I had company for dinner last night. My friend, her dh and her mom. While she was in the shower, her dh called to ask if he'd mess everything up if he was 15 minutes late. She came with her mom. He showed up about an hour late drunk. I think he's drunk a lot. Before he'd come into the house (we were finished eating), he walked around the yard and picked up bits of trash.

Ds in on spring break this week. I didn't realize that til last week.

last week, also, he had a meeting with some school person who is supposed to make sure he's meeting his graduation requirements. Since he's getting a diploma and an AA at the same time, it's more confusing so they hire someone I guess. The meeting was a struggle. She told him

1. He doesn't need any more math
2. He can take easy science instead of hard science
3. He doesn't need to take speech (MY request)
4. He needs to go immediately, see a college counsellor and sign up for a course of study

I went right to work (I was present if I didn't say that), called the guidance counsellor to make sure all that occured was ok. He redid the list she'd made and said ds doesn't need to see the college counsellor for another year. I know the woman was doing her job but her job seems to be working with average students looking for a easy way to get graduated. DS is a hard working kid who expects to take math every semester he's in school and hard science and two years of Spanish (boo!) and she was working against all that. End of tirade.

Peachez, what about the idea that DS is doing so well in school because he likes math and science? Why do education experts encourage mediocrity? Take a smart kid who likes to learn and bore them with easy classes? Grrrrr. Tirade over. Glad he's doing so well. You deserve to be proud of him. You've done a good job.

Poor Kiwi. I feel your pain. Doesn't DH know fighting with a migraine impaired wife is just absolutely not allowed? Wives with migraines need quiet and dark and tip toeing around. DH's who ignore this rule get cut off. Hope you're feeling better soon.

I worked my fingers to the bone this weekend. I will whip my garden into shape this year, or it will whip me. I'll keep you posted on who wins.

Bagzie, really, 47's not bad. It's the big 5-0 looming on the horizon that's scaring me. Congrats on surviving the wedding. Pictures soon?

Cowpers-- I understand your frustration with school counseling functionaries. So many schools just seem understaffed and/or uncaring. All anybody wants to do it improve their OWN stats... i.e., keep kids from dropping out, make things easy... rather than really improve the fit between kid and course of study or between kid and instructor.

Hope things improve....and that he has a great, restorative spring break.
For that matter, I wish I'd had one!

Kiwi...Why didn't you let him do it????

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Originally Posted by Kiwonk

Peaches, that guy wasn't just picking up trash, he was trying to evaporate some of the alcohol before he came in. :
Kiwi

He wasn't trying to evaporate some alcohol...he was going tinkle.


I'm so cranky.

Lush, You're cranky??? Come back here and tell us all about it. I thought I was the only one who is a total b*tch today. I don't like my life. Not today, anyway and not for any big reason, just because.

I came to read. I readed. Good night.

Today is another day, Scarlet - I'm feeling better. I think I've been nasty bad mean is because I have been outta control on my eating, not exercising, being undisciplined at work and at home. I've decided to give myself 10 weeks to be vigilant in controling my eating, and exercise 6x's a week. At the end of that time I should be at the weight I want to be and maybe I'll feel better. I can do anything for 10 weeks. And I know all about how this is a lifestyle change, blah, blah, blah, but sometimes I can't think that far ahead.

I had my boobie ultrasounded today - a recheck of a suspicious area from 6 mos. ago. Anyhow, all is well and the ultrasound tech told me that she had had a breast reduction too, and also a tummy tuck after having 12 children and losing 82 pounds. We were so busy comparing surgery stories I forgot to ask how she lost all the weight. Anyway, I was thoroughly impressed. She is 62 and looked mah-velous. 12 children. I can't even imagine.

Kiwi, my DH is a toss-it-out guy too. He usually leaves my stuff alone, though. Lucky for him. How did you keep your dog from chewing on his bed? Our golden retriever gets bored and starts to munch. He's on the 2nd bed in the last 12 months.

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My dog only chewed on things she shouldn't when she was nervous, which was pretty much all the time she was in the car. At home, she only chewed on her chew toys. I can name the 2 things that she chewed on in 16 years that weren't hers to chew on, and they were both when she was young. I did find that in the car, if she didn't have something to ravage, she would start on the seat belts, the doors, the seats, anything, because the car drove her nuts. One time we were going on vacation and took the pickup because the car wouldn't hold all the stuff. We put Molly in her crate packed securely in the back of the pickup. She had a folded cotton blanket to lie on. By the time we got to the place we were staying, the blanket was literally nothing but a nest of strings (soggy, wet strings). After that, she always needed something to chew on, and I made dozens of wonderful braided sock toys out of cotton baby socks for her. When she died, I still had a few (still do) and sent one to one of my favorite doggie friends (who moved to Oregon with those friends of ours) and it is now her very favorite dog toy. I need to send her another one. And while I'm at it....

So glad to hear your boobies are doing fine. I need to get mine squooshed, I've been neglecting that. A friend of ours who had breast cancer and just finished chemo a few weeks ago, is in the hospital with an unidentified infection. Scary. She is the mother of one of DD's best friends.

Well, I just finished my weights workout and I'm pooped.

Kiwi