sara forgive me for saying this, but you are adorable.

To a Peteish degree.

Corwood, that's a terrible tragedy. I'm sorry for your town.

Sara, I like the house, and I see why you like it.

We had no AP at all in my school. A few years after i graduated from High School, it started an IB program. I could ready before going to school but they also had to send me for remedial handwriting tutorials.

I have to say that one of the most memorable school years of my life was, I'm convinced, an exercise in social engineering. In my junior high, there were three grade 8 classes, and one of those classes was taught by the grade nine teachers and taught on a different floor than all the other grade eight classes, so we were kind of isolated. That class had a really high proportion of all the overacheiving, smart kids, and a high proportion of borderline and problem kids. Then they threw a very strange Spanish exchange student for fun. I was in that class. Strangely, with the exception of one, who didn't last the year, we got along like a house on fire. We kind of ran amok, and we got away with incredibly weird stuff.

I will so totally cry if it slips away. And spend the next freaking YEAR finding its equiv. I knew I was screwed when after thinking about the roof, I thought "well, if it needs a new roof, I won't put it in the down payment (because I'm making 10% but not 20% ) and use the check mom sent (for a ridic amount but...I'm lucky and they wanna) and I'll just reroof!" (After googling, of course.) And if the bathroom plumbing is wonky, that too!

This is why I am single, y'all.

Burrell, Laura and Trudy, you are forgiven. Because I am insane in this. So out of my element.

Cute break for sara.

Sara, being terrified is a little normal. I thought I was going to pass out after the first offer I submitted on a house.

Some really great advice that someone gave me: it's all new and terrifying to you, but to your realtor, lawyer, mortgage person it's all routine business. If you feel you have good ones, they can help guide you through the process.

Some really great advice that someone gave me: it's all new and terrifying to you, but to your realtor, lawyer, mortgage person it's all routine business. If you feel you have good ones, they can help guide you through the process.

Yes, yes, and yes. I was a complete freaking lunatic buying the house. My crew (which definitely included Stephen, who was designated OH MY GOD KEEP HER SANE person) were collectively and individually a ROCK.

Because I am insane in this. So out of my element.

Apparently I am no longer go brane properly -- I somehow read this as "so out of my elephant" and thought is was some sort of limbaugh crack.

I need sleep. Or sex. Or both. Both. And a job. Sleep, sex, a job and I'll regain my power of reading english.

Sara, I really like the house. And although many people would not have guessed how insane I was , the fact that it was terrifying and I love my house/neighborhood means i never want to do that again. I don't care if it is easier.

Happy Birthday, Tommyrot!

Corwood - sending strength to the whole community

I was not ever seen as gifted,nor did I take AP classes. Someone should have thrown in an AP class -- I might have learned to work before my Jr year of college.

I have a friend that was in the gifted class -- she was an unusual learner. Last I knew she was teaching kindergarten in a private school -- and she had a very unique , holistic approach to teaching.

Put Leif in the gifted program. sounds like he needs it to deal with being ahead ... Is this the part where I spout my theory that we divide kids by age -- which is highly unnatural and it would make more sense for ages to be mixed so kids could see different abilities in all kinds of areas -- so they figure out some people are better at x some people are better at y -- and that is how it is. And BTW, age does not have to keep people from being interesting.