Oh mama, go easy on yourself. Running a sore ankle into a doctor immediately always doesn't lead to a diagnosis and may have had a doctor saying it was fine if he was back at it a few days later. You are taking care of it, it's ok.

I so rarely see people smoke or vape, I do a double take when I do. We are in a populated urban area. I'm sure I'm not hanging out in the right circles lol. My young adult's freinds definitely don't either. And they are in 2 different cities from us.

The little hitch extensions are nice for some things and this is why we have a hitch on our minivan (well, that and fancy bike rack). But there is no way I would use one to haul an expensive string instrument on the exterior of a vehicle. As someone who has one and has had kids in committed string programs.

We have an odyssey and have hauled musicians and I think it would work for this. The back seats do go down completely flat.

FWIW tazo teas are my favorite. I have a few varieties I order in boxes of 6 at times. Target often has a decent price and will ship for free at $35. Its worth shopping around if you have to order online.

I am so relieved for you! I also couldn't find words having kids in this age range. I was so concerned for you and your precious son. Sending the smoothest and safest of recoveries.

That sounds SO much like my first born. Who is now chosing to live and work in his college city and still won't say he "likes" it. It is "good" and "fine" though. 🤣 Waiting with bated breath on the update!

That is wonderful @Eos what a great response from the school. ❤️ I'm glad they fixed the situation for her so fast. I know housing departments can't pivot on a dime like this all the time.

My husband must of had what Cat had. It didn't seem too bad on that end this time around for him. He slept a normal night sleep prior. You do get recommendations for diet in the days prior to fast and prep to avoid nausea. I think stopping sooner really wouldn't help or be better. The prep is what cleans you out and fasting gets you there so you aren't filling up the pipes after. If you just fast, you don't get cleaned out. Your digistive system takes a break, you will still have stuff in your system.

My spouse just did one this week. I don't know exactly what you mean by "fasting simultaneously". You do a liquid diet the day before and then nothing day of until your procedure is over. He had a late day colonoscopy scheduled which was annoying and just dragged the whole drama out. (so on that note, if you're doing it, try to schedule early in the day). And the prep you take really cleans you out. But no, I would not add any complexity onto that or stretch it out. Because plenty of people feel not great doing it as written. Another day of nothing in your system could throw things off further IMO.

I wouldn't worry about this at all. It works itself out. I would certainly not have a 5th just to "even things out" unless that were on our agenda, we were financially prepared, etc. My kids are 4 years apart, oppositite gender. They are young adults now and are super close. I will also say, you just don't know what life will bring. My brother and I are 18 months apart and were pretty close growing up. For various reasons, we aren't close at all now and if my mom died I'd probably rarely to never see him. My spouse has 3 siblings. There is a big range, they are all 4-5 years between each. And they are all pretty close. You never know how relationships are going to shake out later.

I don't know what the OP was but my kids both seamlessly went and continue to go back and forth from microsoft tools to google suite without much effort. Google Docs and Sheets are actually formatted very similarly to the Microsoft line and I have gone back and forth too. I mostly use google now because we stopped paying for Microsoft. Between both of of my kids there were 5 different educational settings involved. It really isn't rocket science. If you had a kid anxious about something like this before starting college, I'd recommend digging around for a cheap self guided course on udemy. You can typically find something on sale or a discount code, I don't think we've ever paid for more than like $30 for one of their courses. If you login, it shows much cheaper pricing. ETA - there is intro adobe classes too, but I'd be pretty surprised if campuses really expected kids to be fluent in those tools out of the gate. That may come up later for major related stuff.

Sounds like a great trip! I've had the Russian Tea House on my to do list for awhile, thanks for the review. ❤️

I know when I was buying stuff like this, I'd read ingredient lists. Like there was some frozen chicken available here that had minimal ingredients and a whole grain breading. I didn't really consider those "bad". Are the frozen fries just "potatos" that are going to be oven baked and not deep fried? We do oven fries in the air fryer, keep skins on, a spritz of clean oil, garlic and onion powder, etc . They aren't a nutritional boon, but I consider those ok. I think the problem with any of these choices is the lack of fruit/veggie/fiber. A plain burger on a whole grain bun with lettuce, tomato, onion would be ok occassionally. Or pair with some raw veggies, sliced fruit, etc. a whole grain carb on the side would be better.

This just happened to my spouse yesterday. Just a bruise here, no big deal.