Please stop using the word paradigm in every other post
I hate the concept of āskin in the gameā
Attended a legislator open forum. I cannot believe the ease at which the audience blamed the āotherā party for all the stateās problems. When it was suggested that more citizens need to educate themselves before voting; they had tons of excuses of how they are too busy. Sad.
Also other politician: this is your district and the signs on the street were very visible- hard to believe you got lost when you live less than a mile away.
You once again demonstrate why youāre no longer in our lives.
I wish it were permitted for us to respond to a post or two in this thread once in a while
Well, this is random, for sureā¦ Iām delighted that the Jonas Brothers have reunited as a band! I always liked their music, and I think they are adorable. And now their new song is stuck in my headā¦ LOL
Vacations just reinforce how much I hate going to work. The next five years canāt go by fast enough.
Happy National Meatball Day!
I only realized today that you lived but miles away. And then I learned that you died 4 years ago. I have been here for 35 years and have would have so enjoyed seeing you. You were my first crush on a boy in 6th grade. We got in trouble for throwing food at each otherāI was sitting behind you and started it. Your mother hated me for mattering to you.
How did we both make it here from Indiana and then not see each other? I feel such a loss. I found your obituary and you still look like my first crush.
Why do you have to have your wedding reception in a picnic pavilion? You know, some of us have back issues and canāt sit at picnic tables without back support for long periods of time. And what are we supposed to wear? Can we dress casually for the wedding, since the reception is a picnic? I applaud you for not caving to the wedding industry and booking an expensive venue, but I wish you would also tell us to dress casually/comfortably. And weāre going to be outside? In Ohio? In the middle of May? It could be cold, rainy, and muddy.
Academic rigor important for a five year old? Really, social skills, not academics should be the focal point for a five year old. Talk to your child, read to your child, play with your child, do chores with your child, limit the electronicsā¦this will ensure academic readiness in elementary school. I wonder why our kids are so stressed.
**U, you should really look into how your financial aid department is ran. Multiple emails never answered, phone calls not returned, when I finally got ahold of a real live person I was shocked by how rude you were. I did my best not to respond in like. Every other school we contacted responded promptly and courteously. Is it really that hard?
As we are getting closer to decisions, I am finding myself rooting against S19 for certain schools so that his choices will be the ones that I think are best for him. Iāll never tell him that. And he can decide in the end of course. Just 20 more days and he will finally know all of his options. Time is draggingā¦
Ugh, D, why donāt you text me when I ask you to? Have you let school yet? You said you planned to leave two hours ago and I asked you to let me know when you departed. Havenāt heard a word. May have to resort mortifying you by CALLING you (D has bluetooth in her car).
Note to self: do not engage with a teenager on a message board no matter how inane and inaccurate his comments.
Funny thing about threads in CC. Sometimes they take a turn and drive off into the hills.
Oh Marinersā¦ sigh.
Seriouslyā¦? I went along with you for decades and you still expect that or I donāt respect you.
I did not think you were right then and neither does D. So you are totally on your own.
I shudder at your immaturity.
Best day of the year! Time change! Let there be longer evenings!!! 
My kid goes to college in St. Louis, not Seattle. And that is my final answer. Donāt congratulate me on his school choice it you think itās a great school but you DO NOT know where it is.
And itās WUSTL aka WashU but not the University of Washington in St. Louis. Eye roll from me at the college fair I was volunteering at when a high school student called it by that name. Same kid must spell the name of UCB āBerkley.ā
Should have gotten one of those āitās in St. Louis, damn itā t-shirts.