the family is in psychiatric care, they have an aquarium!

That totally makes up for 20+ years of imprisonment and being raped by your father. Here, have another goldfish, liebchen.

there is no coffee in my house this morning. there will be blood.

unspeakable what is going on with the databases this morning.

two freelance clients are getting more than they paid for. by a lot.

my mom and Iris were extremely slow to leave this morning for their outing, so my first conference call was really hectic, which was really bad.

I took a good 30 minutes to locate, un-price, & wrap a birthday present/card for one of DH's coworker's kids, whom Iris has played with a couple of times, who isn't having a party due to divorce nastiness. And I wrote a thank you note to another coworker who had us over for dinner on Friday night. I left the present/card on the front hall table and told tom where it was, but he actually picked up the thank you note from my desk and carried it downstairs... WHERE HE LEFT IT ON THE FRONT HALL TABLE, NEXT TO THE B-DAY PRESENT and went off to work!!! That one took me through all seven levels of GRR and back to BWAH. Actually.

and there is no coffee in the house.

V- sorry about the car & the parents. Ugh. parents.

Dear Financial Aid Dude,

I asked a very simple question and qualified it with, "I know the budgets aren't done for next year yet, but could you give me a ballpark figure, maybe even last year's number."

You did not need to be, once again, overly condescending, rude, and unhelpful. There's a reason why the Bermuda Triangle of colleges get a bad name. You're not helping.

No thanks,

vw

Can you exchange him for another financial aid dude? This one seems to be defective.

He's the only one that deals with the private loans, so no. I do have a financial aid counselor, and I've asked her a few questions and gotten as little, or less help from her. Of course, I was transferred to her when I asked for the person who handles MassRehab stuff, so she couldn't have answered even if she wanted to. But, dammit, she kept trying.

The school has been really good to me, but financial aid is really pissing me off right now.

vw, I'm sorry you're having to deal with an unhelpful financial aid guy. I hope you can get the information you need.

It's very quiet in here this morning.

I'm googling for information on parenting when you are disabled. It's very frustrating because there is very little that applies directly to my situation. FTR, not pregnant, just researching.

FTR, not pregnant, just researching.

Quite frankly, this is a smart thing to research BEFORE pregnancy :).

It is really quiet! I'm actually having to do work. That's no good!

Just talked to my thesis buddy, and we're making party plans. Evites should go out in the next day or so. SO excited! It's gonna be a great big, fabulous party! SO excited!

Quite frankly, this is a smart thing to research BEFORE pregnancy :).

Yup. My life doesn't really allow me to be impulsive on this subject.

Just talked to my thesis buddy, and we're making party plans. Evites should go out in the next day or so. SO excited! It's gonna be a great big, fabulous party! SO excited!

Yay, party!

sj, your best bet is probably going to be blogs. I can poke around some of the mother blogs I know and see if I can find anyone with a similar situation.

sj, your best bet is probably going to be blogs. I can poke around some of the mother blogs I know and see if I can find anyone with a similar situation.

I would really appreciate this if you can find the time. Most of what I am finding is information on raising a child who has a disability and information on raising a child if you are in a wheelchair.