This is this kids first broken bone, but my other three have all broken something and theirs were all obvious. I still remember my then 3yr olds cute little voice saying „my arm is not working.”

I really didn’t think so either. I only took him to the dr to kind of cross it off the list, and was shocked. So then I’m trying to remember back to when he hurt it because I don’t think I even ever considered taking him to the dr. And while I do think it is mostly my fault, he is certainly old enough to communicate that he is actually injured. The dr said he didn’t really know how he could have been playing basketball or hockey with his ankle like it was.

Did his arm heal ok? That is what I am most worried about. The dr seemed to say that it can be fixed with surgery if necessary. I just don’t want him to have a bad ankle the rest of his life.

My kids mostly interact with non native English speakers and they have definitely picked up an accent….but I don’t know how to describe it. They have also picked up some interesting ways to phrase things and I don’t think they realize it. They use words in ways Americans wouldn’t use them. And my kids have only been overseas for 2 years and are all in double digits. I was surprised how much their speech changed.

I love it too! Except the weather didn’t cooperate this year

I took just my oldest two boys to Spain and had the best time. We did a via ferreta which is basically a natural ropes course. That was fun and scary. We also went water canyoning and jet skiing. My next travel is taking my oldest back to the US for college.

Way back on January 20, ds14 hurt his ankle playing basketball. He definitely didn’t walk on it for a couple of days, but then he started doing more on it and went back to basketball and also ice hockey and everything. Lately he was complaining about his hip hurting and said that btw his ankle still hurt. So I took him to the dr and he had broken his ankle in January. I’m not completely sure what the treatment plan is (as far as I can tell right now it is just hope for the best and if it doesn’t heal right he will have surgery). I was looking online to see what the prognosis is for untreated broken bones and the websites are basically all for medical organizations in countries without access to quality medical care. I feel so bad. I have no idea why I didn’t take him to the dr in the first place. It happened on a very busy weekend and then it seemed to get better. This is up there on my worst parenting moments.

Im hosting a movie night for my neighborhood. The attendees are all women in their 30s-50s. Lots of us have only sons, so we are looking for girly movies (something my boys probably wouldn’t really want to watch). I was thinking My Best Friends Wedding. I haven’t seen it in forever and I just heard a song that reminded me of it. Or Father of the Bride? I haven’t watched many movies so I’m sure there are good ones I have never seen or heard of.

I love thinking about goals. Unfortunately I don’t always love accomplishing them. My April goals are pretty boring- spring clean the house, make sure we have enough food and medicine stocked for a week, and finish taxes.

Thank you for linking that!

Yes I think whatever it is is causing real suffering. I wonder if they have studied anything more with the mass psychogenic illness. Like were the incidents more likely within a week of a briefing. Was it in friend groups? I can understand that happening in Havana when people were hearing about it regularly. But several of them seem to be one random person in Vienna or Vietnam. The other weird thing to me is if it is the Russians why they would target a random diplomat’s wife doing laundry. And she has actual physical symptoms that required surgery so it isn’t psychogenic. Maybe hers is just a coincidence?

Has anyone read the new super long article about Havana syndrome/ anomalous health events? Or watched the 60 minutes episode? I don’t know what to think. I had pretty much decided there was nothing to it, because I don’t like to think of myself as a conspiracy type person and I believed the intelligence assessment and doctors who studied it. But this article did persuade me a little. The article didn’t address the scientific plausibility of such a weapon, which seems like a significant issue. Also, I would think most diplomats/CIA have worked on Russia stuff at some point in their careers, so the fact that everyone targeted had Russia in common wasn’t too convincing. I think the part that convinced me the most was the people promoting the article- they are knowledgeable and not prone to writing outlandish things. Has anyone else followed this story?

Have so much fun! You sound prepared. I usually make sure to have passport, phone, and charger and anything else I forget I can buy or borrow.

I associate “should have known what you were getting into” with my army reserve wife days. I hated when people said that to me- because I absolutely did not know what I was getting into. Dh was in the reserves and 9/11 hadnt happened at the beginning. I especially hated it when he deployed and I was pregnant and had ds2. Maybe I should have known, but I don’t think you can really understand the military until you have lived it. And those post 9/11 years used the reserves much more than had been used in any recent history. I don’t think anyone would really know what they are getting into marrying a royal.

Some of these I still need to learn! I have never sewn anything in my life. I also don’t really know much about a car- changing a tire or jumping it, but I do think I know the warning lights now (or at least how to google what it is). I have four boys between the ages of 12-17. They are all in a weird mix of very independent and helpless. My 3 older kids could be left home alone for a week and would manage fine as long as money was no issue (I’m sure they would Uber eats half of their meals). They can take care of themselves, but it wouldn’t be the way I would like. They all make their own haircut appointments, buy their own clothes, take public transport or ride their bike places, walk to the grocery store and make easy meals. My 14yr old and 15yr olds regularly babysit. I can’t think of the things they can’t do right now, but they regularly don’t know how to do simple things. ETA: my 14yr old just went to get his laundry out of the dryer and said they were still wet. I asked if he had cleaned out the vent because my clothes are always dry after the dryer cycle. He said he did then told me he pulled them out of the washer early (during the spin cycle) because he wanted to go to bed early. So I’m sure he put a full load of soaked clothes in the dryer. He has been doing his own laundry for 2 years. So he mostly has basic laundry skills but also still learning.