was run over when my son dropped it in the driveway, where it was promptly run over.) We have an older HP photo smart printer that warns me every time I put in new ink, that I am not using genuine HP ink. Luckily, it still prints despite the warning. Your experience worries me for when we need to replace this printer.

It is a weird stage. You want to be excited for your young adult, but you realize it means the end of era.

I’m sorry your daughter is sick. I hope she feels better super soon, so you can stop worrying.

I read your post earlier in the week about your son’s reaction to lunch, and I’m going to use it as how I would reply. So, the rumor would be don’t invite those new kids, because their parents won’t let them do anything because they are scared of …. I would counter that by having your sons inviting others to do things that are in your family’s comfort zone or hosting events that are in your family’s or kid’s comfort zone. If it is something like that, I would consider the rumor, if it was mainly true, to be folks trying to be helpful. This way your kids aren’t required to explain why they are saying no to every invite. In his early teens, my son once invited a Muslim friend to spend a night at his grandparents at the last minute. He made sure to tell his grandmother that the friend was Muslim and therefore couldn’t eat xx. My son wasn’t spreading rumors, he was making sure his friend had suitable food while visiting.

I don’t consider that a rumor, I consider that plain mean. (Unless you are saying, I was told by a friend that someone told her not to allow her children to play with your children, because of xyz reasons. Since you know it was said to a friend of yours, you now want to know if this mean statement has been said to others.) I would address either instance similarly to how Fuzzy suggested. However, I would phrase it as asking her advice on what you should do as a new parent in school facing this situation and I would not ask her to do anything. She may volunteer to do something, but I would allow it to be completely her offer.

I need to pay better attention to the name of the name of OP when I read a thread. I thought you were responding to the first post, and I was confused by your comment. I came to respond, and now I get it. Very glad that your pilot teen doesn’t mind flying.

I went back and re-read everyone’s replies and I do not think people see anything you did/said as a betrayal. Someone mentioned telling your son that, right now, it is hard for you to talk about his brother with strangers, and I agree that you have every right to do that if you wish. However, part of me wonders, if your son “needed” (I don’t know the right verbs) for you to be the one who “introduced” his deceased brother to the class/school. Everyone on this thread has said how hard that question is to answered for mother’s who have had a child die, and from my experience the same can be true for siblings. Plus, sometimes kids can be weird/cruel/blunt. When one kid we know told a new classmate that his sibling had died (in the past), the new classmate responded, “No she didn’t.” How does a grieving kid reply to that? (That kid was younger than your kids, and I’m sure that played into that response.)

Ugh. I’m sorry. That is so strange to spend so much time planning and then cancel at the last minute. The only explanation in my mind would be if the minister changed during the planning phase and the new minister is not on board with the plans. (Not saying I agree with it, but I do know church programs sometimes change when church leadership changes.) Your mom is way more patient than I would have been in waiting for a meeting with the minister. I have been lucky to find ministers and churches who were willing to listen to my input. Im glad your mom has another church to attend that will be a good fit.

I agree with the suggestions you have been given. It will never be an easy question to answer, but having prepared answers will help. Which answer you give could easily depend on the situation, a random stranger who you talk to while waiting somewhere is different than someone who you will be crossing paths with frequently. I think the original post mentioned this happened in a school setting. In such a situation, I have friends who basically avoid answering the exact question. They would say, “Billy is in 6th grade here and Susie is in 9th Blah Blah High School.” I would also talk to your sons about how they want to answer the (sibling) question when they are asked. And to talk about their thoughts on how mom/dad could answer the number of children question. And whether the answer could/should change on the setting. everyone in your family may not agree on how to answer thr questions, but I think hearing everyone’s opinions is always a good approach.

I was recently informed that my high school student was a close contact to someone diagnosed with Covid. He was told to test within 3-5 days of the contact and that window was already open. He tested that day at drive through and should have results today. (The following is just how the school, which requires masks, is handling quarantining of close contacts.) He is vaccinated, so he did not need to quarantine by school.

Yes, all high school students with DE/AP credit should look carefully at the course of study/class transfer table at all the schools the student is considering. I’m a visual learner, so I scratched out the classes that would not be needed. I then looked at pre-req’s for upper level classes to see what could move up. I then reworked the schedule to see what would work. (This is easier at schools where stem students start major classes freshman year) This allowed my stem daughters (pre-covid) to study abroad and/or complete a minor in a non-stem field. It allowed my performance major to add business classes when covid hit while evaluatating if he needed to change majors. (Right now the plan is to stay with the performance major and add a business minor or possibly even a business major.)

I’m so sorry to hear this. I hope that she (and you) will be moved to imaging soon.

Well, you are absolutely wrong about me. I have never said or done anything passive aggressive in my life. (Well, at least during the part of my life when I knew what passive aggressiveness was.) Just to let you know, I changed my original post before I posted it, because I didn’t want to make an assumption about your post. My post originally read, “anyone who has read Mercy’s sweet posts over the years would know she would not condone her husband praying outloud to make someone do what he wanted.