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  1. Ds has 7 acceptances. He sees advantages and disadvantages to each option. At least one school is too expensive, but maybe there will be merit/ financial aid so he hasn’t declined yet. I hope we can whittle a couple more off the list soon. I wish he would be writing essays for scholarships but he is so exhausted from public school. He has a 7 page paper due next month for his dual enrollment English class. He also needs to find a job or at least summer job. Everything feels a bit overwhelming for both of us.
  2. I have lived in Milwaukee WI and a couple smaller college towns without a car. I have had coworkers bike to work in my current location. I never noticed anyone smelling. I think people might have used wet wipes. Most bikers wear quick dry fabrics or change at work.
  3. Welland Canal. We could have skipped the falls and just watched freighters.
  4. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett I thought it was written well but I didn’t like it as much as some of her others.
  5. Please send all your good wishes that there might be a future Boilermaker in my house. Today is Purdue’s EA release day. ETA: well today wasn’t the day. Maybe for RD on March 31? But we are sad.
  6. I read Nora Robert’s The Inheritance yesterday. I knew it was going to be a trilogy but didn’t expect an abrupt cliff hanger. I read on the kindle and wasnt checking page count. I guess I wait for Nov 2024 and Nov 2025.
  7. Hugs to you and your family. I’m sorry to hear that high care was needed again. I wish you all best wishes for healing.
  8. My kids loved Theodore Gray’s books.
  9. Rosie, thank you for the suggestion. My son loved it and was glad dh and I watched with him. I thought it was well done.
  10. Gingerbread cake with caramel sauce
  11. I know my son will love this. I haven’t read any discworld, do you think that will affect my understanding or enjoyment of the movie/miniseries?
  12. I see the same link in your post. I have an Amish 4 poster in cherry with a 6 drawer dresser with mirror. I love them. We also have a random end table and bookcase as night stands. I meant to replace them with something better but other things take priority.
  13. Ds was accepted EA to Ohio State Univ. We haven’t had an official tour and I think his preferences might be other places. I think it will be a great fit for his major but I’m not in love with the campus. I wrote earlier that both ds and I were frustrated with the website and creating the portal etc. I think the EA notification process was odd. Only some of EA notifications were to be released Friday, the rest will be on a day in Jan. He got a postcard saying that it would be random between the two release dates. I was reading Friday on CC that students were receiving emails to create a campus email even if they also had a portal, so people were assuming that admission offer would soon follow. Then some people could see changes on their portal indicating admission. As of 8 pm Friday night, my son didn’t have any changes so we assumed he would be in the Jan batch. He woke up Saturday to an admitted email that had been sent at 3 am. Weird. The email itself seemed perfunctory. His other admission offers are from smaller universities so maybe they have to work harder at recruiting. I am glad for the acceptance as it means all the pieces of his application must have assembled themselves. (His public school uses a platform tied into common ap but the school will no longer be using next year due to issues.)
  14. We keep our pumpkin pie room temperature for almost a day before serving. Then refrigerate any uneaten pieces.
  15. I have had two. I need to leave the door open so that it can dry along the rubber seal. We also have to use cleaner tablets monthly to help decrease the mold smell.
  16. I would plant succulents but only lightly water since there aren’t drainage holes.
  17. Squash and apple recipe baked in crockpot? ETA: something like this but I haven’t used this exact recipe https://www.mccormick.com/recipes/salads-sides/slow-cooker-butternut-squash-and-apples
  18. Week 1 I had minor cold/ sinus symptoms. Week 2 I was tired enough that I took an 1-2 hour nap most days even though I was still off work and only staying in one room of my house. Week 3-3.5 I was coughing and sleeping 12-16 hours a night. I suspect I had bronchitis but it eased up before I was going to be seen by doctor
  19. I had one and also a greeting card one probably like the one mentioned by @Dmmetler
  20. 9:05 eastern time, and 150-200 words to go, and I’m really nervous. He needs to finish up how 1st choice major will allow him to meet career goals, and then concoct similar for 2nd choice major. He has actually wilted and no longer has any career goals. His grand plan is to not apply to this university. ETA: at least his 1st choice major is actually an offshoot of 2nd choice major
  21. I have been surprised by the need for school accounts to track application progress. He is definitely getting annoyed at schools with difficult websites and procedures.
  22. I agree that there is no common sense for fear of liability. My 17 year old child had an abscess after removal of wisdom teeth. Absolutely required antibiotics dose every 3 hours, but the school refused to follow the doctors form. They wouldn’t let him take a dose at school and said I should do before and after school and bedtime. However, my child had an afterschool job inside the same school and worked until 6pm. He went to bed at 9pm. There was no way I was going to leave work to meet him so that I could bring it to him afterschool. I clearly realize now that I should have never tried to do the official thing. Once I involved school admin I was too afraid that they would search his bag if I just backed down. It took multiple conversations with me just saying “I know you want to keep my child safe. He needs an afternoon dose of antibiotic. This could be fatal if untreated. What else should I do to help protect him?”
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