One of my children had all the symptoms of seasonal allergies, but tested negative to everything. It surprised me because younger brother is allergic to a lot of environmental allergens. The allergist said that it was non-allergic rhinitis. He said that it isn't a true allergy, but that the body reacts the same way because it gets overwhelmed to an over abundance of something like dust, pollen, or dander. It is possible that there is something you are allergic to that they didn't test for, the tests are not all inclusive, but you may never know for sure what it is unfortunately.

I don't see how it could be called plagiarism, since you can't steal your own work. I also don't see how you can cite yourself (the other paper) as a source, because most professors would not allow that. I am pretty sure it is common that you are not allowed to double dip with papers at college, and each much be unique.

Did he say why he pulled you over? He may have looked at the expiration, but if the license came back valid when he ran it, it might not have mattered to him because you had a valid license. I have never thought of a Prius as a drug car, so it would seem like an odd car to think of for being profiled that way to me. I mean I guess maybe tinted windows, but a lot of cars here have them, so it wouldn't be a red flag here either I don't think, but your area might be different. It does seem a bit odd to be pulled over if you weren't speeding or doing anything wrong though.

If he ran the driver's license number and it came back as valid, he probably didn't bother look at the expiration date. If you were speeding, it sounds like a valid stop to me.

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This is one of my bad childhood memories. I was always the last one picked for teams. Not one of the last, the last. It was pretty devastating as a kid to know you weren't wanted. I really disliked school as a kid. It got better by middle school/high school when coaches (school sports) chose teams based on skill rather than peers based on popularity. And in PE we would line up, no changing places, and the count off was always switched up so we couldn't plan ahead to be with friends.

When he first enlisted that is what he did, but this was some other paperwork more recently when he was moving to his new base. I am not sure exactly what it was for. He is always filling out something new it seems like. Hopefully that slows down now that he is posted at a station.

If my kid had come home and told me that their coach had said they could skip practice but then be benched for the next game, that would have been a red flag for me that the coach was not happy with the request. I would have explained that to my kid if it seemed he/she didn't get it that the coach may have given them a "choice" but really expected them to make the "right choice" of going to practice. While I would have ultimately let my kid make the choice, I would have prepared them that the coach would likely be very unhappy if they choose to skip the practice. Being benched for a game is a big punishment in the world of sports I grew up in. I myself was not into sports much, but I grew up in a community where sports was the big thing. I am not a big fan of sports taking up so much time from kids, especially at young ages, so it is part of why I was selective in what things I signed my kids up for. We chose a recreational soccer team that was (supposed to be) just for fun. There was a guarantee of equal playing time at games for all the kids on the team, and it was really low key. Missing a practice was not a big deal, and my boys missed a few games due to other (scouting events) too and the coaches never had a problem with it. The travel team, however, was much more intense, and you were expected to be fully committed, and missing a practice or game would have been a huge deal. So a lot depends on the type of team you have joined. I would probably try to think of this as a learning experience for my kid, even if I was irritated with the coach about not communicating better with my kid.

I have always just considered myself as a Protestant. I was raised in a non-denominational church, and visited my grandparents Nazarene church several times a year. Since getting married I have been part of several non-denominational churches, a Christian and Missionary Alliance church, Free Methodist church, Inter-denominational church, and a house church. We are currently churchless, but looking at possibilities again cautiously. My parents just started attending church again after all the covid fiasco, and have found a place they are happy. It is non-denominational, but associated with a Free Methodist church. I am thinking about trying the associated church which is close to us. My middle kid asked me recently what he should put for his denomination on his paperwork for the military. I wasn't sure what to tell him. He couldn't just put Protestant, which is what we usually say. I mentioned a few of the denominations we have attended, but I am not sure what he ended up putting. He has been attending church services at the bases he as been at. Most of them have been Southern Baptist, but I am not sure what the current one is.

Twinkies. Years ago our pack was doing an edible craft with twinkies during pinewood derby season and my youngest was allergic to them, so I made homemade ones so he could participate. They tasted fine, but were a lot of work. Candy corn. I make it once every couple of years. DS is allergic to most brands, either because of the food dyes or cross contamination with nuts. It probably isn't as much work as it seems, but I really don't enjoy it.

Overall, yes, I love it. There were times it was very hard and I wanted to throw in the towel, but I am glad I have stuck it out. Two years left with my youngest and then I am done. I will be sad when the homeschool years are behind me.

He is enlisted, currently a PFC. He didn't get any travel days for his move. An NCO picked him up the day he graduated from MOS and took him directly to his PDS. It was only a couple miles away. The bases are basically right next to each other. If he wants time off to move his stuff he has to take leave time. His training officer told him that he could request time off when he arrived at his new station but it would be up to his commanding officer. When he arrived this week he was told he wouldn't be getting any time off for a while and if he wants his stuff it will have to be shipped to him or he will have to wait, no idea how long. So now we are looking at ways to help him, and he is looking at ways to get things done and how to do it on base. Thanks for the input, it is helpful.

Thanks. DS doesn't think he is eligible because this is his first PDS. He is just finishing up with his initial trainings: boot camp, SOI, and MOS training, so it isn't a move from one PDS to another. He is going to be asking around, but moving expenses weren't covered in his briefing as part of the move to the base. Today he is still working on trying to get settled in and all his things figured out, but I will mention your suggestion if I get a chance to talk to him today,

Pricing it out, not really. His car requires the expensive gas, plus adding in lodging and eating on the road. It is a small car so not something you can really load up with stuff and sleep in comfortably. DS was willing to do that, Us not so much. We had talked about doing it as a road trip and getting a trailer to tow it over behind our truck, but cost and time off work just aren't going to work for us right now. We aren't in a place we can do that, unfortunately.

I was hoping some of you might have some great advice on best companies to use to ship a car across the country, maybe even one that has military discounts. DS has finally made it through his specialty training and has been posted at his permanent duty station. He was hoping to get to come home for a short visit and pick up his car and some of his things to take back with him, but it doesn't look like that will be happening. He is on the east coast and we are on the west coast. He is now talking about having his car shipped to him, and we would send his other stuff to him in boxes. He doesn't want much because he will be staying on base in the barracks with not much space, but he does want his computer and a few other things. We have never done anything like this before so any suggestions are welcome.

I only bathed my babies once a week, unless they got particularly messy. And usually baths were in the afternoon, until they were toddler age and I had DH take over because of my bad back. The kids didn't do daily baths/showers until they were teens. Dry skin/eczema runs in the family and daily bathing makes it worse. I did wash them down with wash cloths as needed. My sister bathed her babies every night as part of her nightly routine. It worked for her and her kids, it just wasn't something I wanted or felt the need to do. We had different bedtime routines that worked well for us.

Each of our kids have their own person first aid kits. They carry things like bandaids of various sizes, cleaning wipes, moleskin, tweezers, small scissors, bandages, tape, non-latex gloves, benadryl, and antibiotic ointment. DD and middle keep theirs in a hard sided red first aid case. Youngest keeps his in a large ziplock bag. DH also has his own personal first aid kit he keeps in his backpack that has similar stuff to the kids, but I think his stuff he just has loose in a pouch of his daypack. Youngest also has an epipen carrier that also holds his rescue inhaler. We also keep a first aid kit in each of the vehicles. We buy a standard car one from a store and then personalize it. Such as, I have to buy benedryl and other medications that are dye free because youngest has a red dye allergy. In the house we also keep a large family first aid kit in the downstairs closet that the boys put together when they were working on their first aid merit badge. It is a medium size storage bin that is see through and has an bright orange lid. I try to go through it every once in a while to make sure the medications (antibiotic ointment, burn cream, anti itch cream, etc) are up to date. We also have a smaller box upstairs that just contains medications like ibuprofen, acetaminophen, Tums, etc. that we can keep locked.

When the kids were little I made a special breakfast and then introduce them to their new books/routine for the year. They each had their own shelf on the bookcase so they knew where their stuff went. I almost always forgot to take pictures, so I don't have a lot of first day pictures of them. Although one year I got them all t-shirts with homeschool Star Wars theme and we did a photo op in the front yard with their light sabers which was fun. This year it is just me and youngest so I am thinking we will probably just go get breakfast at a drive-thru. We are starting later than we usually do this year because he is working as summer camp staff all summer and I want him to have a couple weeks off once he gets home for down time. Other than breakfast, we will likely start slow, discuss the goals for the year and talk about what he wants to accomplish his last two years of homeschooling. I already have his curriculum planned for this year, but he is wanting some outside activities. We will probably also do pizza for dinner so I don't have to worry about cooking that night.

I had DD write up a short book report type thing for each of the books. Basically, it was a short synopsis and what did you think of the book. Some of the books we also did some discussions for ones that she found more interesting. For DS, we mostly did discussions of the books as he read them. He is not really a big book reader, and some of the books we did together and discussed, others he read by himself, and I just left it at that.

I can tell you what I assigned my seniors, not sure it is the best list in the world and some are definitely of a strong religious nature, but not all by any means. DD read: The Portrait of a Lady; The Call of the Wild; To Kill a Mockingbird; Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus; Joni; Born Again; 1984; The Circle; Huckleberry Finn; Matched (much below her reading level, but she needed something light at the time); Bruchko. For middle DS I changed it up a bit and he read Giants of the Earth; The Call of the Wild; Sergeant York and the Great War; The Great Gatsby; Jacob Deshazer: Forgive You Enemies; Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy; 1984; The Circle. I still have a year before I need to plan for youngest, but I will probably do many from the same list as his siblings but with a few different ones mixed in.

We get a Voter's Pamphlet to look through, but that only helps if the candidate bothers to fill out information. A lot of times for races that are hotly contested, there is a lot of talk (helpful and not so helpful) on the local facebook "news" source. Also, talking to family/friends. Candidates will often hold meet and greets, which we are skipping because of covid right now. Recently some candidates were going door to door campaigning. I happened to be out front weeding when some came by and talked to them for a while. One of the candidates I have known for many years, and it was actually helpful to talk to him. He is an incumbent with two challengers, and it was interesting to get his take on it. Also, local party precincts will hold debates if there are several people running who identify under a particular party. So people are free to go to those and listen, or I believe they also broadcast them on the local television station. Many candidates have websites and other social media that can be found by doing a google search.

I had to sign paperwork for DS who is working at summer camp. He is 16. There were a number of options and we discussed it at length. We decided that he can drive himself (although the car is now home for repairs) with passengers only as allowed by state law. He has only had his license for 5 months. He can ride with anyone who is legally allowed to drive him. But I gave him strict instructions that he is to get out of any vehicles that he doesn't feel comfortable with the driver's driving and call his boss at the camp or us (though we are 3 hours away). So far they have mostly ridden with us, grandparents, and aunts/uncles. A few times on scout outings they road with other adult leaders, but they were trusted adults that we knew well. A few times with the youth group with adults we knew and trusted. They have never really ridden much with friends or younger drivers. It just isn't something that has come up for us.

My roses had a huge bloom right at the 4th when family came over for our backyard bbq, so that was nice. The tomato plants are growing tall and have lots of blooms, but I have yet to see any fruit on them. The blueberries are just starting to ripen, as are the raspberries. The strawberries mostly went to the birds. My poor pumpkins are not doing well. I had to replant them a couple times. The first ones never sprouted. The next ones started to sprout, but then rotted from all the rain. Finally I got some to sprout. The sugar pumpkins have their second set up leaves but have been stuck at that stage for over a week. They are just not growing. My Baby Boo pumpkins just sprouted last week and still have their first set of leaves. I fertilized them this morning and am hoping the will all start growing soon. We are having a lot of warm/hot sunny weather now. The weeds are doing fabulously. We have a great "harvest" of what we think is prickly lettuce. The tallest one is about 7 feet, but most are more in the 5 to 6 foot range. DH spent a bit of his afternoon yesterday pulling them out. He is also fighting the dandelions (his archenemy) and thistles. I am going to try to replant for the third or fourth time some sunflower seeds tomorrow when it is cooler (it is almost 94 today), hoping for a fall bloom. None of them are coming up. I thought one had, but my mom said it is just a weed. I was pretty bummed about that, but I am leaving it just in case she is wrong.

The scout camp my boys went to and my youngest is working at this summer on the Oregon coast has bioluminescent plakton on the beach that has always been fascinating to see. DS says he hasn't seen any yet this summer but is hoping to see some soon.

DD had hers out a couple years ago. She had an oral surgeon do it, and they put her under for it. We did a consult beforehand where she could ask questions. Day of I dropped her off and went to pick up prescription medications the surgeon prescribed. She was pretty out of it for a day and rested up for the weekend, but was pretty much back to normal after that. We stalked up on a lot of soft foods for her to eat and followed the instructions from the surgeon's office. DS had his out at boot camp which we heard about in a letter. He just had the bottom ones removed. They used novicaine to numb him, but he wasn't fully numbed. The dentist told him he had extra nerves or some such thing. Poor kid. He got one day of rest on his rack and then right back out on regular training. They didn't provide special meals or anything, just told them to pick soft foods at the chow hall. TBH, he actually didn't mind having his teeth out as much as I thought he might because it was the first full night of sleep, and one of the last, he got during his 13 weeks at boot camp. I am waiting to see if youngest will need his out or not. I had mine out at 16. My regular dentist did all four of mine with just novacaine and laughing gas. I had it done on a Friday, recovered over the weekend, and was back at school on Monday. I don't remember it being too bad. It wasn't fun, but not a horrible experience.