Lol! Your dd and mine must have the same name, as we have the same problem!

Well, considering how I usually dress, they'd also have to fish their way up under my long shirt and/or sweater/jacket to get to it. I do shift it to the front if I'm in a crowd. I'm pretty rural though....people don't generally get too close around here.

I once sent a text that was meant to say "I'm going to take these to the nursing home" and it autocorrected to "nut house". Really phone?

My girls and I gripe about this all the time. What is even the point of having pockets if they are only an inch deep? I hate that it is even a thing. I carry my wallet in my back pocket like a dude and I don't care. It is way more convenient than lugging around a purse that I have to dig stuff out of.

I also vote mouth shut. She'll figure it out soon enough. I was a hobbyist turned professional at one point in time. Most people dip their toes into the business side without realizing the work involved in building a client base and *keeping* it. I worked hard, learned how to operate my equipment, researched what I wanted to accomplish, and spent time marketing. Then I decided that for me, the time spent wasn't worth the income. Also, everyone wants a deal (i.e. give me the digital copies so I can get cheap prints at Walgreens) and I wasn't willing to give my work away on a massive scale. So I'm a hobbyist again. Much more satisfying. Anyway, if you don't have the talent for it, you'll find out very very quickly that you aren't going to have clients. Even when you do have talent, it still takes hard work, networking, monetary investment, and just plain luck to get a profitable photography business going.

Money, money, money.

We are horrible about that. I had a kid walk around on a broken ankle for two days (and I sent her to school!). 3 days after the accident it started swelling, so I thought I'd better take her in. Yep. Broken. I have a dd that has a tender foot that aches sometimes now because she dropped a mirror on it and didn't tell me for a few days. We waffled over whether or not to take her in for another week before we finally decided we'd waited too long. In retrospect, with the pain she still has from it occasionally, we think she broke some of the small bones in the top of her foot. (She's almost 17, btw, not a small child...I wouldn't have left the decision up to her if she were younger). Dh tore his calf muscle last week, and spent the first two days trying to decide whether to go to the ER or not. Then decided it was too late and that they probably couldn't do anything. Now is wondering if he shouldn't have gone after all (still hobbling around). So, yes, you aren't alone.

I've been pinched twice today, so yeah I've heard of it. :glare: They don't believe me when I say my green eyes count. hmpf.

Thank you so much! He is in the "medical" ward. It isn't a huge facility, so they may not have a separate psyche ward? His sugar was crashing when they brought him in so he's been there. He's not violent, or anything, so they wouldn't have done a mental eval on him. If you talk to him for a minute or two, he seems fine...slowish but fine. But if you have more than a 10 minute conversation with him, you realize that he talks in circles, and cannot recall information well at all. He answers "I don't know" to a lot. Since he is non-violent, and he turned himself in for the probation violation, I am afraid that they will just release him with no help. Do you know how hard it is to get him transferred to another county for rehab? Dh gave me the go ahead to see if we can't get him here somehow so I can be close enough to help him get to appointments and keep an eye on him.

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I did. It was a very, very long day.

I saw him today. It is a mess, and there are some things that I found out about that kind of changes what I thought might be happening. Domestic abuse is likely, and brain injury causing this behavior is very possible. :crying: I have a lot to think about and a lot of calling to do.

Oh how I know that. So many people in our family have struggled (and often lost the fight) with addiction. I've seen it happen over and over. "I'm coming clean!" They do ok for a few weeks or months, and then crash back down into it. He's not going anywhere until the 21st at least, so I do have a few days to process. I'm rounding up the few sane extended family members we have to see if I can get him a network of fallback people, and people that are willing to keep me in the loop. I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow, I think. Thankfully, I have several days without prior commitments to do some legwork.

I found a mental health facility in his county that deals with addiction and mental illness. They also offer services for those that need medication management. That will probably be my next stop after I see my brother tomorrow. I'm still scrounging for services. Most of what is available is for the elderly or children.

Household: $35,483

Thanks Lanny. This is why I've been asking questions (and not just here, but this place can be a wealth of information). We are pretty cautious people, and I would definitely avoid signing anything without a full understanding of the implications. I just haven't done this before, and need information about what is possible. Throwing around ideas is actually very helpful, and gives me some direction as to how I want to proceed. I want to see him face to face. To see how he is doing and find out if he's actually clean (if I can). If he needs rehab, I want to help him get there. If he needs to apply for disability, I want to be able to help him do that. He doesn't know what questions to ask, and would probably agree to whatever they told him to do.

I know that I'm not responsible for him. However, I also know that we got dealt a crap hand to start off with. He got sucked into the mire before he could get out. He was literally a child when he started drinking and doing drugs. I just was lucky enough to meet my husband and get away from there at 16. I was the one that took care of him until I left. Dh and I tried for years to get my mom (and later his dad after she passed away) to let him come stay with us, to get him out too, but they wouldn't do it. I'm not willing to put my own family at risk, and feel no obligation to do so. However, I do feel obligated to at least TRY to get him some help. I'm the only person in a position to do so, especially since he seems incapable of helping himself.

Thank you for reminding me of this. I don't know if they've assigned him a public defender yet (don't they have to if he cannot afford a lawyer? He has zero money or assets.) It would absolutely hurt him if they took our income into account. And he's so prone to doing stupid stuff that I definitely don't want to be responsible for his legal run ins. I don't have a go to lawyer to speak to, and can't really afford to hire one right now anyway. I think I'm just going to go see him and see how bad he really is. Keep in mind, I've not spoken to him in person in several years. There have been a few (often belligerent) phone calls in that time, and a few FB interactions, but that is it. I've gotten a few accounts from relatives that he's seen the past couple of years. Between that and Google pulling up his mug shots, that is really the only way I've kept tabs on him. I guess my hope is that he can somehow get evaluated for disability and some help. I don't even know if he has insurance or how (or even if) he's getting insulin.

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KK are my kryptonite. I cannot resist them fresh off the line. I have zero self control. The Hot sign is like a siren's call. Thankfully, the closest one is 25 minutes away and not in my normal routes. Also, thankfully, the boxed ones in the store don't call to me in the same way.

I have a list today. I'm just plain stressed. I have three daughters that are dealing with college in some form or another, in addition to myself. I'm tired. One child is having a minor crisis of trying to decide if the plan she's had for the past 4 years is the one she wants to stick with. One (adult) child is resisting adulthood with all her might and I've about had it with her. The third child fell down the stairs this weekend and banged herself up pretty good. We waffled about getting her elbow x-rayed, but she said it was feeling better. Yesterday I witnessed her unsuccessfully trying to bend her arm to put on a jacket as she was headed out the door to leave for two days. :glare: My dh tore his calf muscle last week and won't go to the doctor. He is still hobbling around, unable to put his full weight on it. My step-grandmother called me last night in tears because my brother is in jail...again. I'm trying to find a dang job. FAFSA is trying to kill me because apparently there is a discrepancy on our form regarding our 401K. I have been trying to correct it, but with all the college applications out there, I'm having to do verification for 3 people at a total of 4 different schools. My calendar keeps filling and more problems/events keep popping up. I'm running out of free squares. Times like these I kind of wish I drank.

Cleaning up personal info.

Yep. All that build up for THAT?! I was rather hooked right up to the end though.

I liked most of it, but found the ending disappointing.

I can't answer the FL question, but generally, yes a 3 credit course at college counts as 1 HS credit. I have let their DE credit classes in english count as their year of English.