In good news, Casper’s friend is going home from the psych ward tomorrow, much earlier than initially planned. In bad news, Casper is still lying to me about completing and turning in assignments, going so far as to turn in a blank document so the interface I can see showed it was turned in. I am so tired.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
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.
flea - Jan 28, 2021 8:43:54 pm PST #2868 of 30000
information libertarian
JZ - Jan 28, 2021 9:17:08 pm PST #2869 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Casper. But, oh, I am so glad her friend is going home and that she's being a good true friend, which maybe matters more in the (very) long run than the homework though I'm sure that's not a convincing argument to her teachers.
DavidS - Jan 28, 2021 10:00:01 pm PST #2870 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In good news, Casper’s friend is going home from the psych ward tomorrow, much earlier than initially planned
Crisis averted!
In bad news, Casper is still lying to me about completing and turning in assignments, going so far as to turn in a blank document so the interface I can see showed it was turned in. I am so tired.
Not ideal for a senior trying to graduate. HOWEVER, I will note that Emmett totally tanked his last semester in HS and almost lost his college admission and was going to be benched from his baseball team.
So. Let me just note that "going so far" is not an indication of her moral failing, or intent to deceive you but rather her desperation. She's having an executive function meltdown. She "can't even."
Her headspace is not ideal. Neither is mine.
flea - Jan 29, 2021 5:26:42 am PST #2871 of 30000
information libertarian
I mean, neither is mine, is part of the problem. My whole job right now is to get my kids through this safely, and I can't even seem to do that.
Laura - Jan 29, 2021 5:33:04 am PST #2872 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
{{Buffistas with school age kids}} Another level of stress and uncertainty is so not helpful. This too shall pass?
Logged in to the Publix vaccine link again early this morning and watched it auto refresh for an hour before telling me the many thousands of doses were all gone. Try again on the 3rd. Sigh. Maybe the single dose JNJ variety will be here before my name gets to the top of a queue.
Volans - Jan 29, 2021 5:52:56 am PST #2873 of 30000
move out and draw fire
flea, FWIW, my son was self-sabotaging with not turning in work, or doing it and not turning it in, for 9 years of school. We finally found a counselor that he couldn't snow and they've been working on his low self esteem issues...but what really turned him around was at the end of last year, I made him sit down and do the math for his GPA as it would have been, had he turned in every assignment and gotten Cs on each one. I then asked him to show me what he actually got on the assignments he turned in (As and Bs). He saw first-hand the huge bump in GPA...and we promised to not criticize him about his grades this year as long as every assignment was turned in.
This was his first semester with all assignments in. He got Ds on some of them, but given that he's had about 40 hours of homework a week in addition to school, I get it. I even managed to keep his father from criticizing him about pulling a B- in history, and instead praise him for getting the work in.
This is because he had been telling himself that he'd never be good enough, so why try? But also, he had to experience first-hand that it's much less effort to turn in work than to do the work and not turn it in and lie about it and hide it.
Jesse - Jan 29, 2021 5:57:59 am PST #2874 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My whole job right now is to get my kids through this safely, and I can't even seem to do that.
You are 100% doing that!
Jessica - Jan 29, 2021 6:04:30 am PST #2875 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Side note to gamers: the buyer was the CTO of Electronic Arts back in the day. He was the guy in charge of developing The Sims! (among many other things)
Anyone else just dying to see the house this guy builds???
msbelle - Jan 29, 2021 6:29:00 am PST #2876 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Today is my bosses last day. She's been here (not in this position) for 31 years, straight out of HS. The knowledge leaving is immense. Big Boss has been here just over a year.
Sorry so many are having a rough time. Flea, I totally feel you. Sorry I do not have any advice, I had decided to let E fail by that time.
Toddson - Jan 29, 2021 6:36:41 am PST #2877 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There was an article in the paper, an opinion piece, by a doctor who specializes in treating adolescents. They said that they routinely ask any other family members to leave the office and ask kids how they're doing. Some are doing all right - they've found new interests or hobbies - but a lot of them are having problems (if you didn't already know that). They do try to help out the kids who are having problems, who are anxious, and so on, but there's a limit to what they can do. I hate that so many kids are having such an awful time of it. And their parents and their teachers. I'm hoping things get better.
And, to change the topic, it's National Puzzle Day. Celebrate responsibly.