redbears
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Post by redbears on Aug 3, 2020 16:11:05 GMT -6
Mail-in ballot question; NY congressional race is a mess. Need to run it over again. ‘Small thousands’, should be able to handle it. Something about people doing something in the middle of the night.
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redbears
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Post by redbears on Aug 3, 2020 16:12:01 GMT -6
Absentee ballots are so great because you need to request them. Mail in Ballots bad
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redbears
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Post by redbears on Aug 3, 2020 16:13:25 GMT -6
The post office sucks; can’t handle it. Amazon is a strain and now you want them to deliver ballots? You’re crazy. Not possible
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redbears
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Post by redbears on Aug 3, 2020 16:14:22 GMT -6
Post man in WV was just indicted for doing something bad. Haven’t you heard?
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redbears
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Post by redbears on Aug 3, 2020 16:15:02 GMT -6
Goodbye
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athn64
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Post by athn64 on Aug 3, 2020 16:47:59 GMT -6
We have done really well in our response to the Virus. Look at all the countries doing bad now? Told Birx we are doing well. They should be talking about how great we are. So many ventilators and rapid fire testing He really thinks if he says something enough it will become true, doesn't he?
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Post by chocolatecake on Aug 3, 2020 17:24:00 GMT -6
Need you all to tell me I'm doing (or not doing) the "right" thing.
DD has not seen friends in person since March. She just got invited to a swim party with 4 other girls whom I know have attend overnight camp, sport camps, get togethers, etc. so basically families that aren't socially distancing much. I feel really uncomfortable letting her go, and if I did, I probably would suffer anxiety over watching for symptoms after the fact. I told my DD I hadn't made a decision but my DH and I feel it isn't worth the risk. Cases in our county are the highest they'd been 60-100 news cases/day. ICU bed usage up 20% in one week. Plus these girls will go to a different school than she will this fall (if they even go back) so not missing a bonding experience. She will be disappointed and depressed for a few days over it but it's not worth the risk right?! Just need an over- anxious mom check here.
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Post by goldenbird on Aug 3, 2020 17:25:42 GMT -6
That is beyond fucked up!
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richard
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Post by richard on Aug 3, 2020 17:35:18 GMT -6
This feels so long ago. 😭😭😭
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LaRo422
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Post by LaRo422 on Aug 3, 2020 17:39:00 GMT -6
This feels so long ago. 😭😭😭 i was reminiscing about this part of the pandemic. Can we go back and unfuck ourselves??
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athn64
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Post by athn64 on Aug 3, 2020 17:41:24 GMT -6
chocolatecake I wouldn't let her go either. It sucks but you have to protect your family. We're just now letting our kids see friends for one on one playdates, but we have almost no cases a d the families have been social distancing.
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Post by cakewench on Aug 3, 2020 17:47:13 GMT -6
I wouldn't let her go, chocolatecake. A good friend is having similar issues with her daughter, and her mindset on everything is "It's not my job to make you happy in the short term, it's to keep you healthy in the long term." It sucks, but if you know the other families haven't been responsible, I wouldn't risk it.
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Post by geekygirly on Aug 3, 2020 17:55:09 GMT -6
Need you all to tell me I'm doing (or not doing) the "right" thing. DD has not seen friends in person since March. She just got invited to a swim party with 4 other girls whom I know have attend overnight camp, sport camps, get togethers, etc. so basically families that aren't socially distancing much. I feel really uncomfortable letting her go, and if I did, I probably would suffer anxiety over watching for symptoms after the fact. I told my DD I hadn't made a decision but my DH and I feel it isn't worth the risk. Cases in our county are the highest they'd been 60-100 news cases/day. ICU bed usage up 20% in one week. Plus these girls will go to a different school than she will this fall (if they even go back) so not missing a bonding experience. She will be disappointed and depressed for a few days over it but it's not worth the risk right?! Just need an over- anxious mom check here. I agree that based on what you said, I wouldn't let her go. This is coming from someone who took her DD to a "socially distanced, mask-wearing outdoor visit" for a classmate's birthday, which turned out to be more like a party and missing much of the social distancing and mask-wearing. We didn't stay long, and I was still super anxious for the next week. It was a good lesson in not trusting other people. (We do have one other family, besides my parents, we are seeing regularly - one of DD's best friends - but her mom is just as paranoid as I am.)
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 3, 2020 18:04:05 GMT -6
Need you all to tell me I'm doing (or not doing) the "right" thing. DD has not seen friends in person since March. She just got invited to a swim party with 4 other girls whom I know have attend overnight camp, sport camps, get togethers, etc. so basically families that aren't socially distancing much. I feel really uncomfortable letting her go, and if I did, I probably would suffer anxiety over watching for symptoms after the fact. I told my DD I hadn't made a decision but my DH and I feel it isn't worth the risk. Cases in our county are the highest they'd been 60-100 news cases/day. ICU bed usage up 20% in one week. Plus these girls will go to a different school than she will this fall (if they even go back) so not missing a bonding experience. She will be disappointed and depressed for a few days over it but it's not worth the risk right?! Just need an over- anxious mom check here. Well my kid goes to care every day and I have no control over those people but I told her she couldn’t go with her grandparents (who she sees every weekend) to pick up her cousin in the tri cities. I have no rhyme or reason why one is ok but the other isn’t.
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Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Aug 3, 2020 19:15:58 GMT -6
chocolatecake, these decisions are SO hard, especially with a kid who is craving friendship and social interaction. FWIW, I think you are making a smart one.
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Post by lemondrop on Aug 3, 2020 20:20:48 GMT -6
redbears doing the Lords work today. Thank you for listening to that festering pile of orange crap and relaying the word salad back to us coherently.
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Post by lemondrop on Aug 3, 2020 20:22:32 GMT -6
This feels so long ago. 😭😭😭 i was reminiscing about this part of the pandemic. Can we go back and unfuck ourselves?? I saw a meme that was like, “at the start of the pandemic we were learning how to make bread and now we’re all trying to dismantle the patriarchy” and I just nodded vigorously.
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Post by lemondrop on Aug 3, 2020 20:25:04 GMT -6
Need you all to tell me I'm doing (or not doing) the "right" thing. DD has not seen friends in person since March. She just got invited to a swim party with 4 other girls whom I know have attend overnight camp, sport camps, get togethers, etc. so basically families that aren't socially distancing much. I feel really uncomfortable letting her go, and if I did, I probably would suffer anxiety over watching for symptoms after the fact. I told my DD I hadn't made a decision but my DH and I feel it isn't worth the risk. Cases in our county are the highest they'd been 60-100 news cases/day. ICU bed usage up 20% in one week. Plus these girls will go to a different school than she will this fall (if they even go back) so not missing a bonding experience. She will be disappointed and depressed for a few days over it but it's not worth the risk right?! Just need an over- anxious mom check here. You’re doing the right thing. A pool party 2 towns here before the 4th of July with one girl with a “cold” led to something like 30 people testing positive and 7-8 stores/ restaurants having to completely shut down. It’s not worth the risk.
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sctiger
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Post by sctiger on Aug 3, 2020 20:42:13 GMT -6
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Aug 3, 2020 22:14:39 GMT -6
Well the Field is dreams MLB game has been canceled. I can’t believe it took them until today to do so.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2020 22:48:04 GMT -6
chocolatecake my kid would not be going to that party. But is there anyone you could do a one on one play date with? Maybe setting that up could help ease her disappointment.
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Post by oreobitsy on Aug 3, 2020 22:48:22 GMT -6
fatpony My librarian heart is raging for you. I had a talk with my SIL about why it's not ok to just "pop in" to grab books even if they are open in her community. The safety of employees should be prioritized and it isn't happening.
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Aug 4, 2020 7:38:14 GMT -6
The principal of our school sent a very aggressive email yesterday saying back off the parent organized learning pod situation. She said teacher assignments will be coming out next week and students have been very carefully grouped with specific teachers and that after assignments come out, if are still wanting to organize a pod, to contact the admin for your grade. I was surprised and intrigued. Does this mean that within a grade there will be enough variability in the daily schedule (like actual school I guess?) that it would only make sense to group kids with the same teachers? Does it mean something else? Uncaripswife did you get a similar email?
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Post by byjove on Aug 4, 2020 7:42:45 GMT -6
My DD1 is 7! We delivered cupcakes to some friends after a dip in a borrowed pool. Hope she had a memorable day! *poof
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Post by cakewench on Aug 4, 2020 7:55:26 GMT -6
Awww what a great pic, byjove! And Happy Birthday, kiddo! Glad she had a wonderful day
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milano
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Post by milano on Aug 4, 2020 7:58:58 GMT -6
byjove such a stunning girl and pup! I have 2 redheads too, I think they really are the best I'm glad she had a good birthday!
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Aug 4, 2020 8:07:12 GMT -6
The principal of our school sent a very aggressive email yesterday saying back off the parent organized learning pod situation. She said teacher assignments will be coming out next week and students have been very carefully grouped with specific teachers and that after assignments come out, if are still wanting to organize a pod, to contact the admin for your grade. I was surprised and intrigued. Does this mean that within a grade there will be enough variability in the daily schedule (like actual school I guess?) that it would only make sense to group kids with the same teachers? Does it mean something else? Uncaripswife did you get a similar email? Maybe people are trying to recruit teachers? There was hub bub here yesterday because a venture capital guy tweeted that he was looking for the best 4th grade teacher for a micro school in his backyard. He promised to pay more than the teacher was making and give a $2k uber eats gift card to whomever referred the teacher. It was the most Silicon Valley thing ever and people flipped. So he tried to make it better by taking applications for the other spots from families that can not afford it. Then the Oakland school district came out and said they discouraged pods but appreciated that parents are trying to be creative. It’s a mess. I have so many mixed feelings. TBH we are moving forward with setting up a pod. For us it’s complicated but it’s mostly about childcare. We are not using a teacher from the district. Although some teachers in the district are advertising for jobs as pod teachers because they don’t want to go in person. We thought about requesting placement with the kid we are in a bubble with, but I think with us both opting for distance learning, which is a separate pool from those opting for hybrid (which is still starting virtually - confusing), we will likely be assigned the same group anyways.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Aug 4, 2020 8:07:23 GMT -6
The principal of our school sent a very aggressive email yesterday saying back off the parent organized learning pod situation. She said teacher assignments will be coming out next week and students have been very carefully grouped with specific teachers and that after assignments come out, if are still wanting to organize a pod, to contact the admin for your grade. I was surprised and intrigued. Does this mean that within a grade there will be enough variability in the daily schedule (like actual school I guess?) that it would only make sense to group kids with the same teachers? Does it mean something else? Uncaripswife did you get a similar email? I didn't get an email but in the stuff posted online there was mention of small groups... so maybe that's the reference? We'll see I guess.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Aug 4, 2020 8:07:46 GMT -6
byjove Happy Birthday to your little gal!! Hope she has a great day!!
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Aug 4, 2020 8:22:29 GMT -6
I meant to put the pic of DD in the weekly thread. I'm definitely having a Monday on this Tuesday...
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