I would answer, “Actually I do need a couple of things. Can I pick something up for you?” It doesn’t matter if you actually need groceries that day or not. You always need a couple of things, and you may or may not happen to get them at the same time that you get things for her. Answering that way relieves her of the burden of thinking she imposed on you. For the dinner plans, I would say “I did think about what I could make tonight, but I could easily make it another night. We’re always open to changing our plans! Did you have something in mind?” Or, “Actually our plans are flexible tonight. Did you have something in mind?” Or even “l’m not sure yet. What are you thinking for dinner?” Because if you’re flexible and you’re willing to go over to her house for dinner after 3 o’clock invitation, then it’s really true that you’re not sure yet, lol! Again it relieves her of the burden of feeling like she’s imposing on you or that you have some kind of plan that she would be interrupting.

Yes, we have four laser tag guns and my college kids still enjoy them.

Transferology is only as good as the info it gets from schools. Also only as current. It’s great for some, not as much for others. It can help you get a baseline, but you will always need to check with the school itself to see how things actually transfer. And if your student has any kind of specialized major like education or engineering or some thing where there’s a very specific and detailed set of courses and not a lot of room for electives, you’ll want to talk with the major department. Sometimes classes will transfer but only as electives, and not filling needed requirements. Still, it was a really helpful tool for us and I used a lot for helping us choose the most compatible schools to investigate.

I hadn’t kept up on stats for long Covid, so I googled. This article from August says 11.1 million Americans have long Covid! https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-safety-outcomes/estimates-of-americans-with-long-covid-19-per-state.html

Oh, so cute! Since she’s just a kitten, I would have at least one litter box on each floor for now. You can probably go down to just one when it’s older. When we adopted our cat, it turned out she was pregnant and she had two kittens. The advice we read was to have a litter box within 10 feet or so while they are training. So, depending on how completely she is trained when you get her, you may want more than one per floor at first. For kittens, you can use anything shallow, a cardboard box or dish pan etc., whatever you have. We thought about a covered one, but ultimately just got one with high sides. We do put a cat mat in front of it, which gets most of the remaining litter out of her paws. Have fun with your precious fur baby!

Glad you are done! I saw that they are reducing the number of questions for future FAFSA forms. Maybe it will be easier in the future! I think this was my last year for having to do it.

I hope it goes smoothly for you! I did remember that there are often little help buttons next to a question explaining a little more information. I often wish that some of them had more information though. I sometimes find myself googling how to answer a question!

Yes, and who would put a trap on the Girl Scouts land? And what were they really hoping to catch?

You won’t have to create new accounts. Did you write down your sign-in information from last year? You can use the same login name and password to get back into your accounts, or if you don’t have them, if you have the emails that you used, you can probably retrieve your information that way. Once you are logged in, the forms will allow you to transfer information from last year to this year and just check and make sure it’s still accurate. So it’s a few less questions to answer. You will still have to do the data transfer from the IRS, and fill in financial information. I hope that helps some!

Maybe. If your state also offers aid, see if they have a deadline or run out of money. Some states have a first come first serve policy with regard to state aid and it can be beneficial to get the FAFSA in sooner rather than later. You can always revise it later to add schools. It won’t matter in terms of the Pell Grant though.

I wanted to add, I don’t know why they don’t just let everyone choose diploma or ged, and make homeschool a drop down menu selection of your area high schools!

I put high school diploma for my kids. I didn’t like how they differentiated when I first started filling out the forms, though now I might just put homeschooled! It doesn’t really cause an issue, but if you choose high school diploma, they want you to select the high school from a drop-down menu, and of course your choice won’t be there. They do allow you to type in a school name, but every single time they will ask you to double check and make sure that you entered that correctly since it’s not in their system. So it’s an extra hoop to jump through. It’s never caused any problems though.

Just wondered what you ended up trying and if you like it!

Definitely flats! I would go for some kind of dress pants, and a nice blouse. However, a blazer is a nice look and I’m not against the blazer idea. Heels are definitely not needed though!

Wow!!

That’s awful! How does the proctor cheat?

Yes, I’m definitely looking for something that can do that! If you have a vintage book though, can you take a picture of the cover and add in a picture?

In that case, the quote being so far off is pretty upsetting!

I would probably post about it, and/or talk with a manager at the local store. The only thing I wondered is whether she might have been quoting a USPS price for getting it there in the same amount of time. Is it possible that the price you got from USPS was for a slower or longer transit time than she quoted? Whenever I go to the PO, they offer me 2-3 options, and the first one is always much more expensive.

Thanks!

Thanks, I just heard of that and it does sound good.

I’m wanting to go clean out my books more thoroughly —keep some for grandkids and for us, get rid of ones I don’t love. I’d like to keep a listing of books that could be shared and/or printed with blurbs I write, quotes etc… and that is organized roughly by age but can also be categorized or tagged and sorted by genres I choose (like if I want to specify US historical fiction etc…) Is there a good free program for that? I was looking at good reads, but I’m not sure if it does the things I want. I know it does other things, and I don’t know if I would use those other features. I do like the idea of being able to use my phone to either scan a barcode or take a picture of a cover. Any thoughts? Have any of you done this?

My dd joined a Christian group and they are on a retreat this weekend, and she said they are being careful with masking etc… She’s an early childhood Ed. Major and volunteers in a daycare with 2 and 3 year-olds…for one of her courses. She said it’s really interesting to try to keep them in masks! They don’t have to mask outside though. They each put their mask away in their cubby, and one little boy always puts his in someone else’s cubby! I keep wondering if he does it on purpose, hoping to give it away, lol!

(((Hugs))) Driving distance was a big factor for us, and both kids’ schools are close enough for a weekend visit. DD’s is 3 hours, so maybe not weekly, but once a month or so. Both of my kids are at state schools where kids go home for weekends, but we kind of knew that. They did find clubs to join though. Dd went to two this week and likes both and has a new friend texting her now. I hope your daughter can find an interest to pursue through a club to meet some people.

Interestingly, in my state, statistics is the class a lot of schools want for liberal arts and other non-math/science majors. Some of the schools won’t take college algebra here, though some do.