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I've had 3, and yes, they can be a lot to handle. It usually started around age 11-12. Mom is often the problem; I choose to believe it's because they feel safe with me though that doesn't always help me in the moment. My 22 year old comes to me for advice now. My 18 yo is a tough one, but she does seem to like me sometimes. My almost 17 yo may be coming out of the stage, but time will tell. I do think me not having any hormones has made it a tiny bit easier (I had a complete hysterectomy back when the kids were 3-8 years old) than I've seen in other families going through this. I can only imagine how hard my tongue would need to be bitten if I were perimenopausal for the last 10 years...

Woot-woot!

I'm in the midst of a quick dash-and-declutter spree (meaning: I'm not dealing with the hard stuff yet, I amsimply opening a drawer or cabinet and throwing away trash and donating anything that hasn't been used in who-knows-how-long). Books, DVDs and board games go to the library. I work there, so I just take a bag/box in with me a couple times a week; if I didn't work there, everything would go to Salvation Army. Everything else has ended up at Salvation Army, which is down the street from work. I load up extra reusable grocery bags, since I'm decluttering those as well, and drop off a bag on my way home from work. We have several different places within 30 minutes that will take stuff for pets/refugees/recovering addicts/DV victims/etc, but I can't deal with the extra mental bandwidth to figure out what could go where. Salvation Army will sell it at a discount, so someone can use it. I have learned to be good with that.

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My kids are just about graduated and no ps involvement was really ever allowed. Tried to find a district (tried 4 and a couple of privates) that would allow oldest to take the PSAT and APs, no go. She ended up full dual enrollment, which, coincidentally is free for public schoolers and full-pay for homeschoolers. We did get ACT for the kids at the local private; we were "rescheduled" out of the local public twice, so I don't know if that was just a fluke or them keeping us out as homeschoolers. The large school district next to us let one DD do chess club for about 3 months, and then they cut her off due to "administrative issues" of having her on the team. That was an even harder thing than not getting to do it at all honestly. A local private school did allow oldest to do rocketry club there for a couple of years. I just steered clear of the public school for the most part.

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My co-worker has a lectric bike. She uses it to commute (about 5ish miles?) as well as bike rides on the weekend with her husband. She's got foot problems (has had a couple of ankle surgeries), and the bike allows her to keep up with her husband. She loves it.

Ugh, at least it came easier to me than yesterday, but there were just too many options! Covid update: I'm still negative, DD feeling better as of last night (will test this morning), DH in the thick of it. Other DD in the house was the first, and she has already recovered. Wordle 972 5/6 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ran to the health dept this morning for more covid tests, and my DD was in the car with me. She put on a country music station, and Rodney Atkins' song, These are my People, came on. Never really paid attention to it too much before. This verse struck me after having caught up on this thread this morning (bolding mine). [quote]Well, we take it all week on the chin with a grin till we make it to Friday night And it's church league softball, holler 'bout a bad call, preacher breaking up the fight Then later on at the Green Light tavern, well, everybody's gatherin' as friends And the beer's a pourin' till Monday mornin', and we start it all over again[/quote] And then looking it up when we came home, and reading Wiki, Rodney Atkins' has been accused of DV in the past (nothing since that one incident though). Oh, ugh, he's also the "Cleaning my Gun" daddy-daughter song guy. I hate that song.

I stared at this one WAY too long. Ugh. Wow, this one was tough for me. DH and DD have covid - I hope this isn't a sign of covid-brain-fog (I'm still testing negative, but I wouldn't be surprised since they've both coughed all over me and I'm doing their laundry/washing up their plates/etc). Wordle 971 6/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

We live close to one like this as well; however, this year, insurance doubled our urgent care copay from $25 to $50. So, we're back to waiting for appointments in the hospital system.

Priorities! Looks lovely.

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