<p>I know it's early, but barkeep, a round for my buddies! S was accepted EA to WPI, his first choice. I would have been in here last night, but we were too busy doing the "Happy Dance" -- and calling D, grandparents, etc.</p>
<p>S announced "That's it -- I'm done!" H & I are in a state of disbelief that it really could be over, and so simple. (Unlike with D 3 years ago, when "the process" went on until early April.) Plus, I've got this great essay and wonderful resume sitting right here on my desktop -- what am I supposed to do with those? Seems a shame to waste them after all the time and effort...</p>
<p>Happy b'day ReneeV and congrats CBBBlinker!! Happy times!!</p>
<p>Can I have some Baileys in my morning coffee?? DH's follow up surgery to have 2 of the 4 screws removed from his ankle (those suckers were like 5" long!) went fine yesterday, but before surgery he gave his wedding band to DS#2 for safe keeping. Anyone wanna guess where this is going????? Sooo, we get home, DS goes off to get his hair cut (this is a good thing), comes home, and we head out for Japanese food for dinner. DH asks DS for his ring back. DS dumps out the velcro-closed change part of his wallet. Out fall keys and loose change. Thats it. No ring. Long story short... we found it at home on the rug under the kitchen table. DS perhaps opened the wallet to get the keys out to open the door and then opened it again to put the keys back. Uh... don't keys belong on a keyring??? Oh wait, he had a key to his small lockbox he keeps important things in at school (Checkbook, one of my credit cards, etc) on his keyring.. and LOST the lockbox key!! So, ingenious child opens the box... by dropping the lockbox from a 5' height. That sucker popped right open. (Note to self: buy a better lockbox for DS). BUT, DS then forgets to bring home his checkbook and the creditcard that I reminded him daily (aka nagged daily) for him to do the entire week before he came home!!! :eek: Oh... and I gave DS his new AAA card to put in his wallet. Asked him to sign it and put it away. Instead, he put it in his jeans pocket, and yesterday it went through the wash. When to their brain cells kick in ???????</p>
<p>CBBB- big CONGRATS!! for your S, The happy dance, I can' wait till we do that in our house!! We seem to just be moving out of the 5 day felling sorry for myself for being deferred from ED1. But, D did ask me to fill out 2 more transcript requests, so now she ohly has 7 to finish!!! </p>
<p>Mommusic-- The psat thread, I ventured there and quickly realized I would need a little break before dealing with S.</p>
<p>Wow, jym, I'm impressed that your son will even use a lockbox and knows where it is.</p>
<p>I woke up half an hour ago and couldn't get back to sleep (just after 4:00 AM CET now). My D is in the air and landing in two hours! Then a 2.5 hour train trip and she'll be home for a month. Yaaaaay!!!!!</p>
<p>Two and half days of school left for me..........the children all seem to have visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads (rather than my history lessons).</p>
<p>CBBB - make copies of that resume and essay. Laminate those suckers. Then crayon over them to protect the innocent and we'll use them as placemats here in the Alley. Wait, crayon over them, <em>then</em> laminate.</p>
<p>Note to self: Are placemats too hoity-toity for the Alley?</p>
<p>jym - What person in their right mind would give a wedding ring (well, anything???!?) to a 12-25 year old male for "safekeeping?" Oh, right, an older male. ;)</p>
<p>As I was meeting them at the hospital, I didn't get to go into female nag mode. DH knew he wasnt supposed to have his valuables on him so he left his wallet... in the car!! :eek: Under the seat! :eek: How do these fools with the xy chromosomes survive life???</p>
<p>Almost forgot--
ReneeV-- the only reason he has the lockbox is because GF thought it was a good idea (learned a valuable skill-- whenever there is something I want the little hormone-ravaged guy to do, I ask in front of his GF! Otherwise he just tunes me completely out. Also, I refused to provide a credit card with my name on it (aka MONEY) unless he had somewhere relatively safe to keep it and his checkbook. Bribery goes a long way. Besides, I can make him have the lockbox, but I cant make him use it :(</p>
<p>And thanks, IvoryK. I was ready to kill the child. He was spared...this time....</p>
<p>Woo woo!!! Older s just called (the one with the common sense). He got his first 6 mo work review. It was glowing, accompanied by a bonus and a raise!! (and promise of more work to be dumped on him.. but they put it in such nice terms...)</p>
<p>Just got an email that we have a salary freeze on for next year. Considering what else is happening in the employment market, I am fine with that.</p>
<p>And enough with the male bashing. I am significantly outnumbered by you hot flash honeys.</p>
<p>DS called me to vent about not being able to register for classes. He felt the system was broken (with respect to him) & he was getting the runaround from everyone he talked to. So I spent the past 24 hours really worried about his mental health, cause he sounded so DOWN.</p>
<p>Now he sounds really chipper, and nothing has changed. "Oh, it's probably a glitch in the system that will fix itself." "I'll email my advisor, it will be fine." Say WHAT? </p>
<p>I think he decided that since I was worrying for him, he didn't have to. :)</p>
<p>Oh sure, the marmots will fix everything. But he doesn't KNOW about the marmots. ????</p>