Try Sudafed. Sometimes it's the only thing that works. Get the stuff behind the pharmacy counter, though, with the ephedra stuff in it. Not the stuff right on the shelf. ETA: But don't take it at night! It will keep you up!

UPDATED English: Abeka Vocab. Windows to the World. Big paper on Scarlet Letter. Abeka Workbook on Grammar and Composition. If time, selections from LLATL American Lit. Physics: Spines are Tiner's World of Physics and Power Basics Physics. Supplemented by DK Science Explorer, Basher Physics, Usborne Science Encyclopedia, DK Time and Space, How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, Intro to Physics: Classical Mechanics Coloring Workbook. Science kits on Optical Science and Circuits. Anatomy and Physiology: Apologia Math: Mathusee PreCalc. Intro to Statistics - homegrown. US History since 1877: Human Odyssey Volume 3: Contemporary, BJU United States History, some Joy Hakim, DK American History, and Horrible Histories when applicable. World Geography: Some Ace Paces. Usborne Geography and DK Geography. Abeka Map Studies. Economics: Dave Ramsey Computer Literacy (if she does it in high school, she won't have to in college): Discovering Computers and Microsoft Office by Shelly Cashman

The new job sounds like a great fit for your needs! Take it!

From re-reading, it does look like she's only made it as far as Calculus 1 and has decided to be a math major? Yes, I really recommend slowing her roll. That's the first course in math major world. Not enough to make a decision. I'm actually surprised she hasn't taken more math than that as a sophomore if this is such an area of interest. What she is experiencing now is normal, the freakout about changing her major. I did the same thing after I took a sociology class. Reason returned, and I stuck with my major (which is math, by the way). There aren't actually that many jobs that do math all day, either. If she likes and is good at statistics, she could be an actuary. (I hate statistics.) Accountants probably do math all day, but it's business stuff, not math department stuff. I'm not sure there are any jobs that do Calculus all day. Engineering might be her best bet if she wants something in that direction. Or physics.

What math classes has she taken already? I can't tell.

This is my dd and me. I am a detail person. My degree is in math. She is a big picture person. Does things almost the opposite of how I would do them. Mathusee is excellent for us. Mr. Demme is great on concepts. We had done Horizons Algebra for a semester before I switched to MUS because I felt like, yes, she's doing the procedures, but she's not really remembering them. She needs the concepts, the big pictures. MUS has been excellent. We essentially took two years to get through Algebra 1 because of our Horizons mis-step. I did go ahead and start her on Geometry (Lifepac) in the 10th grade, even though we were only halfway through the MUS Algebra book. After three months, I realized Lifepac wasn't a good fit, and we switched to MUS Geometry. Excellent. Big pictures. Just cannot say enough good things about it. It has been really nice overlapping that with Algebra. But that also meant that we are taking almost two years to get through Geometry. So I started Algebra 2 anyway at the beginning of her junior year. It's a really nice overlap with being a bit more than halfway through the Geometry book. Lots of connections and overlapping concepts. She is flying through Algebra 2, and we may actually finish that one in just over a year. However, once we finish Geometry (very soon!), we will start the PreCalculus book (still overlapping with Algebra 2). I am not sure how long PreCal will take, and my dd is college-bound. One thing I have learned is that it's very good to get through Functions in math for SATs, and for MUS, that doesn't come until PreCal. We always work on math through the summer, and we have been overlapping (taking 2) math classes since her sophomore year. It's been fine. The connections are a great reinforcer, really. As far as credit, I organize our transcripts by Subject not by school year, so I just give credit as follows (but list it on transcripts as Algebra 1: 1.0 credit, Geometry 1.0 credit, etc.): Algebra 1 (freshman year) .5 credit Algebra 1 (sophomore year) .5 credit Geometry (sophomore year) .5 credit Geometry (sophomore year) .5 credit HTH! Kim

Yes! Get allergy testing!

Thank you, Ladies! That is extremely helpful!

Texans, please help! I am trying to understand if I need to submit some exemption form or a certification form of some kind, when my dd applies to Tamu-cc next fall. I thought that homeschools were private schools under state law, and thus it sounds like I might need to provide a certifcation form according to this? But it also sounds like homeschools may be a different category? Am I shooting for or eligible for automatic admission? That also confuses me. They keep mentioning it. Also, will I need to get my transcript notarized or is me, the principal, signing it at the bottom, enough? Thank you! Here's the link of the page which confuses me: http://admissions.tamucc.edu/freshman/requirements.html Kim

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We're not comfortable with online ordering of glasses (due to our own ineptitude at measuring and whatnot), so we recently went to Eyemart Express. It was great. About half of what we would pay at LensCrafters. I was impressed. (And by the way, I have -10ish and an astigmatism. My dd is -5 ish. We got both pairs for $474 total.)

That was my exact thought! No, thank you, no death wish for me!

I got her pm. Thank you.

Gently, I don't know you. You say your mother frequents these boards, but you don't mention her name. The first page of your survey asks for name of my child, age of my child, and an email address, plus my name. I'm not comfortable giving a total stranger that information, so I don't even get far enough in your survey to respond to your questions. I would be happy to share our experience, but not with that kind of personal information. Best wishes.

The government has physicist jobs. usajobs.gov https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?k=physics

I know. We have the Find Friend app on our phones so we can see where she is at any given time, and that has helped tremendously.

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Breakfast taquitos are pretty portable and filling. You can get mini quiches from Sam's Club.

An incentive chart helped us with this issue. Same kind of careless mistakes. We started giving a sticker on a chart for perfect assignment (the first time). Once the chart was full, she earned a trip to the store to buy something. This took care of the issue, but we had to use those charts for a couple of years.

Super Duper Publications has a Compare Contrast Fun Deck (kind of like a deck of cards) and an app if you like apps.

Does it have to be online and live? Seton Books has a Catholic World History text and workbook for high school (Christ the King Lord of History), and an American History one (Christ and the Americas).

We love these at our house: Nike Vintage Capri. They are not tight like leggings (make sure you try them on though, because I accidentally got tight ones at Kohl's) and are fairly flattering. Plus Size: https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/nike-womens-sportswear-vintage-gym-plus-size-capri-pant#repChildCatid=5019719 Not plus size: https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/nike-womens-gym-vintage-capri-pant-105961271#repChildCatid=4165648

Could it be winter? The dry seems to make me extra sensitive, too. I tend to itch on the tops of my feet when I wear socks. I can't do tags either. And lately I have been turning my undies inside out because the seams rub me.

Yes, because I would also have an ear infection or a sinus infection or bronchitis, because that's what my illnesses turn into.