This is good. I make to get outside if I can. I'm lucky in that I live in a congested suburb, but my community was planned with open space and trails through wooded areas. Anyway it's important to get outside.

When I'm experiencing more anxiety and depression, I have to physically beat stuff out of me before I can relax. This means I have to do some sort if hard cardiovascular workout for an extended time. Because my work schedule is wacky, I don't have good schedule of when I will exercise. I throw it in whenever I see a blank and it takes priority over most anything else. I do get a decent amount of daily movement according to my Fitbit. It's the heavy cardio I need. So today, before one of my jobs I will hop on an elliptical machines for at least an hour. This is my least stressful job, but I've got a lot of pent up anxiety from another job that I need to release before I can do today's job well. This morning I am having a meeting with someone about what a hostile work environment is legally and going over events related to that which affect me personally. So far the long sweaty cardio sessions have been good for keeping me emotionally in check. At that point if there's time to kick back and do something more relaxing I can. I can't relax until I do the physical work of getting stress out through exercise.

I borrow wheelchairs at most venues for my ds who has intellectual disabilities. Some places have fees, but I've never paid $50. I usually have to.leave my driver license. We push him around whatever venue, enjoy the sites, he likes the ride. I have done this at zoos, amusement parks, outdoor parks, museums and tours of college campuses (so he wasn't a distraction to older sibling's tour). My ds is fully capable of a lot of walking. But if I have to MAKE him walk at special events, these things are no longer special in a positive way. Better shoes don't help us. Battery powered fans and spray bottles are good additions to using a wheelchair.

One DC took French, World History, US History Another took math 2, physics, English literature What you choose is really student dependent.

I have a rule. Anytime any group asks for donations (used to be mostly phone, now I get email) I say yes and schedule a date. Then I put together a bag. If no one has asked in a month or two, I walk around and find stuff to drop off at a local charity shop. I haven't been acquiring stuff in a few years, but apparently there's always stuff to get rid of. I'm worried about my parents home.

Is this a job in a government entity. I've been applying for positions that are in local government. I've learned a bit about that process near me. Applications are given points based on multiple things. I know of one job that I looked at the top applicant had been someone who had been fired from the same position two years previous. Because of the weird bureaucratic rules on the points, they couldn't hire someone different, so they didn't fill the position. Then they trained someone internally and made sure he could check more of the boxes that scored points on the application before readvertising.

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Walkout at my local high school too. I don't think my ds participated (he's in the sp ed program and mostly nonverbal). Anyway I think it's great. I'm seeing some comments of people saying "kids should be in school." However, I think these students are learning more through these protests. I also think that since no one can say school is safe and no one is actively be trying to make school safe it is reasonable for students to demand change.

((hugs)) I had so much vomiting that I had to have IV rehydration with each pregnancy. Advice would all be about eating healthy and I would then go to appointments where my NP would say eat anything you can keep down. I often couldn't be around food smells at all. Various people (dh, neighbors) would set up plates or bowls of meals for my dc in the refrigerator so I could just grab them at meal times for DC. It's hard and exhausting, but there's a great prize at the end.

I had the vaccine. I was sick 6 days. I was prescribed tamiflu 2 days in and took that. I was tired a few days after it was over. You don't tell your body enough is enough unless you want to spread germs or in your weakened state pick up the germs from another illness and get sick from something else.

Trapped feeling is a problem. I'd talk to ex. I'd make a suggestion for a short trip where the only planned together activity was one meal a day. All inclusive resort one person tries out jet skis, the other reads in a hammock. Or a visit to a city like Chicago or NYC and they only eat breakfast together each day. The other thing is would ds be opposed to bringing a friend on such a trip where they ate with ex once a day. Would ex be able to do that and get the friends their own room. That might make it fun by having a friend as long and give ex the feeling he gave the gift he wanted to give while DS avoids the trapped feeling. Just an idea.

I think you should wear the shoes that are most comfortable for you to walk and dress neatly. If your feet aren't comfortable your trip will be impacted. There are many brands of shoes that don't look like athletic footwear which are build for walking, but you can wear sneakers or running shoes if those support your feet best. Merrell used to make a Mary Jane style that I could walk miles in and wear with pants or casual skirts. If you get new shoes. Get them at least a month before you go and make sure you are comfortable walking long distances in them. When I think ugly American I think dressed sloppy, rude and loudly demanding English. No matter what you wear, people will know you are a tourist and an American.

I think this is where I'd go. And I'd tell ds he has to discuss with his dad.

I wonder this too.

1. Ask about adult lessons. Most places have levels. Every facility I've worked had an adult who had lots of teaching experience and a solid understanding of stroke mechanics teaching adult classes. So you may find your local place has a good group class for you. 2. Depending on where your skills are, one or two private lessons may get you to the next level where you can practice and improve on your own. 3. Look for the total immersion book at your library. It is an easy read. Supplement that with looking at YouTube videos of front crawl technique. Do the drills. Drills help you get better at parts. When you are good at drills you can be more successful at putting parts of the strokes together.

Prayers for you and your mom.

My DD is studying psychology, but the areas she's doing research in have nothing to do with her brothers' issues. Initially, I thought that was the direction she was going and asked. She really shut me down. So totally understand your DD not wanting anything to do with it. She's already lived it and needs to get away.

Now that I see the schools, I think her math skills may not be as bad as I'm interpreting what you've written. Still I'd be concerned about whether she was ready for first year of engineering calc. If she is set on starting in engineering I'd encourage continuing in the precalc and starting a calc class this summer (audit, indep study, something to get her foundation up before she does the class at the school she chooses). And I'd still look at career counseling, just to familiarize her with options. ((Hugs)) on the sibling situation. My DD is sandwhiched between a 2E older brother who has caused significant strife and a younger brother with intellectual disabilities who will not live independently. Making sure everyone's needs were met caused difficult choices and continues to make our family function in pieces (when we are a unit we fall apart).

This is very important. I resented my father putting me on a certain educational path for years.

Is she a junior in high school or senior in high school? If junior: I'd consider having her do math through the summer and all senior year. I'd try to get her to do algebra 2 again with a different book, an online class or something that would give a different presentation than she had. Then I'd have her do precalc, again supplementing it. I'd try to get her through an advanced high school physics course. If I could fit it in, I'd see if she could handle statistics, because social science fields and biology often require it. At the same time I'd have her do some career assessments. Finding a career interesting and pursuing that career are different things. I didn't study certain subjects in college but I've still kept up with fields because they were interesting. Try to get her to understand that. My DD did a lot of extra stuff related to environmental science in high school. She's not majoring in it, but she has friends in the field and still pays attention to it because it is interesting. If she's a senior: I'd push career aptitude testing. I'd also question the quality if engineering school that accepted a student who had only finished algebra 2. I'd look at schools that have a broad range of majors beyond engineering. Keep in mind many programs in neuroscience require calculus. It is an interesting subject. But again you don't have to study it or work in the field to follow the research.

Your DD says she wants to stay. My ds wanted to stay in a school where he was getting physically attacked with frequency. Going to school administration did not help. We made a police report and that helped briefly, because the parents of the child were concerned we actually involved the police. Finally we told ds he wasn't going to school. He was angry with us. He really wanted to stay. But then after he'd been home a year he was able to tell us more and more what happened at the school. It was so much worse. And he began asking why we didn't get him out sooner. We didn't because we didn't know and he had been asking to stay. I think if you think you'd bring her home if she said she wanted to come home, you need to evaluate whether your DD is in a position to make that decision. She may have it in her head she has to prove something by staying. She may think if she follows rules it will get better even though precedent says that won't happen. She may have other ideas that she can't express and really be aren't good reasons to stay. So you need to make the decision for her. You need to look at all the facts and ask objectively if this is a good place for your dd. If it is not , remove her now. Don't add to the pain she is experiencing. Bring her home. Don't do school. Let her detox from the experience for some time. Then figure out what you want to do.

I wish they would go back to basics so we are just watching the artistry of the performer not the choice of costume. I think a simple dance dress (leotard with skirt) could be just as nice as something covered in sequins that cost hundreds of dollars. I believe skater tights are opaque, even if flesh colored, so even in the case of the wedgie we aren't seeing anything. The basic design is based on the ability to have freedom to move.

I think I'd be more disappointed they had plans after. I'd wonder if they were rushing through and then not visit with us at all. Bummer.

It's also good for certain siezure disorders that do not respond to the usual meds. Some people really need options.

Fat Tuesday has always meant pancakes either at home or at church for dinner for my family. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day so I want to make something nice. Not sure what.