I hope it helps. It all sounds so hard with no easy solutions.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jun 07, 2022 3:25:59 pm PDT #15542 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
-t - Jun 07, 2022 3:27:08 pm PDT #15543 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{Sheryl}} That must have been a tough decision. I hope it helps.
Steph L. - Jun 07, 2022 3:52:11 pm PDT #15544 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Right now I'm feeling like a complete failure as a mom.
Sheryl, this is a very, very hard situation your family is in. But you are the opposite of a failure here -- you are pursuing treatment to help your son, and that is my definition of a great parent. There is no way in which you've failed him.
Laura - Jun 07, 2022 4:17:52 pm PDT #15545 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
{{{Sheryl}} I know how difficult this decision is. I had to hospitalize my son Brendon a couple times as a teen due to drug issues. You are doing what you need to do for the health and safety of your child. You and Gary have been wonderful parents who are doing everything possible to give your son the care and treatment he needs. Please be kind to yourselves. You are caring loving parents.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2022 5:57:19 pm PDT #15546 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Steph and Laura are right. The challenges you've been handed with Mr. S are NOT the standard things like skinned knees and refusing to eat vegetables that every parent is expected to deal with on their own. You're seeking out people with the expertise to give your son the help he needs.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 07, 2022 5:59:03 pm PDT #15547 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
(((Sheryl and Mr S))) But I think this is a good thing
sj - Jun 07, 2022 6:14:44 pm PDT #15548 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Sheryl}}} Getting your kid the help he needs makes you a good mom.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 07, 2022 6:15:16 pm PDT #15549 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I wanted to separate my random work problems but I do want to say that my concern with the openly reading has way less to do with how the workers (who are no longer students, which it is why it is a concern) spend their downtime than how other gossipy/somewhat malicious people might react and how that might lead to the closing of the position as “not needed” because I have allowed downtime. So I would really just prefer they “look busy”. I have provided training opportunities and a framework for documenting operations that they can work on in downtime which have not been worked on and they probably need guidance, but the reality is that 6 out of 8 hours, I am in Zoom meetings so my preference is that they at least look like they are busy. I know that is terrible. But they no longer have the student worker studying excuse I can use so I am afraid I will be told to tell them to clock out instead of waiting for me to give them something else and I want to give them hours…
Sheryl - Jun 07, 2022 6:38:10 pm PDT #15550 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Thanks everyone.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2022 9:59:49 pm PDT #15551 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matilda's friend Carlin is here for a sleepover...
Me: What do you want for dinner?
Matilda: How about fried rice?
Me: Okay. Carlin, any dietary restrictions? Ham, chicken, egg...
Carlin: Nope!
Me: Got it.
[after I leave]
Carlin (to Matilda): OMG, this is the first time I'll have fried rice by a white person!
[It was deemed acceptable. Probably due to my copious use of Fish Sauce, Garlic and Five Spice.]
Went back after....
Me: Okay, how was it?
Carlin: It wasn't BAD...
Me: But not as good as your grandmother makes it?
Carlin: Right.