Went shopping to get a much needed bra and pants. Victoria's Secret no longer carries my size, but I can get it online, says them. I said fuck that and got myself a Bali. In pink.

Allyson, I went in to VS two weeks ago and learned they were no longer carrying 40's in ANY cup size and that I would now have to order my DD's online. The only upside of this was that the store I was at was cleaning out their inventory of my bras so I picked up 3 BbV bras at half price.

Bali is also very nice, though. I have two that are still very comfy. I need to look up the model and buy more.

An update on the Spongebob story.

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When you actually read what the big objectionable thing is, it confirms that these people are actually crazy.

it's not that hard to keep your life small-scale, if you see what I'm saying

Sure, if you never have to go to the DMV or the INS. Until I left high school, I never had to contend with being utterly unimportant or anonymous. At university, it was something I could (and did) combat through actions of my own, but once out? Nope, I couldn't have done it.

My largest class in high school had thirty people. My smallest had two. No one skipped, ever, because even though attendance was only taken once a day, staff would notice if you weren't at lunch.

Getting to university with such a marked contrast in official supervision, coupled with lack of parental watching -- well, it was a transition, and those happen. But I think the shift in scale for me was way bigger a shock than the shift in countries. I didn't think it possible to learn or be of value (or be valued) in the new environment. The world afterwards would have swallowed me whole, I think, had I not learnt that then.

I was homeschooled for a year, part-time since the district wouldn't allow any more. My mother almost went mad and my parents divorced the next year.

But seriously, I think homeschooling well is MASSIVE work, especially in prmary grades. I would not want to be homeschooled or homeschool my kids unless the school system was dangerously bad.

Cindy, I've probably missed you, but I'm sending ~ma anyway towards you and Christopher.

My brother was one of those kids whose birthday put him right on the line. He's plenty smart, but my mom, a teacher, didn't think he was mature enough to go to school so she kept him back. I think it worked for him in the end - he was always bigger and more mature than the others in his class. The only time it got rough was when he turned 18 the day before his senior year started. He was ready to be out of the house by then, but of course, he still had a whole year left at home.

I also think I might be too scattered and unorganized enough to make home schooling disasterous if not crazy-making for me and my kids.

That's where the distance learning part should help a lot. It provides a lot of structure on what to do and tests to validate progress.

I'm okay with the schools in our area and I had a good public school education. Ugh, it's an area of friction.

Wanders by, pauses, reads over, nests.

Hello, I've been viewing your kind for over a year now and been studying the sacred texts sent through the random quote generator ((To the point I can almost predict them) and have decided to live among you and study your kind.

And possibly evolve into your kind.

If I can comment on the homeshooling, been there, tried that, went to a public high school. Being taught by your peers sex ed, is a lot easier on your mental psyche than having it taught by your mom.

I'm okay with the schools in our area and I had a good public school education. Ugh, it's an area of friction.

Good luck, Gud. I hope it works out for the best. I have to admit, sometimes, I'm almost wiling to try it. But if I did, I'd want the kind of support program you're describing.

Welcome, Almare!

have decided to live among you and study your kind.

You are a brave, brave soul.

Hi Almare!