<p>Ohhhh, okay! I never knew those shoes had a name! You can tell I don't have a kid in drama.....</p>
<p>Like this: <a href="http://www.dancewearcentre.com/character_shoes.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.dancewearcentre.com/character_shoes.html</a></p>
<p>And patsmom, I beg to differ...if you have a kid, there is ALWAYS drama :D!</p>
<p>I'm loving the dialogue reprints. mstee, LOL.</p>
<p>My S1, sounding as though I should be shocked: "I'm camped out in a friend's apartment! The school closed the dorms for a week!" </p>
<p>(He's a sophomore so this Spring Break should be no surprise). Me: "What happened to skiing in Montreal or visiting Gramma?"</p>
<p>"I was really busy last week mom, I couldn't book anything."</p>
<p>"Last week? What happened to all of February?"</p>
<p>"Uh...."</p>
<p>Call me crazy, but "really busy" is when you have several children under the age of 5, 10 clients and five projects under construction (which means five sets of contractors. :eek:</p>
<p>However, I do remember thinking I was 'really busy' in architecture school. Hah! What a laugh!</p>
<p>Is this joint serving any green beer yet? Are there any patrons left to help me bring in another birthday? It's 12:00 a.m. here in the CST, so it's officially St. Patty's Day. Drinks are on me!</p>
<p>Tookie,</p>
<p>Happy birthday and a happy St. Patty's day to you. Hey I have a green beer with you :D</p>
<p>I'll have a bowl of Lucky Charms to celebrate! </p>
<p>I remember St. Patty's Day green shakes at McDonalds during my formative years on the "Nawth Showa" of Boston. What a crazy "ideer."</p>
<p>Just talked to my son who is finishing up term finals, has a swollen throat, leaves tonight to see the rest of my family, and we talked taxes! But it was a conversation! :)</p>
<p>I'm still digesting the news that Slugg jr. got into Davis but not Sluggville (UCSC). Very mystifying . . . </p>
<p>I am so tempted to call S and ask if he knows what time his flight is on Sat. So far I'm holding off . . .</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, Tookie! I'll raise a green beer in honor of your special day! :D</p>
<p>p.s. Oh look ... a green smile, too!</p>
<p>Happy St. Patty Birthday, Tookie! :) I see that the corned-beef sandwiches have arrived...yum. Here's to your happy day! </p>
<p>Mstee, we've been thinking about it, too. Davis must have been looking for high test scores. He is also a National Merit Semi-Finalist. And, his major may have had something to do with it. He's going in as a Computer Science major, and perhaps, Davis didn't get as many CS majors as they expected. The big focus at Davis is on biological sciences. I also think that UCSC tightened up on GPA's this year, perhaps in an effort to make a run for a higher tier as Merced becomes a more viable choice. Who knows. </p>
<p>It seems like every year there are decisions like this. I can tell you that in terms of personality and <em>fit,</em> SluggJr is a better fit for Davis. Perhaps, that came through on his app. I don't know, because I didn't see his app before he sent it. I do think that the individual campuses look for certain student profiles to build their incoming freshman classes. </p>
<p>D was a perfect candidate for UCSC and has thrived there. If Santa Cruz looked at SluggJr's other choices, they would have seen that he did not apply to any other campuses that were in character with UCSC. Usually, you see Lewis & Clark, Reed, Humboldt, Puget Sound, U. of Oregon, and Evergreen typically in the same batch of apps. But, he applied to Davis, Merced, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and SFSU along with UCSC. From the perspective of UCSC, that may have indicated a different kind of student than they were looking for this year. </p>
<p>He's still got to end the year with a decent GPA, and he needs to pull up a D+ in Calc AB from 1st semester. I don't expect him to get into UCSB or Cal. But, we'll find out after 5 p.m. today about UCSB. Cal won't announce until March 31st.</p>
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Would somebody clue Soozie in that this is a MOS (mother of son) version of communication <em>heaven</em>? I expect to be waiting for a "real bonafide conversation call" until DS chooses a bride. Then maybe I'll get such a call from Her!</p>
<p>jmmom, how true how true.... </p>
<p>I was <em>thrilled</em> when S called yesterday for a 2-min. confirmation that finally "The Economist" had shown up in his mailbox (as he walked from there to his room). Can't remember the last time I talked with him otherwise... He <em>did</em>, however, spend 20 min. on the phone with his mathematician father last weekend, talking over the intricacies of his Analysis class. Harrumph. So far today I have received the word "Okay" from him in AIM, and I'm not sure what it refers to. That's the usual extent of our "conversations" these days.</p>
<p>Luckily, I've befriended his girlfriend (who doesn't even go to the same college!) and she likes to chat with me, so I find out what's going on with him by chatting in IM with her most evenings. Does this bother S? Apparently not. I think he's relieved that he doesn't have to give me all the girl-level detail about mundane things, and the gf and I are perfectly fine having lengthy chats. (And do not think for a moment that the Goodness of the gf liking to chat with me has escaped my notice!)</p>
<p>in our house, the discussion has started about prom...anyone else having a simply splendid time dealing with girls who are trying to decide which guy friend to take because the lazy guys aren't asking? and if you ask one guy, anothers feeling might be hurt, or he might get the wrong idea, and then the girl who wants to take her ex bf whom everyone is mad at, and the guy who might not make it so the backup backup needs to be called and warned that he might be needed but not for sure yet, and the decision on hair, and nails, and purses, and not wanting to look like everyone else and the changing the dress with the alteration lady who has all her own ideas and is more than happy to share with an equally stubborn 17 year old</p>
<p>okay, off to get a well deserved glass of vino and a cookie</p>
<p>JmMom...well, I shouldn't complain then, should I? I guess boys are worse. I do have one kid who makes the regular calls and truly has a conversation so it could be worse. But the younger one, it is often snipppets....like she has IM and there will be a brief exchange and she disappears, never to return despite saying BRB! </p>
<p>Aren't you in Meh hee ho? I was in your state last week, by the way.</p>
<p>Mootmom, my son has put his gf on with me to chat! She is very nice and I say, "you don't have to do this...I won't think less of you"....:) But she doesn't seem to mind at all. I wonder in this time of IM and the like if this is a new trend?</p>
<p>cgm, I was in charge of the prom for two years. I did my time!</p>
<p>And right now my son is on a plane somewhere above Utah right now heading in youse guys direction.</p>
<p>LOL CGM - that is exactly what is going on in our house. The dress has been the biggest drama, however. After hours of shopping to find the right one - there it was - just needed a few alterations. It was strapless and the top wasn't fitted and secure enough (my opinion), so we left it be be altered. It was ready last night, went to pick it up, and it wouldn't zip. Daughter was distraught and of course it was all my fault for having it altered in the first place. Nordstroms, however, was great, and are altering another dress for us, will be ready next week. whew!</p>
<p>we are also going through the same who's going with who thing. only one of my Ds friends has her date confirmed. everyone else is still trying to figure it out. I'm really glad most of them aren't dating seriously (they're all juniors), but it always causes chaos the few weeks before prom and homecoming. :)</p>
<p>Yes, soozie, I am in Meh - i - co. And in my continuing one-upmanship on communications with kids, I'll see your IM BRB and raise you: DS doesn't even say BRB 95% of the time; he just signs off while I'm in mid-reply. If he, instead, says, "Later," that appears to be the highest form of courtesy he currently practices.</p>
<p>And, as to alter-egos on IM, a few weeks ago I appeared to be having an Actual Chat with DS over IM. Informative posts coming from his direction, etc. etc. Turns out he'd put his friend (male) on while he played a video game with another friend. Best conversation I've had so far this year.</p>
<p>Prom last year for us was quite the drama. D did not have a date. Her best friends in HS were the "popular" girls - two had BFs, one did not. D had stopped going to dances as a senior, no fun with no BF and all your GFs are attached. For prom, she decided to be brave and go. </p>
<p>I had bought her a qi pao in China to wear. Should have been perfect on her. However, turned out it had to be altered. And also turned out that by the time it had been altered and brought home, I was back in China.</p>
<p>I call Sunday am from China, Saturday pm in CA. Tears. It still doesn't fit, and besides it has gotten a stain on it from who knows where. The men in the house are CLUELESS and are just letting this drama go on. It's 4pm.</p>
<p>So me, the mother, I have to insist that she goes with her dad and little brother to Bloomingdale's and find a dress. I knew she would find something. But so much sobbing was difficult to get past.</p>
<p>Finally she took my advice. Sure enough, perfect dress was found in an hour and good time was had.</p>
<p>Mothering from across the Pacific...</p>
<p>JmMom...your second anecdote is definitely "one up" and very funny. Talking to his friend and thinking it was him!</p>
<p>I should qualify that while yesterday my D wrote BRB, she usually does what your son does.....leaves the IM midstream...I'll ask questions thinking we are "talking" and all of a sudden she will be GONE. So, I do relate to that one!</p>