<p>Gosh, all this talk about birthdays... it's depressing, just had one so I know. You know it's odd-- most people get all upset about the decade markers, but it never really hits me until a few years later, like when I turned something-mumble-something-three... that's < 73, I'll have you know! ;)</p>
<p>SHEESH.</p>
<p>S#1 has some mystery illness at college on the opposite coast. The DHL box I sent him is still in invisibility limbo somewhere between heaven and Cambridge. S#2 hasn't showered in two days and smells like chlorine from the water polo pool. And I've been trying for ALMOST A WEEK to get my stupid 1,000th post on a non-cafe board and haven't found a thread to post to yet!</p>
<p>And here I thought I was a rising senior... (snif) All right, enough of that, I've poured tonight's zinfandel and am determined to finish this bottle before The Daily Show. Jump in!</p>
<p>Moot - Here is my wish for you - may your zinfandel have as little caloric impact as your SA posts have on cc:). That's pretty special, huh?</p>
<p>Moot, I'll help you kill that zinfandel.</p>
<p>Hoping mootson is feeling better soon.</p>
<p>Wow, would that be great if everything in life has as little caloric impact as our SA post have on CC. We would then demand some food in this joint.</p>
<p>mootmom - Watch out for the <ithastobea*significant*post> syndrome. This syndrome can also cause rashes, excessive consumption of Zinfandel, and distractedness preventing full appreciation of The Daily Show. What with the proliferation of "chances" threads popping up on the Forum, you might have a long wait, unless you've got some additional wisdom or whining for the Controlling Moms thread. Perhaps we here in Sinners' Alley can come up with a new 1000th-post-worthy topic for you to start as a thread on the <em>real</em> Forum. Anyone feeling sufficiently lubricated to come up with an idea?</ithastobea*significant*post></p>
<p>Mootmom - I understand your dilemma. I just got my 1000th post a few days ago. My suggestion is to follow Carolyn's posts and say "Yeah, what she said." </p>
<p>By the way, my family was quite underwhelmed at my attaining the coveted Senior Member status here.</p>
<p>fireflyscout - LOL. Just the belly laugh I needed to start the day. On both counts.</p>
<p>I'll have somma that reiesling, please, 'specially if it's from the Saar (my favorite). Just finished reading about halfway through the thread on educational apartheid and my head was spinning from trying to follow the jabs and hooks. </p>
<p>Somma you young'uns may be no older than 29 but I can't claim that; l not when my official bio says that I've been working in my field for over 30 years.</p>
<p>Carry on.</p>
<p>I have to admit, I have learned a few things from The Supernanny about how to control a too bright, highly verbal teenage boy.</p>
<p>Can't very well put him on the naughty chair, now can I? I have discovered that ripping the phone out of his hand for varying lengths of time works a trick. His emotional state starts to crumble without that cell phone (we live in a texting culture). Worrying about the phone prevents him from formulating a clever counter attack on his decrepit mother. He'll do anything to get the phone returned. The phone is his naughty chair!</p>
<p>btw...Worth checking your listings for the BBC show, "French and Saunders." They do an ongoing sketch about parents talking to teens that will have you wetting yourself.</p>
<p>Senior member! Status achieved! Pour us your most high-falutin' drink! Whatever that is; I'm the one who never knows what to order, relying on you guys for expert provisioning.</p>
<p>Celebrate big times! uh-huh! :D</p>
<p>(shucks.... thanks!) I'd been doing just as y'all suggested <em>NOT</em> to do, and trying to make #1000 a Very Important Post... but then I realized that the number will never be attached to the actual post, and so what? </p>
<p>Now I am actually finally finishing up the '04 income taxes this afternoon (yay for extensions), and will soon pick up S#2 from dance auditions and then we'll go out for a celebratory dinner... and I can have a DRINK because he can drive home now! Yay.</p>
<p>(PS: mootson #1 reports that he is no longer sick. What a relief. That means, of course, that his missing DHL box is going to suddenly appear tomorrow, right??)</p>
<p>Hello All,
Thank you for the kind birthday wishes. I enjoyed reading all the posts this morning since logging off for the day on Friday. I spent my birthday at work, although DH sent me a gorgeous orchid so it was worth going to school that day. I had class that night, yuck, but one of my classmates made me a cake and they sang to me...pretty corny but appreciated. The sparkling Riesling Saturday night with my special birthday dinner was wonderful. Thanks for saving me some.</p>
<p>I've been working on a sufficiently important post for Mootie, but it looks like she's already reached Senior status. Woot, Moot! :) :::confetti:::: Here are my suggestions for future threads/posts on CC that may...or, may not make it to the glory halls of the Forum: ;)</p>
<p>Colleges That Will Admit Anybody, Even Your Kid!
My Menopausal Mom and Other Revolting Essay Topics
How I Got My College Grad A Job At the Window Factory
Gross Bathrooms and Gifted Students
Was My Wife Overreacting When She Chucked Her Wedding Ring Off Our Deck?
All I Had When I Went To College Was a Sleeping Bag, a Guitar, and a *@!!ing Suitcase!
Beating Yourself on the Head With a Baseball Bat Is Good Parenting
Cleaning Your Kid's College Apartment Is Not the Same As Letting Go
World of Warcraft and the Unmotivated Senior :D</p>
<p>Forging your child's teacher recs
Charlotte Simmons is my D's roommate
It's October--he still hasn't done any laundry
Why is my child's AIM name "sexyho"?
Majoring in Online Poker good for Grad School?</p>
<p>Hey y'all - hope you don't mind the "kid" intrusion.</p>
<p>How about
"I'm 16 - What Should I be Doing To Get Into A Top MBA B-School?"
"My Family Wants To Stage a 12-Step Intervention to Wean Me Off CC"
"Will CC Give me 'Gold Member' Status for 5,000 Posts and 'Platinum Member' Status for 10,000 Posts?"
"The Quest for 600 Thread Count XL Twin Bedsheets and Other Miscellaneous Items so D's Dorm Can be Nicer than my House"</p>
<p>ROTFLMAO, SBmom! :D</p>
<p>Son Went To College and Took All of My Bras
Is "Household Pharmaceuticals" a Real College Course?
Why Studying is Better Than Sex
US News' 2006 List of America's Best Sheet Sets</p>
<p>CCers should put their collective energies together to create self-cleaning 600 Thread count XL sheet sets.</p>
<p>Happy B-day to all those I missed while staying away from Sinner's Alley!</p>
<p>Ariesathena, I don't think anybody has ever been carded in the history of SA, so join in! :) Love your list!</p>
<p>Carded! Carded! I'm 24! The Veuve in my fridge is there legitimately, thank you very much. ;) (It's actually been sitting there for months on end, waiting for an appropriate celebration.)</p>
<p>All of the cadets who run around and say "Hello Ma'am" as they pass me make me feel old - so thank you! </p>
<p>Marite - good call. Perhaps we could make them so they can be cleaned in the shower (or the pool) and dry quickly...?</p>