I really would like that potatoes and ham dinner. It has a creamy or cheesy sauce with it. I have not had that in many years.

I have not read the entire thing nor am I familiar with the history. BUT..is there any reason to believe Julie's story other than that she is female? Were there any medical records regarding the hurt shoulder? I ask because, while I was a victim of abuse as a child, my own daughter was not. However, she has some serious mental health issues. She has a long history of accusing others of abuse. And she is abusive too. She was abusing her boyfriend. I know that she will be married some day and will abuse that guy. She abused me, her siblings, kids at school, teachers, kids at camp, and so on. I hear from people no one lies about abuse. But they do and they can. My daughter was the constant victim of everyone. She claimed kids at a home school group were mistreating her before I sent her back to public school. It was one of the reasons she got her first psych eval. She was attacking others, and then crying and claiming they attacked her. It is actually a common thing for abusers to blame their victims. I do think Tony Jones's behavior is questionable. I do not know if Julie is telling the truth or lying. But, as far as my experience goes, abusers tend to be the outspoken vocal ones and the abused do not. So if Tony Jones was the first to go out there and attack and tell everyone his wife was so terrible and Julie was just defending herself because she needed to, then I would believe her over him. But if she came out swinging and he later defended himself, then I would side with him. But again, I do not know the whole story. I just tend to be a little more open minded that we might not all know the whole story.

When my son broke his jaw and his wrist, happened on a Friday. he went in through the ER and was diagnosed with a complete break through his jaw and his wrist was broken. He still had to wait several days into the week to be seen by the specialist. And then he had to have surgery and have his jaw wired shut. That is the quickest we have ever gotten in. I really think it's crazy that someone with two broken bones has to wait that long for surgery

I would not do Texas if you need services for ASD.

One time, I waited a few hours for a doctor and then got told he just would not be making it in because he was at an emergency.

Maybe it is because it was a tumor. For us, it was always related to autism or, in my daughter's case, mental health.

Dance shoes are awful! On a side note, I always wanted to take ballet when I was growing up. I never got to. As an adult, I signed up for adult classes. Others had shoes so I bought them. They hurt my feet so bad! I would try to talk to the store and the person teaching the class and they said I would get used to it. I would go home and look at my feet and my big toes would be throbbing and red. I dropped out and have never done it since. I do not think my feet were meant to dance.

Where you have luck is..where I live, you will drive the long distance to the children's hospital for an appointment that you waited years for, and find out after you get there that they cancelled. If it is an initial appointment, it takes years to get in. If you schedule a follow up, the doctor can say some back in 6 months, but you usually cannot get the appointment for 6 months out. You generally have to go more like a year. You HAVE to get in under a year or you start over. And if you ever have to cancel, you have to start over. This is one of the main reasons my children have just done without the medical care, except my most medically needy one who started years before things got so bad. So he was in the system and had a variety of specialists, so even if something happened with one appointment, he had someone else on the books in less than a year so he did not get cancelled. But, for example, with my daughter, she waited almost a year for her first psychological evaluation. Once in on the waiting list, it took 8 months to complete it because she had to work with a variety of people. Once that was done, she went on a waiting list for treatment. After 3 yrs, she got in to see a psychiatrist, but she got the flu the day before. Got back on the 3 yr long waiting list, and she aged out. Now people will try to tell me that I just need to get "services" for my children and I feel my blood pressure shoot through the roof because these are clueless people. I finally told someone who was on the home school board, lived local, but I did not know personally, she was on my FB page. I told her fine, find those services for me. She failed. She really thought she was sending me links. But every place she sent me was cash pay only. Last I checked, I am not a millionaire with just one child to support. She was so certain all kids with autism spectrum disorder can just call up and order all these free "services." Yeah, right. She did not find one therapist of any variety that worked for free. And if they were on insurance, (my insurance does not pay out of network) they were one of the children's hospitals and had years long waiting lists.

Sounds like she felt bad she doesn't have a penis. That is probably all it is.

His best semester was his first. Then it went downhill in the spring. The fall was his second chance.

His advisor is a mentor, so not in the major. So he is not trying to squeeze my son out. I suspect he just signs off on registering and from what I can see, my son registers online after that and can put in whatever he wants.

We have had good psychiatrists. But they keep dropping our insurance. Now we just cannot find any. The very very few that are on our insurance have long waiting lists and are a distance away. There is one in town. But he gets awful reviews. So I did not even want to mess with him.

Maybe you could send a text as a gift?

We can change our names? It is a little unfair, I could have said something better if I had only known! LOL Oh wait..yeah..I have never been that eloquent. Maybe I couldn't have done better!

Yay!!! Can you please post a separate thread. I have looked for this all day and Persephone deserves her own thread. Congratulations!!

So....waiting to hear something!!!

Guys often don't want to deal with feelings. When you go to the doctor, try Deplin. Someone from the boards recommended it to me. I tried it and it has been all the difference. I know ob/gyns will give it.You need a prescription. Anti-depressants did not work on me.

On child laws locally..I can leave a 5 yr old home alone if I want. I do not want to, and I do not do it. But I know this one for a fact.

Another interesting tidbit. The cows in town all are registered. As are the horses, and donkeys, and..what was that new one I saw the other day Alconaras? The Llamas are registered too. Now..the reason for registering is not to control the owners..it is so if you find a cow walking down your street, they know which owner to call. I know I spelled that one animal name wrong..but it looks a lot like a Llama. edited to add: It's an Alpaca! So if you see a cow or Alpaca wandering down your street, call the police and they will call the owners. LOL

I also know that the local police expect you to shoot intruders? Odd..I know. But we had a burglar once and the police did not get out here before the burglar fled. And they barely did a report on it. They just wanted to know why I didn't shoot the guy. I complained to the town council. But they looked at me dumbfounded and they too wanted to know why we didn't just shoot the guy. Lovely. (hint: we do not own a gun)

Very well. I attend town hall meetings. I stay quite involved in our local politics. I take the kids along. There are days when perhaps, I should know less. I know what is being debated now. I know what is up for vote. And so on.

She never came down at all. But this pregnancy, I feel like he is already dropping. He feels low and I feel sore down there. I seem to recall on my vaginal births, I was sore between the legs for the weeks leading up to the delivery.

I have had successful vbacs. But with my last baby, who is 9 pounds 3 ounces, I went in to labor naturally. And stayed in that condition for 44 hrs. The contractions were 2 minutes long and very big by the end. It was awful. I could not cope at all. I was screaming and crying. And I did not even dilate a finger tip. I do not even know why I never dilated. I did have excess amniotic fluid last time. So far, I do not this time. But since I have no clue what went wrong last time, I pretty much do not have much confidence this time. I wonder if my aging uterus is the problem? I am not sure. The perinatal doctor did comment that my uterus is quite thick. Do not know if that could cause anything.

You could skip the science and leave it for the relative. I am a creationist and my husband is an evolutionist. I teach creationist science to my children and if my husband wants them to have anything else, he will have to do it. Really, the creationist science does cover evolution, but more in a dispelling way. I think it is important to discuss with the parents of these children to find out what they want. I would rather not cover one subject than step on a parents' toes over religion. I think religion is important, and would never want to risk teaching someone else's children anything contrary to their religion.

So I just got back. My protein was fine (just trace) and such. So I am supposed to get my own BP cuff and monitor. I have a fair amount of swelling and I was told to check my BP three times a day. Fill out a chart for that. Call if anything gets any worse. But everything checked out ok. And I am going to switch to weekly visits now. Did I already post that last week, that the sonogram showed the baby to be 5 pounds 7 ounces at 31 weeks! I am thinking no vbac of rme.