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  1. I have recommended his site before, but TheVirtualInstructor.com has great lessons. Not one on one, but really well done. He has drawing classes for all media it seems, but your ds would probably want his pencil, charcoal, or pen and ink classes. When I looked up observational drawing in his site, it directed me to this page, so maybe look at the class linked at the bottom.
  2. Pick Your Poison (a “Would you rather…” type game) Deep Dilemmas (same concept)
  3. My artist, DD18, loves and recommends this Japanese set.
  4. I have been working on this and wouldn't really have thought of it before. Thank you. As to the bolded, no, she didn't. Honestly, at that point I really felt like she was saying stuff to get rid of us in that moment. When I immediately responded affirmatively to the facial swelling the second she mentioned it, she wanted to dismiss it immediately. Like, well that was then...so let's wait for it to happen again...just "buh-bye" is how it felt. The funny thing is that before this, I always said I'd never met an NP I didn't like. She did mention a table test if his dizziness persists, even as we're sitting right there in his office saying he is still dizzy practically all the time. And the thing is...related to what Brittany is saying... I feel like I'm being treated like an over-involved moron incapable of understanding at this point. If the NP or doc conveyed the measurement thing to me, I would be able to rationally say, ok expert, got it. But they haven't said oh we're not worried because of x, y, z. They're saying let it go but giving me no reason why. The NP keeps talking about this or that test related to dizziness, and yes, I want him to have those. But then she is dismissing the enlarged ventricle concern. I'm saying I want answers to both of them, connected or not. He was THRILLED to be told to quit caffeine. LOL Thanks. I wouldn't have thought of it. DH and I were sitting in the living room when I read your advice, and I texted DS that he needs to quit caffeine for now because of all this, and he just responded "ok." So, again, DH and I were like crap, he is for sure not malingering, because he would have put up a fight if any percentage of this was just drama. They just put up a Black Rock at the front of our neighborhood, and let's just say he's a fan. Thank you. He has actually quit that job since then. He's focusing on school and spends his off time learning programming languages. Nice and lazy for now. LOL
  5. My DD is in her third year of Mandarin, taking online lessons with a private tutor who just happens to live in the next town over. Her teacher is amazing, nothing but good things to say. DD actually babysits for her now. I highly recommend her. She is accredited in teaching Chinese as a second language. http://www.5starmandarin.com
  6. I didn’t see measurements at all, and I was totally prepared to dismiss it. But, yeah, the symptoms have been getting worse. And Dr. Google says find the cause. His BP was normal at his appointments, but a month or two before the first episode of passing out (I need to get the ER papers together to figure out the actual timeline), he had another episode where he says his heart was fluttering and his chest hurt. DH took his pulse (high) and his BP (very high). DH took him to the ER for that, and his BP and heart rate did not want to come down even laying down on a gurney. They ended up giving him IV saline and got him stabilized and told him to see his primary. At that appt, his vitals checked out fine, but he still reported dizziness. And all this reminds me of another thing the NP said at the appt, along the lines of if symptoms persist or he passes out again, come back. She said he should come back if he has any swelling in his feet, legs, or face, and OMG he had that a while back, a weird episode of facial swelling that wouldn’t go down for days. We assumed it was allergies and gave him Benadryl, but it did not go down. Took him to urgent care, who figured it was allergies and gave him more allergy drugs, but the swelling still didn’t go down for quite a few more days. The NP wanted to dismiss this too, even though she had literally just told him to come back if he had facial swelling. 🙄 Thank you so much. That makes me feel better. I did try to be careful and respectful with my phrasing.
  7. That is a great tip. Thank you! The monitor was worn in February, and the rest of the testing was in the months between then and his results appointment on Monday. His dizziness has gotten worse since February, and back then it was more likely to happen during super busy times. He was on his feet and running around all the time at work, where he passed out the second time. So probably he wasn’t super dizzy during monitoring because he wasn’t allowed to go back to work until he got a clearance.
  8. DS is 20. To be clear, we saw the cardiologist first. I actually liked him a lot. He agreed the symptoms were weird for his age and did order a lot of testing. We saw the NP only for follow-up, which I assumed was because the cardiologist had looked at the results and delegated because he thought they were no big deal. Supposedly, the NP asked the cardiologist about an MRI or catheterization to explore the cause, and he said nothing was necessary. Just before I asked you all about it this evening after a hissy fit, lol, I did tell her that I am not a mom who takes kids (especially a 20 year old “kid” lol) to the doc for nothing. I’m more likely to pooh-pooh my kids and tell them to hydrate, get more sleep, get more exercise, etc. in the face of physical discomfort. I told her that, with all due respect, as a concerned mom who usually isn’t that concerned, I want to pursue the cause for the enlargement because literally every (reputable!) site I visit says it’s important. She said she will get back to me tomorrow. If she doesn’t order the imaging, I’ll take him elsewhere.
  9. DS has had tons of dizziness over the past few months and two episodes of passing out. After the second, which happened at work, he went to the ER and was diagnosed with a benign irregular rhythm and his heart rate didn’t want to come down. In an abundance of caution, the ER doc referred him to a cardiologist for a work up since his symptoms were weird for his age. They did a two week monitor, other testing I can’t recall, and an ultrasound. The cardiologist’s NP told us on follow-up that everything was no big deal, that everything looked great, that he should come back if he was dizzy and feeling like passing out again. Except he is still, every day. So she says it could be this, it could be that, but really no biggie. I was prepared to accuse DS of being a malingerer. He kind of can be. But what’s the point of claiming dizziness all the time? And needing to have me pick him up from places he’s driven because he doesn’t feel safe driving home… The one thing that looked out of the ordinary at all in his testing was the ultrasound finding of “mildly enlarged right ventricle,” which I observed on the ultrasound report. The NP didn’t even bring it up. So, as I’m leaving, I think it can’t be great but can’t be that bad because the NP pooh-poohed all the findings. Except Dr. Google says in response to every search about the term MERT to get ye to the doctor and find out the reason for the enlargement, because there are multiple causes with varying degrees of seriousness, and putting off treatment for some of these things could lead to worsening of potential conditions which may just be silent now. They’re giving me grief and making me seem like a nutcase for wanting to know the cause. No doc likes to hear that Dr. Google told me to be concerned, even when I say Mayo Clinic, AHA, BMJ, etc. Anyone know the answer here?
  10. I’m on my third kid going through APES, and no prerequisites are truly necessary. Honestly, APES seems to be the least “sciency” high school science, kinda half social science to be honest. I’m not disparaging it, just to be clear. Environmental Science and Human Geography are requirements to graduate my homeschool because I see them as two of the most important classes for being an informed world citizen these days.
  11. Poor baby! She is such a cutie pie! Hope she recovers quickly.
  12. I’m literally LOL about this. Good luck to anyone who tries to paint a toddler’s nails if they don’t want it done. No one is strapping screaming toddlers down to paint their tootsies. She made the choice to allow her nails to be painted nails or they wouldn’t be painted. 😂
  13. Yes. You did the most important thing. You taught him why we learn to read. You taught him that reading is a pleasure.
  14. This picture exaggerates their size difference but shows the difference in their back fur.
  15. I can't believe I stumbled upon them at a rescue. DH's very first soul cat was a chocolate point ragdoll. One of them is a little bigger with ever so slightly lighter fur. When they're together that helps. When they're apart, all bets are off. I need to figure it out soon. Maybe some nice bow ties for now.
  16. I LOVE the idea of Cinderelly's mice. Love all things Disney (DD shot down Berlioz and Toulouse as well 🤨). Unfortunately, my mom's soul dog's name was Jack and he just passed due to (long, long story) unfortunate circumstances. Just can't handle calling Jaq and hearing Jack.
  17. DD shot down Franklin and Winston, and I thought that pair was quite nice. Maybe I should stop consulting other family members? LOL
  18. I really like this name. I think Oscar and Jasper sound good together, or it makes me think of Oscar the Grouch, and then I could do Grover. Oscar and Grover Sadly, Fred and George as a pair always makes me think of Fred in book 7. Love the idea of another stone, but it would have to be a good match with Jasper. I'm weird that way. We do really tend toward people names also. Yes, I'm still considering Sherlock and Watson. It has stayed in the running here. I thought about Ted Lasso names. Roy and Sam are my favorite characters, but no one else is going in for it. LOL
  19. (((((((KungFuPanda))))))) (((((((KungFuPanda's family))))))) I'm glad this place gives you comfort. Sometimes autopilot habits from Before are the only things that can provide any ounce of respite from grief.
  20. Their rescue names were Kelvin and Jasper, and we all kind of like the name Jasper but would need suggestions to go with it. Kelvin is a big no. LOL
  21. They are 7 month old brothers, sweet as can be. They came from a hoarding situation, so they are a bit shy, but they are coming around quickly. We thought about Calvin & Hobbes, but they don't really have the right personality. I considered Darcy & Bingley, but don't love Bingley for either of them either. DD18 likes Sherlock & Watson. I could maybe be swayed, but I'd like more options. Anyone in the mood to throw out cat names?
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