Yes, that does sound nice! We went had a few small gatherings in various places so nobody had to travel. Not everyone we know or love was involved, and it was totally fine. BUT we're not from families that really care about that sort of thing, so it was easy for us.

That's why DH and I didn't have a wedding. We didn't want to deal with any of what you described above. Even traveling a few hours, staying in a hotel, buying a gift for the couple, etc is a lot of money. No thanks.

Also, 30 Rock! Hysterical and awesome!

Derry Girls! Hilarious, heartfelt, beautiful scenery, great Irish accents! Teens growing up in Northern Ireland. SO FUNNY. Only 2 seasons 🙂

Holy guacamole! That's so scary!

I've been wondering, too!

Great point. It’s so easy for information to go awry when it’s not given directly from one person to another. At my job, I’ve experienced so many miscommunications (about things big and small), and it’s really opened my eyes to the need for DIRECT communication. With the best of intentions, you still might accidentally end up communicating the situation differently than your DD and SIL would want.

Wow this is awesome! The cost can even be covered by Medicare/Medicaid. Tucking this info away for the future. Thanks!

That is pretty cool! I've only known one psych who was willing to do that for a school eval. I wish everyone could do that.... very neat.

Yeah. Sometimes you just need to move on. So frustrating though!

Good point. There's no test for ADHD that's a 100% definitive test... like a blood test for a vitamin deficiency, for example. You fill out rating scales and it's very subjective. At least with kids, they have multiple people do the scales so they can see if the raters agree with each other, which gives more confidence in the ratings. OCD and anxiety are strongly correlated with ADHD, so my opinion is that it would be worth trying the meds to see if those other issues improve at all. It'll give you some more information to go on.

Are you going to do anything more with this?

Me too. I once got a stomach virus from a family that had been feeling fine for 4-5 days. Never again!

Oh, this sounds so scary and sad for them. And you!

Oh no, I'm so sad on your behalf. That would crush me. Why can't neighbors just be reasonable?!

I love Kelly. One of my dearest childhood friends is named that. Love Alice, too! An Alice could nickname Allie or Al. I like nickname opportunities 🙂

That sounds awful. Is there any change happening for that situation in the future?

That's amazing!!!! Congratulations!!!

Lol. I'm sold!!

Welp, my school is mask-optional starting tomorrow. Feeling nervous. A lot of my students are not vaccinated and I know they can't wait to get those masks off.

Wow! What a whirlwind. It's crazy how she can go from being in a hospital and watched all the time, to on her own in a hotel room. Just wow! How's your dad holding up? I hope they can both rest at the hotel. I wonder if they'll both be stir crazy soon 🙂

Oh geez 😞 I'm so sorry! Wish we could have just waited the few months till summer to unmask in school.

Oh no. Were you masked? This makes me nervous for my school's probably mask-optional decision next week. How are you feeling?

This is awesome! Such a great example of how people can change. It's great that you went and were able to experience that 🙂

Yay, that's awesome news! You must be so excited!!