Something is happening in my neighbor’s house. They are a beautiful young couple with two kids. They are always out playing with the kids, riding bikes, and smiling. They have every excuse to be snooty but they are the most wonderful neighbors, always helping others, especially the older people in our street who are having difficulties. They are always the first to step up and give a hand to someone in need.
But a couple of weeks ago police cars and an ambulance were at their house, followed by a social worker. When I’ve seen them, their eyes seem sad and pained. The grandparents have visited from far away.
I don’t know them well enough to ask what’s going on, but I feel so sad for them. They have young friends in the neighborhood but I’d feel nosy asking.
I saw some furniture being carted away this morning and now I’m afraid they are breaking up.
I know I just sound like a nosy neighbor but I remember when they moved in as a newly married couple, brought cookies at Christmas, shoveled their neighbors’ sidewalks and driveways, suffered through morning sickness, had their children, and cheered up this aging neighborhood with their friendly faces and kindness. I just want everything to go well for them.
Someone needs to usurp US News & World Report. There must be a better way to rank high schools than just looking at the % that pass AP tests. If only 3% of the students take an AP, clearly that isn’t the school’s focus so assigning a college readiness score of 1.2 is ridiculous.
Including high school class rank as an indicator of college excellence is similarly problematic as over 60% of colleges consider class rank of limited or no importance (NACAC) and approximately 50 percent of high schools have either stopped ranking their students or refuse to share those numbers with colleges
You keep thanking me for bringing you to that concert. You don’t realize how much it meant to me that you came, and brought another friend. We all needed this ‘moment in time.’ 3 great gals and a chance to connect.
When people go through hard times, they show one of three coping mechanism.
One, they give up.
Two, they fight back and help others in same suffering.
Three, they fight back but pick up bitter, defensive survival attitude and treat everyone else as enemies.
though I don’t exactly know what made you such a vindictive person, I hope you drop that overly competitive and defensive attitude.
Oh for God’s sake! Do you seriously have to laugh at everything? Literally every single solitary thing? Do you have any earthly idea how annoying this is?
Just when I think that I’ve met the rudest person, someone else feels the need to rise to the occasion. You can’t possibly not know how terribly rude that was .
Tiny Ripon College in Wisconsin was attended by Spencer Tracy, Harrison Ford, and Al Jarreau.
Growing up in Wisconsin, I had heard of Ripon College, and I was there once for some high school choir workshop or something like that, but not until today did I find out about those three entertainment icons. This college has about 800 students and is in a very small town in a rural area. 7 Grammys, 2 Best Actor Oscars and Han Freaking Solo?! Mind blown.
Another reminder to ALWAYS CHECK EVERYTHING!! I had a question about my international itinerary after I looked at the travel agent’s information. I decided to check the Qatar Airways site to see if my reservation is correct. It’s not! It’s missing the flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Sigh. Why would it show up on the travel agent’s itinerary and not the airline’s? I’m sure everything will work out, but it gets annoying sometimes.
Thinking of having a “ We Are Done” party. 3 kids done with undergrad, and have no loans. All have cars. We are still waiting for 1 to land a professional job in a place that’s proven difficult, but so far it hasn’t been too much of a burden on me. Once he lands a job, I do believe invitations will go out.
Next stop, retirement (Likely a couple of years out).
wow, never thought I would have to feel this again.
Not sure how to proceed. Thought I would make it to may imaginary end but now I can tell that is not going to happen.
