Loved your guitar playing! For the audition, I would work on sight reading. Our piano teacher always says that part is really important for someone who has to play at church. I don't know how that works for electric guitar, but her point is that you need to have new repertoire ready with little time to prepare.

I was taught that usage to be grammatically correct. Whoever corrected you is wrong.

I understand. So sorry for your pain and grief. ðŸ˜

Another 50s and 60s couple here!

I had this happen to me earlier this year and like other posters, it turned out to be polyps. Got them out and everything is fine now. Most definitely needs to be checked out though. Hope you have nothing to worry about soon.

Congrats!

We try and usually manage to have a week's family vacation every year. Most years, to keep costs down, we stay in the U.S., drive, and use my husband's hotel points to stay at a nice hotel. Our struggle is fitting in (and affording) family visits. I see some other posters have families overseas. Our situation is more complicated because my husband is South Asian while I am European. Our respective families of origin live thousands of miles not only from us, but also from each other. Any family visit involves international air travel and thousands of dollars in air fares alone. It would be great is we could travel off season, but our girls have always attended school, and I work at an elementary school myself, it's just not practical. Our oldest is a college senior, and we are full pay, the money is definitely not flowing freely! We traveled to visit my family the summer before she started college, and then we visited my husband's family the Christmas before last. We are hoping that my inlaws will come to my daughter's college graduation. They are financially comfortable, but my father in law will be 92 by the time of graduation. It's a very long trip (over 24 hours flying time), so we can only hope he keeps fit and healthy. My family is less financially well off, so the reality is that we have to fly there if we want to see them.

I think at my daughter's college they were allowed to raise their beds. I don't remember much honestly. She only dormed on campus her first year. She has shared an apartment right next to campus ever since. They are much cheaper.

At my daughter's school one dorm had some rooms with beds in lofts. The rooms are really cute. You have two beds downstairs and two beds upstairs. You go up using stairs that are more like a ladder. The front of the upstairs is pretty open. I didn't want my daughter to be in one of these. She is too much of a klutz, plus even is she were not, how about if you feel sick? I didn't like the idea at the practical level.

For my coffee, I have an Italian stovetop coffee maker which I prefer and a French press that my husband likes a lot.

It looks like you might want to decide whether you have more time or money. If you have more time than money, save the monthly $120.00 for JEI and diy with any of the other posters ' suggestions. Otherwise, keep JEI and add any of the activities you mentioned.

If there are enough takers for a tea pot, I prepare one. Otherwise, I just provide mugs or cups and hot water. I have an electric kettle so that's easy. For casual occasions, I use a plain teapot, regular mugs, milk straight out of the bottle, and sugar in my regular sugar bowl. For more formal gatherings, I use a nicer teapot and cups and saucers, as well as a nice milk pitcher and sugar bowl.

😂 Yes, so true! My years in England are what got me addicted to tea. A habit that I keep even now, and I left the U.K. 18 years ago. It helps to have an equally tea addicted husband.

My nephew graduated last June from UC Berkeley's law school. He already had a firm job offer at the law firm that he had interned with the previous summer in San Francisco. He passed the Bar exam after the summer and has been gainfully employed since. I really don't know how happy he is there, it's still very early days. I do know that the hours are long, but the pay is good enough for him to rent an apartment in the area and live a good life for a single young man while paying off his law school debt.

Your daughter is in 6th grade and accelerated in math. I am assuming that she finds school math easy and basically it acts as review. However, I presume she will still need to complete her school math homework, correct? You mentioned that you were keeping your daughter in a JEI class outside of school during the school year. So that means, in addition to school math homework, she has 1 hour math weekly at the JEI site plus JEI homework for the week. How much time is she having to spend on the JEI homework? I am not familiar with JEI centers or their offerings. How do you and your daughter like the program? Does it fit your desire for an accelerated program? Is your daughter willing to add a second math program after school? I would take this into account before proceeding with yet another math program. Unless your daughter really loves math, you might want to consider even replacing JEI for a better alternative if JEI does not fit the bill that well, rather than adding onto it. I might worry about burn out. Good luck!

I posted the link in happy smiley lady's message. I had never understood the logic of the US health care system. Honestly, it just doesn't make much rational sense coming from outside the system. The video definitely helped me understand the political context where the system developed. Still doesn't make sense to keep it that way, it just gives it context.

I wondered too, that's why I asked earlier what the actual Spanish word was. We'll have to wait and see!

What was the Spanish word? I haven't used Duolingo for a while but when I did, I don't remember encountering slang.

😂 Very true! My neighbor actually did have a real life bobcat deliver kittens in her back yard, 2 years in a row! They found out when her yorkie went out to pee and it got bitten. Initially they thought it had been bitten by a rattle snake, but then the vet said, no, 13 puncture wounds is no rattler! Small pets do disappear on a regular basis to coyote attacks. It's a fact of life.

To me, your daughter's issues in math are screaming of anxiety rather than learning disability. When you looked at the class math worksheet, you said that she had done fine, and still, she had reacted in a way that interfered with her daily life as a student, and came close to a panic attack. If she is in treatment for her anxiety, have you brought the math issue up with her psychiatrist and/or therapist? What do they say? I think it is vital that they are aware, since it is an area where your daughter struggles with anxiety. All the best.

My 8th grade daughter loves to keep busy. I am so not like her, but I have learned to roll with it. As extracurriculars, she has piano, bassoon and Indian dance once a week each plus practice. Then she has FTC robotics club 3 times a week, and Girl Scouts, maybe 1 a month. This is what she likes. She argues that this way she uses her time better, since she can't afford to procrastinate! Anyway, our afterschooling is extremely limited. For Spanish, other than me continuing speaking Spanish with her, she usually watches a Brainpop movie while she has breakfast. I tune into a Mexican radio station whenever we are in the car. This has worked surprisingly well. She really listens and it gives her exposure to Mexican Spanish versus the Spain's Spanish I speak at home. Math wise, she does one on one online tutoring twice a week. This is also working very well. She clicks with her tutor's teaching style and has gained a lot of confidence in math. Other than that, we occasionally read to each other, but we are pretty happy with her school classes.

😳 Yes, that is bad!

If your child has no real preference, how about the future teacher? Otherwise, go for the cheapest option! My kids each has a ukelele and they both love it. True that we also have a piano they both play. My younger daughter also plays the bassoon in school. The ukelele is a pretty cool instrument to play around with, alone or with friends, and easy to transport!

I see. Yes, it looks like it should not have been a problem. I suppose it's not an issue now, anyway. All's well that ends well!

I have AAA in California. We were told the premium will go down after 3 years from the date of licensing for a new driver. Also, if there has been an at fault collision, it will be another 3 years before the premium goes down again.