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Post by blurnette989 on May 8, 2024 13:40:44 GMT -6
So my mom just texted me a picture and the caption was just "look who we ran into!" And it's a picture of my neighbor and another guy. My parents currently live an hour away so my attention was drawn to my neighbor, thinking oh that's funny they ran into each other and had lunch together. And then I look again and realize that the other guy in the picture is Ai Weiwei. Just hanging out chatting with my neighbor and parents. ?!?!?!
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Post by blurnette989 on May 9, 2024 5:41:36 GMT -6
I also forgot today was a holiday from school and the kids had to remind me as I was trying to get them up and ready for school 🙈😅🙃
Feliz dia da espiga!
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Post by blurnette989 on May 9, 2024 5:42:13 GMT -6
byjove how're things going with dd? How are you doing? ::hugs::
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Post by byjove on May 10, 2024 8:23:05 GMT -6
Thanks for checking in <3 Things are very mixed right now, but showing signs of getting better with DD. Her psych says the meds can take a while to really take full effect, but we are having moments of goodness. She is still only making it at school from about 8-1 (we were hoping she'd be back almost full day), but if we push it sleep gets worse and she complains of headaches. I think I mentioned that her IEP teacher made a comment to me about looking at private school for next year, so we are starting to explore all options, including the school paying for a placement. However, they don't place at the school meant for ADHD type kids in our neighborhood, but the closest school they do is about half an hour away, which isn't great. We've heard good things about it, but also not clear if they are more dyslexia focused than ADHD, but it does list ADHD on the website. I DONT KNOW. We can't afford the private school in our neighborhood without a lot of financial assistance, so hopefully we'll get word on that soon. I'm hesitant to schedule our visit until we know. Last thing we want is her falling in love with it and then it's a nope.
On top of this, DH's 64 yo boss died of SCA 1.5 weeks ago. It's a small, 5 person company and things are in a bit of a tailspin. So on top of DD, we are dealing with what all of that means. DH has know him for 30 years, and it has hit everyone hard, and he is also coping with survivals guilt.
And my health has recently taken a funny turn, and I'm anxiously awaiting blood work to find out if I'm type I or II diabetic (hopefully nothing worse). My world has been rocked this week.
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Post by elle on May 10, 2024 8:40:34 GMT -6
I'm sorry byjove, that is far too much to be dealing with all at once. 💗
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Post by blurnette989 on May 10, 2024 8:44:55 GMT -6
byjove , so many hugs. I am glad that there are small improvements with DD. I know that even little changes can mean so much for us and our kids who are or have struggled. I hope things keep improving for her. And yes, I can't even imagine about the private school tuition you mentioned. Also, so sorry for all of the other difficulties and loss. All fingers crossed that things settle at YH's work and you get the best news possible for your health. HUGS
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Post by byjove on May 10, 2024 8:52:12 GMT -6
Thanks gals <3 I feel like such a sob story right now, but promise we are all ok. I haven't wanted to see anyone in real life much to talk about stuff because of wanting to keep so much private and it being hard to pretend everything is all fine and normal, so thanks for letting me type it all here.
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Post by enchanted on May 10, 2024 9:55:33 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on May 10, 2024 10:44:12 GMT -6
Whoa byjove that's a lot!! ((((Hugs))))
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Post by mrsweasley on May 10, 2024 12:51:16 GMT -6
So many hugs to you all byjove ❤️
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Post by cakewench on May 10, 2024 16:03:41 GMT -6
Sending lots of hugs byjove - please let us know if/how we can help ❤️
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Post by goldenbird on May 10, 2024 16:58:58 GMT -6
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Post by gymngemini on May 10, 2024 20:08:30 GMT -6
What a challenging season for your family byjove. Sending you all strength as you move forward.
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Post by Pumpkinwest on May 10, 2024 21:12:57 GMT -6
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Post by beepers on May 11, 2024 14:25:59 GMT -6
byjove sending you strength, and praying things ease up very soon! 💕💕
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Post by byjove on May 22, 2024 8:07:39 GMT -6
Well it’s not diabetes and it’s not a tumor. They have no idea what’s going on. Endocrinologists scheduling out to December currently 🙃 Hopefully it will just go away.
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Post by enchanted on May 22, 2024 8:13:00 GMT -6
I'm sorry you don't have a definitive answer, though I'm relieved by what it's not. Hugs, byjove.
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Post by notblanche on May 23, 2024 10:47:26 GMT -6
OMG Y'ALL. Pittsburgh might be getting a Wegmans! Other than my lovely and wonderful friends, Wegmans is one of the few things I miss about northern Virginia. It's still a rumor and not confirmed but gahhhhhh. This is the best. I texted cnf a flurry of excited messages yesterday lol after I read the news.
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Post by cnf on May 23, 2024 11:03:46 GMT -6
OMG Y'ALL. Pittsburgh might be getting a Wegmans! Other than my lovely and wonderful friends, Wegmans is one of the few things I miss about northern Virginia. It's still a rumor and not confirmed but gahhhhhh. This is the best. I texted cnf a flurry of excited messages yesterday lol after I read the news. Truth, she sure did. And I jumped in excitement for you and all of Pittsburgh.
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Post by sweetpea on May 23, 2024 13:15:31 GMT -6
My friends keep sending me cicada content from Chicago. It’s so gross 🤢
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Post by orangebird2020 on May 25, 2024 17:56:03 GMT -6
What podcasts are you all listening to? Can you share your top 3 please?
I am running out of episodes this weekend on my favorites, so I want to add a few new ones while I tackle home projects.
Any topic is great, I listen to a variety currently around career, finance, politics, education, and science.
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Post by Nota🎃 on May 25, 2024 19:49:47 GMT -6
What podcasts are you all listening to? Can you share your top 3 please? I am running out of episodes this weekend on my favorites, so I want to add a few new ones while I tackle home projects. Any topic is great, I listen to a variety currently around career, finance, politics, education, and science. unf*ck your brain with the asterisk. It started out as a lawyer career advice podcast, but turned into a mental health help pod cast.
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Post by blurnette989 on May 26, 2024 1:53:48 GMT -6
orangebird2020 I listen to a lot of podcasts, so here are some I recommend that I've listened to or am listening to recently/currently Science: america dissected, science vs, short wave History: BBC's you're dead to me, very presidential with Ashley flowers, unreformed: the storey of the Alabama industrial school for negro children Politics/news: what a day, the daily Culture/society/gossip: if books could kill, you're wrong about, page 7
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Post by jaygee on May 26, 2024 10:38:08 GMT -6
This is a targeted post for dc2london but I know there are probably some more fans here. I was at Bottlerock yesterday which is a music festival but they have a stage that is all cooking related and they bring celebs out with famous chefs. Yesterday Jose Andres was with Steph Curry and Bradley Cooper. I wanted to go but we were hustling between bands and the crowd was intense for this. Anyways, I grabbed this pic off the festival IG and it’s just so cute I had to share. Wish I could have seen them live.
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